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+## Requirements
+
+An Ubuntu server (18.04/20.04 should both work fine) - though other linux installations should work too.
+- apache2, mysql/mariadb, sqlite need to be installed and running
+- php extensions for mysql, sqlite need to be installed and running
+
+
 ## Cerebrate installation instructions
 
 Simply clone this repository (for example into /var/www/cerebrate)