shopware · somethings (lasomethingsomething) · Feb 11, 2026 · Feb 11, 2026 · Feb 11, 2026 · Feb 11, 2026
diff --git a/guides/hosting/index.md b/guides/hosting/index.md
@@ -8,3 +8,36 @@
 # Hosting
 
 Setting up an operating environment for Shopware can be hard, but it doesn't have to be if you follow some general guidelines in the subsequent sections.
+
+## Recommended stack and supported versions
+
+The following versions and configurations are officially supported for Shopware 6 development:
+
+| Component            | Install                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Minimum Version                                                                                                                      | Recommended              | Required / Notes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
+|:---------------------|:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:-------------------------|:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| **PHP**              | [PHP installation guide](https://www.php.net/manual/en/install.php)<br>[Composer installation guide](https://getcomposer.org/download/)                                                                                                                                                                                            | 8.2+                                                                                                                                 | 8.4                      | **Required.**<br>`memory_limit ≥ 512M`, `max_execution_time ≥ 30s`.<br>Required extensions: `ctype`, `curl`, `dom`, `fileinfo`, `gd`, `iconv`, `intl`, `mbstring`, `openssl`, `pcre`, `pdo_mysql`, `phar`, `simplexml`, `xml`, `zip`, `zlib`.<br>Optional: `amqp` (for message queues).<br>Composer 2.2+ recommended.<br>**macOS note:** If you install PHP with Homebrew, the `intl` extension may not be included by default. Install it separately:<br>`brew install php-intl` then verify with `php -m | grep intl`. |
+| **SQL**              | [MariaDB installation guide](https://mariadb.com/kb/en/getting-installing-and-upgrading-mariadb/)<br>[MySQL installation guide](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-installation-excerpt/8.0/en/)                                                                                                                                      | MariaDB ≥ 10.11.6 or MySQL ≥ 8.0.22                                                                                                  | MariaDB 11.4 / MySQL 8.4 | **Required.**<br>`max_allowed_packet ≥ 32M` for optimal performance.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
+| **Node.js / npm**    | [Node.js downloads](https://nodejs.org/en/download)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Node 20.0.0+                                                                                                                         | Node 24 / npm 10         | **Required.**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
+| **Search**           | [OpenSearch installation guide](https://opensearch.org/docs/latest/install-and-configure/install-opensearch/index/)                                                                                                                                                                                                                | OpenSearch 1.0+ or ElasticSearch 7.8+                                                                                                | OpenSearch 2.17.1        | **Optional.** Used for product search and indexing. <br> **Note**: The search preview in the administration requires OpenSearch 2.12+ or Elasticsearch 8.8+. <br> Support for OpenSearch 3.1 was added in shopware v6.7.3.1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
+| **Cache / KV store** | [Valkey](https://valkey.io/)<br>[Redis](https://redis.io) / [Redict](https://redict.io) / [Dragonfly](https://www.dragonflydb.io)                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Redis v7+                                                                                                                            | Valkey 8.0               | **Optional.** Used for caching and session storage.<br>Redis-protocol compatible alternatives supported.<br>`maxmemory-policy: volatile-lfu`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
+| **Web server**       | [Caddy setup guide](https://developer.shopware.com/docs/resources/references/config-reference/server/caddy.html)<br>[Apache](https://developer.shopware.com/docs/resources/references/config-reference/server/apache.html)<br>[Nginx](https://developer.shopware.com/docs/resources/references/config-reference/server/nginx.html) | Any                                                                                                                                  | Caddy                    | **Required.** For local development, the [Symfony CLI server](https://symfony.com/doc/current/setup/symfony_cli.html) works out of the box.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
+| **Queue**            | [RabbitMQ downloads](https://www.rabbitmq.com/download.html)<br>[AWS SQS](https://aws.amazon.com/sqs/)                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Any transport supported by the [symfony messenger component](https://symfony.com/doc/current/messenger.html#transport-configuration) | RabbitMQ                 | **Optional.** By default the SQL database will be used as a queue, however in production setups it is highly recommended to use a dedicated queue system for scalability and observability reasons.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
+
+See also: [PHP performance tweaks guide](https://developer.shopware.com/docs/guides/hosting/performance/performance-tweaks.html#php-config-tweaks)
+
+## Verifying your local environment
+
+Use the following commands to verify your local environment:
+
+::: info
+On many systems or hosting environments, multiple PHP versions may be installed.
+Make sure to use the correct PHP binary, as CLI and FPM often have different `php.ini` files.
+Ask your hosting provider for the correct PHP binary and how to adjust `php.ini`.
+:::
+
+- `php -v`: Show CLI PHP version
+- `php -m`: List CLI PHP modules
+- `php -i | grep memory_limit`: Show your CLI PHP memory limit
+- `composer -V`: Show Composer version
+- `node -v`: Show Node version
+- `npm -v`: Show npm version
diff --git a/guides/hosting/infrastructure/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-setup.md b/guides/hosting/infrastructure/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-setup.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 * A supported OpenSearch (or Elasticsearch) server
 
-<PageRef page="../../../installation/requirements#recommended-stack-and-supported-versions" />
+<PageRef page="../../index.md#recommended-stack-and-supported-versions" />
 
 * [Running message queue workers in the background](../message-queue)
 

diff --git a/guides/installation/setups/docker-options.md → guides/installation/advanced-options.md b/guides/installation/setups/docker-options.md → guides/installation/advanced-options.md
@@ -1,95 +1,50 @@
 ---
 nav:
-  title: Additional Docker Options
-  position: 40
+  title: Advanced Options
+  position: 6
 
 ---
 
-# Additional Docker Options
+# Advanced options
 
-## Connecting to a remote database
+This page covers optional and advanced Docker configuration for Shopware projects. You can refer to information here once your local environment is running and you want to customize your environment, mirror production more closely, or support advanced workflows.
 
-If you want to use a database outside the Docker stack (running on your host or another server, for examples), set `DATABASE_URL` in `.env.local` in the standard form:
+## Customizing the runtime environment
 
-```bash
-DATABASE_URL="mysql://user:password@<host>:3306/<database>"
-```
-
-Note: containers cannot always reach services bound only to the host's `localhost`. If `localhost` does not work you can try `host.docker.internal`, your host machine’s LAN IP, or add an `extra_hosts` entry in `compose.yaml`.
-
-## Enable profiler/debugging for PHP
-
-Once your Shopware environment is running, you may want to enable PHP debugging or profiling to inspect code execution, set breakpoints, or measure performance. The default setup doesn’t include these tools, but you can enable them using Docker overrides.
-
-### Enable Xdebug
-
-To enable [Xdebug](https://xdebug.org/) inside the web container, create a `compose.override.yaml` in your project root with the following configuration:
-
-```yaml
-services:
-    web:
-        environment:
-            - XDEBUG_MODE=debug
-            - XDEBUG_CONFIG=client_host=host.docker.internal
-            - PHP_PROFILER=xdebug
-```
-
-After saving the file, apply the changes:
-
-```bash
-docker compose up -d
-```
-
-This restarts the containers with Xdebug enabled. You can now attach your IDE (for example, PHPStorm or VS Code) to the remote debugger on the default Xdebug port `9003`.
+### Image variations
 
-Shopware’s Docker setup also supports other profilers, like [Blackfire](https://www.blackfire.io/), [Tideways](https://tideways.com/), and [PCOV](https://github.com/krakjoe/pcov). For Tideways and Blackfire, you'll need to run an additional container. For example:
-
-```yaml
-services:
-    web:
-        environment:
-            - PHP_PROFILER=blackfire
-    blackfire:
-        image: blackfire/blackfire:2
-        environment:
-            BLACKFIRE_SERVER_ID: XXXX
-            BLACKFIRE_SERVER_TOKEN: XXXX
-```
+Shopware provides multiple Docker image variants so you can match your local setup to your project's PHP version, Node version, and preferred web server. The image tag format is `ghcr.io/shopware/docker-dev:php(PHP_VERSION)-node(NODE_VERSION)-(WEBSERVER)`.
 
-## Image variations
+Version matrix:
 
-The Shopware Docker image is available in several variations, allowing you to match your local setup to your project’s PHP version, Node version, and preferred web server. Use the following pattern to select the right image tag:
-
-`ghcr.io/shopware/docker-dev:php(PHP_VERSION)-node(NODE_VERSION)-(WEBSERVER)`
-
-Here’s the version matrix:
-
-PHP versions:
+PHP versions
 
 - `8.4` - PHP 8.4
 - `8.3` - PHP 8.3
 - `8.2` - PHP 8.2
 
-Node versions:
+Node versions
 
 - `node24` - Node 24
 - `node22` - Node 22
 
-Web server:
+Web server
 
 - `caddy` - Caddy as web server
 - `nginx` - Nginx as web server
 
-Example:
+Examples
 
 - `ghcr.io/shopware/docker-dev:php8.4-node24-caddy` - PHP 8.4, Node 24, Caddy as web server
 - `ghcr.io/shopware/docker-dev:php8.3-node24-caddy` - PHP 8.3, Node 24, Caddy as web server
 - `ghcr.io/shopware/docker-dev:php8.4-node22-nginx` - PHP 8.4, Node 22, Nginx as web server
 - `ghcr.io/shopware/docker-dev:php8.3-node22-nginx` - PHP 8.3, Node 22, Nginx as web server
 
-## Adding Minio for local S3 storage
+Choose the variant that best matches your production stack.
+
+## Adding S3-compatible storage (Minio)
 
-Some projects use Amazon S3 for file storage in production. If you want to mimic that behavior locally—for example, to test uploads or CDN-like delivery—you can add [Minio](https://www.min.io/), an open-source S3-compatible storage server.
+Some projects use Amazon S3 for file storage in production. If you want to mimic that behavior locally—for example, to test uploads or CDN-like delivery—you can add [Minio](https://www.min.io/), which is an open-source, S3-compatible storage server.
 
 ### 1. Add the Minio service
 
@@ -139,7 +94,7 @@
 
 ### 2. Configure Shopware to use Minio
 
-Create a new YAML file at `config/packages/minio.yaml` with the following content:
+Create a `config/packages/minio.yaml`:
 
 ```yaml
 # yaml-language-server: $schema=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/shopware/shopware/refs/heads/trunk/config-schema.json
@@ -186,8 +141,7 @@
 
 ## Using OrbStack routing
 
-If you're using [OrbStack](https://orbstack.dev) on macOS, you can take advantage of its built-in routing feature.
-OrbStack automatically assigns local `.orb.local` URLs to your containers, so you don’t need to manage port mappings manually. This allows running multiple Shopware instances at the same time without port conflicts.
+If you're using [OrbStack](https://orbstack.dev) on macOS, you can avoid manual port management by using its built-in routing feature. OrbStack automatically assigns local `.orb.local` URLs to your containers, which allows running multiple Shopware instances at the same time without port conflicts.
 
 To enable it, create a `compose.override.yaml` in your project root with the following content:
 
@@ -213,16 +167,11 @@
 
 You can also open `https://orb.local` in your browser to view all running containers and their assigned URLs.
 
-## Proxy production images
+## Working with production data locally
 
-When you import a production database into your local environment, image URLs in the data may still point to production servers. As a result, your local store might show broken or missing images. You can fix this in two ways:
+When importing production databases into your local environment, image URLs in the data may still point to production servers—leading to broken or missing images in your local store. You can proxy those images locally instead of downloading everything.
 
-- **download all production images** and import them locally, or
-- **set up a lightweight proxy service** that serves those images directly from the production server (recommended for quick testing).
-
-### 1. Add the image proxy service
-
-Add a `imageproxy` service to your `compose.override.yaml`:
+Add the `imageproxy` service to your `compose.override.yaml`:
 
 ```yaml
 services:
@@ -237,9 +186,7 @@
 
 This starts a proxy server that fetches images from the production environment and caches them locally. For example, a request to `http://localhost:8050/assets/images.png` will be served from `https://[REMOTE_SERVER_HOST]/assets/images.png` and then stored in the local cache for faster reuse.
 
-### 2. Point Shopware to the proxy
-
-Next, we need to configure Shopware to use the proxy server. To do this, create a new YAML file `config/packages/media-proxy.yaml`
+Next, configure Shopware to use the proxy server. Create a new YAML file `config/packages/media-proxy.yaml`:
 
 ```yaml
 shopware:
@@ -248,4 +195,4 @@
       url: "http://localhost:8050"
 ```
 
-This tells Shopware to use the proxy server URL for all images.
+Images are fetched from production on demand and cached locally.