Prerequisite¶

HTTP Server¶

One of these

• Nginx >= 1.0 (Recommanded) – configuration
• or Apache >= 2.2 – configuration

Database¶

Phraseanet requires an InnoDB storage engine. MySQL, MariaDB or Percona can be used for this.

• MariaDB >= 10.4.5

Important: Disable the strict mode (please refer to the documentation

of the implemented DBMS).

Message broker¶

Phraseanet requires an message broker like RabbitMQ (version >= 3.8.16).

PHP¶

• Phraseanet requires PHP version 7.0.x.

  Please note: PHP versions 7.1.0 or greater are not suitable at the moment.

  Following extensions must be enable:

  • Dom
  • exif
  • ftp
  • gd2
  • hash
  • iconv
  • xml
  • mbstring
  • mysql
  • pcre
  • pcntl (unix)
  • SimpleXML
  • sockets
  • xsl +zlib
  • mcrypt
  • twig (https://github.com/fabpot/Twig/tree/master/ext/)
  • intl
  • pdo
  • CURL
  • JSON
  • gettext
  • amqp (if you plan to use a Parade front office)
  • ZeroMQ (ZMQ)

Elasticsearch¶

Phraseanet builds on the ElasticSearch engine with the following specifications:

• Elasticsearch version 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 or 2.4 (mandatory)
• Analysis-icu plugin corresponding to the used Elasticsearcher engine release

Locales¶

On Unix / GNU-Linux systems, it is necessary to enable locales to use Phraseanet in your languages.

Debian example:

dpkg-reconfigure locales

Ubuntu example:

• Activate via /etc/locale.gen
• Execute /usr/sbin/locale-gen

Third Party Programs¶

To generate subviews, Phraseanet uses third party programs, depending on their type

• Ufraw ImageMagick deleagtion for RAW images

• FFmpeg from version 1.2.12 “Magic” to 2.0.7 “Nameless” (Tested versions) Previews and Thumbnails extraction from videos and audios.

  Note

  The following audiovideo codecs are mandatory for proper application:

  • libfaac
  • libmp3lame
  • libtheora
  • libvorbis
  • libx264
  • libopencore-amrnb
  • libopencore-amrwb

  Suggested compiler options are:

  /configure --enable-gpl \
    --enable-nonfree \
    --enable-libfaac \
    --enable-libgsm \
    --enable-libmp3lame \
    --enable-libtheora \
    --enable-libvorbis \
    --enable-libx264 \
    --enable-libxvid \
    --enable-zlib \
    --enable-postproc \
    --enable-swscale \
    --enable-pthreads \
    --enable-x11grab \
    --enable-libdc1394 \
    --enable-version3 \
    --enable-libopencore-amrnb \
    --enable-libopencore-amrwb
  

• Ghostscript Previews and thumbnails extraction from graphix vectors and postscript.

• XPDF Text extraction from PDFs.

• Unoconv >= 6 Preview and thumbnails extraction from office documents.

• MP4Box Preview extraction from videos.

• RabbitMQ Message broker using AMQP (Advanced Message Queuing Protocol).

API keys (optional)¶

• Google reCAPTCHA
• Mapbox