eGroupWare: Dependencies

eGroupWare Dependencies

eGroupWare runs on top a php enabled webserver and needs a database to store its data.

For current Linux Distributions, the recommended way is to use MySQL, Apache and PHP from your distribution.
You you use an older Linux (which does not support PHP 5.1+ or MySQL 5.0) or you want to use Windows there are a few possibilities:

Zend Server Community Edition available for Linux, Windows and Mac
XAMP software package available for Linux, Windows, Mac and Solaris.

This is all you need for a standard installation

eGroupWare is extremely flexible, and so there are many optional dependencies for more enhanced installations. The dependencies are categorized below.

Overview

Webserver

eGroupWare runs on top a php enabled webserver. This could be one of the following

Apache version 1.33+
IIS
Roxen

PHP

The current release / version 1.6 of EGroupware will run on any version of php 5.1+, recommended php5.2+.

Databases

You must have a database, any of the following are currently supported. Recommended and best tested is MySQL.

MySQL MySQL 5.0
PostgreSQL - 8.0+ (there are some unconfirmed problems with 7.4)
MaxDB (parts of 1.6 have problems with MsSQL?)
MsSQL? (parts of 1.6 have problems with MsSQL?)
Oracle ( not fully supported yet)

NOTE: You must have support for the database included in php
Developers please refer to this RDMS functionality X reference when developing your apps

LDAP

LDAP can be use for storing account or contact data in eGroupWare.

OpenLDAP?
Netscape Directory Server -??

NOTE: You must have support for LDAP included in php

Mail Servers

eGroupWare supports various IMAP servers (in order of how good they are supported):

Cyrus-IMAP (*)
DBMail (*)
Courier-IMAP
UW-IMAP
MS Exchange IMAP access (5.5 tested)

NOTE:

You must have support for IMAP included in php (IMAP extension)
(*) EGroupware offers additional support for these IMAP servers, if installed together with Postfix and LDAP:
- server side mail filtering (sieve support)
- creation of mail accounts
- creation of email aliases