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# System requirements for Docker Compose deployment

## General requirements

* Virtual Private Service (VPS) - Amazon EC2 instance that is at least `t4g.large`.
* Network access with IPv4 and outbound access to Quay.io and the Docker registry.
* Quay.io login credentials provided by Tonic.ai.
* A domain for the Fabricate instance, such as `fabricate.example.com`.
* An external SMTP server.
* An external LLM provider.

## Software requirements

* Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
* PostgreSQL 16 or later
* Redis 7 or later
* Fabricate 3.6 or later
* Docker Engine 20.10 with Compose plugin or later


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