As discussed earlier in post “Magento System Requirements”, Magento has certain has certain server/software requirements which must be met in order to install and run it.

You can test your server for compatibility by following these simple steps:

• Download the magento-check file to your computer and unzip it. You can download the file from Magento or GitHub.
• Upload the extracted magento-check.php file to the web server directory where you will be installing Magento. In case you have already uploaded Magento files on your server then upload the magento-check.php file to the Magento directory.

Magento is an open source e-commerce platform built on PHP/MySql. It uses parts of the PHP Zend Framework. Like any other software, Magento also has certain system requirements which must be met in order to install and run it.

Lets go through the list of requirements which must be met for successful setup and functioning of Magento.