System Requirements¶

To run Stackvo smoothly and efficiently, your system must meet certain hardware and software requirements. This page detailedly explains all system requirements for minimum, recommended, and professional usage, supported operating systems, Docker versions, and network settings.

Hardware Requirements¶

Minimum Requirements¶

You can only run basic services with this configuration.

Runnable Services:

• MySQL or PostgreSQL (1 unit)
• Redis
• Nginx
• 1-2 small projects

Recommended Requirements¶

Recommended configuration for comfortable development.

Runnable Services:

• 10-15 services concurrently
• 3-5 medium-sized projects
• Monitoring tools

Professional Requirements¶

Run all services and multiple projects comfortably.

Runnable Services:

• 40+ services concurrently
• 10+ projects
• All monitoring and logging tools

Operating System Requirements¶

Linux¶

macOS¶

Note: Rosetta 2 might be required for Apple Silicon.

Windows¶

Requirements: WSL2 enabled + Ubuntu 20.04+ WSL distro + Docker Desktop 4.0+

Docker Requirements¶

Docker Engine¶

Docker Engine must be installed!

Minimum Version:

Docker Engine: 20.10.0+

Recommended Version:

Docker Engine: 24.0.0+

Check:

docker --version
# Output: Docker version 24.0.7, build afdd53b

Docker Compose¶

Docker Compose must be installed!

Minimum Version:

Docker Compose: 2.0.0+

Recommended Version:

Docker Compose: 2.20.0+

Check:

docker compose version
# Output: Docker Compose version v2.23.0

Use docker compose (v2.x) instead of docker-compose (v1.x)!

Network Requirements¶

Critical Ports¶

Ports required for Stackvo to run:

Port Check:

# Linux/macOS
sudo lsof -i :80
sudo lsof -i :443

# Windows (PowerShell)
netstat -ano | findstr :80

Internet Connection¶

• First Install: ~5-10 GB download for Docker images
• Normal Usage: Optional (only for updates)

Software Requirements¶

Mandatory Software¶

# Bash 4.0+
bash --version

# Git 2.0+
git --version

# Curl 7.0+
curl --version

# jq 1.5+ (JSON parser)
jq --version

Optional Tools¶

• IDE: VS Code, PhpStorm, WebStorm
• Terminal: htop, ncdu, lazydocker

System Check¶

Stackvo provides a script that automatically checks system requirements:

cd stackvo
./core/cli/check-requirements.sh

Example Output:

✅ Operating System: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
✅ Docker Engine: 24.0.7
✅ Docker Compose: 2.23.0
✅ Bash: 5.1.16
✅ Git: 2.34.1
✅ RAM: 16 GB (Sufficient)
✅ Disk: 120 GB free (Sufficient)
⚠️  Port 80: In use (Apache running)

Total: 8/9 checks passed