Installation requirements

TestRail Server is a web application that can be installed directly on your web or application server. It uses a database (SQL Server or MySQL) and a NoSQL database (Cassandra) to store the application data. Please see below for the exact server requirements and supported versions.

Windows Server Requirements

• Operating System: Windows Server, 2012/2012 R2, 2016, 2019, or 2022
• Database: 2012, 2014, 2016 with Mixed Mode Authentication, 2017, or 2019 and Cassandra 3.11. (MySQL is not supported in a Windows environment)
• Web server: IIS with FastCGI / PHP integration
• PHP: 7.3 or 7.4 (with curl, mbstring, zip, json and sqlsrv/mysql extensions)
• ionCube PHP Loader extension (learn more)
• Cassandra PHP driver extension (learn more)

For more information about installing TestRail Server in a Windows server environment, read Preparing your Windows server for the installation or Installation on Docker: Overview.

Unix/Linux Server Requirements

• Operating System: We test TestRail with various Linux distributions, but any standard Unix-based server operating system with Apache, MySQL, Cassandra 3.11, and PHP support will work. We recommend Ubuntu Server LTS versions.
• Database: MySQL 5.7, 8.0 or MariaDB 10.1 to 10.4
• Web server: Apache with mod_php or equivalent
• PHP: 7.3 – 7.4 (with curl, mbstring, zip, json and mysql extensions)
• ionCube PHP Loader extension (learn more)
• Cassandra PHP driver extension (learn more)

For more information about installing TestRail Server in a Unix or Linux server environment, read Preparing your Unix/Linux server for installation or Installation on Docker: Overview.

Web browsers

• Microsoft Edge (recent versions)
• Firefox (recent versions)
• Chrome, Safari, Webkit (recent versions)

Hardware requirements

We recommend adhering to the following list of requirements as a minimum starting point for your TestRail Server installation:

• CPU & Cores: Quad-core CPU
• Memory: 16GB+ (Linux) or 16GB+ (Windows Server)
• Disk/IO performance: server-grade disk/IO subsystem recommended
• Disk space: 200MB+ per user, in addition to system space. (e.g. 20-40GB+ for the overall machine)
• Virtualization supported: Yes, with server-grade VM product.

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