When we spin up a server, we make a few changes to the default server configuration.

This doc details the server settings we use by default. We adjust the settings as needed.

Operating System #

We use Ubuntu 20 for new machines.

PHP #

We always use the latest stable version of PHP unless we discover conflicts or other issues. The current version is PHP 7.4.

We use these PHP settings on new servers:

• max_execution_time – 180 seconds
• memory_limit – 1024 MB
• post_max_size – 100 MB

We install these PHP extensions on all of our servers:

• ImageMagick (a.k.a., Imagick)

nginx #

We always use the latest stable version of nginx. Currently that version is nginx 1.14.

MySQL #

We currently use MariaDB 10.3.