Note: Upgrades from previous versions to Zend Server 9 with PHP 7 are not supported.

Our recommendation is to create a parallel installation (including latest OS stack if possible) instead of upgrading an existing one.

System Requirements

Updated for Zend Server 9.1

 

PHP 7.0 (7.0.11 or later)

Linux x86-64

  • RHEL / CentOS 7.x via RPM packages

  • Debian GNU/Linux 8.x via DEB packages

  • Ubuntu Linux 14.04 (LTS) and 16.04 (LTS) via DEB packages.

Note:

32-bit systems are not supported.

Linux Power 8 - LE Only

  • Ubuntu 14.04 (LTS) and 16.04 (LTS) via DEB packages
  • RHEL 7.x via RPM packages

Windows x86 / x86-64 - PHP uses x86 only

  • Windows 7 (with service pack 1)
  • Windows 10
  • Windows Server 2012 R2

Windows PHP Binary Compatibility

Windows version was compiled with Visual Studio 2015 / VC14, 32-bit PHP

Mac OS X

  • 10.11 (El Capitan)

  • 10.12 (Sierra)

  • Apache 2.4

  • Nginx web server from Nginx repositories (supported on Linux only) – see http://nginx.org/en/linux_packages.html. On DEB, NginX is deployed from the distro packages.

  • Microsoft IIS on supported Windows systems

Deployment Feature

Zend Server's application deployment feature, including virtual host management, is not supported on IIS, however other application-related features are still available by defining applications.

For optimal stability and performance, only run Zend Server on a supported browser from the Supported Browser List.

Browser

Version(s)

Comments

Google Chrome (recommended)

Latest

 

Mozilla Firefox

Latest

 

Microsoft Internet Explorer

11 and above

 

Microsoft Edge

Latest

 

Apple Safari on Mac OS X

Latest

 

Other Browsers

Zend Server may run on other browsers but with unpredictable behavior.

A MySQL server version 5.5, 5.6 or 5.7 (experimental) is required to run Zend Server in a clustered environment.

MySQL 5.7 Cluster Database Requires SQL Mode change

Please review the release note regarding SQL mode change for Zend Server cluster operations.