SixChecker documentation
SixChecker checks whether a server can run 6amMart and tells you exactly what to change where it cannot. These pages cover installing it, what it checks, how to read the report and how to fix each finding. It needs nothing but PHP.
SixChecker — check a server for 6amMartYour first check
- What SixChecker isWhat it is · What it costs you to skip it · The three ways it runs
- Install SixCheckerWhere the folder goes · Set a password on the first screen · Your first scan
- What it checksThe ten steps · Why no single scan shows all 169 · What is not part of the 169
- Reading the reportThe verdict comes first, not a number · What the colours mean · How the score is built
- The "What to fix" pageWhat to change · What your server needs, and what it has · Keys and credentials
Your server
- Server and configuration guideThe recommended stack · Sizing the server · PHP
- Which PHP, database and OS versionWhat to install · Everything, ranked · PHP — 8.3 vs 8.4 vs 8.5
- What the setup script doesWhat it is · The four modes · The three safety rules
- The .env checkWhy it does not compare against .env.example · Four kinds of problem, not just one · Two problems nothing else surfaces
- Speed and sizingFour benchmarks, one button each · What "traffic" actually means · Reading the scores
With SixPanel and your shop
- Running inside SixPanelSixPanel is not assumed to be one shape · What it scores on a SixPanel server · Two customers, two different pages
- Live delivery trackingWhat it actually powers · What it costs to run · The 15 checks
- Machine-readable findingsWhy it never starts a scan itself · Authentication · The response shape
- Verify and historyEvery scan is kept · Why files, not a database table · Two comparisons it deliberately refuses to make
Trust and limits
- Security and privacyThe password gate · Saved scans cannot be read over the web · What the shipped .htaccess does, and its real limit
- LimitationsThe short version · It cannot see what the server will not show it · What a confined PHP cannot read
- TroubleshootingThe scan stops partway through with a PHP error · "Set a password first" will not go away · "Could not create sixchecker/config.php"