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{{% tab "GNU C Linux" %}}

An operating system with glibc 2.17 or newer is required. The following versions or newer meet this requirement:
- CentOS 7.
- Debian 8, which has reached end of life (EOL).
- Ubuntu 14.04, which is EOL.
- CentOS 7
- Debian 8
- Ubuntu 14.04

Datadog recommends running an OS version that is not EOL.
**Note**: The operating system versions above have all reached end of life (EOL), Datadog recommends running more recent versions.

{{% /tab %}}
{{% tab "Alpine Linux" %}}
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2. Download the `datadog-setup.php` script from the [GitHub release page][3]. Version 0.69.0 is the first tracer release to include this installer.

3. Run the installer to install both the tracer and profiler, for example `php datadog-setup.php --enable-profiling`. This script is interactive and asks which of the detected PHP locations it should install to. At the end of the script, it outputs the non-interactive version of the command arguments for future use.
```shell
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSfLO \
https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-php/releases/latest/download/datadog-setup.php
```

4. Configure the profiler using config mode through the `datadog-setup.php`:
3. Run the installer to install both the tracer and profiler. This script is interactive and asks which of the detected PHP locations it should install to. At the end of the script, it outputs the non-interactive version of the command arguments for future use.

```shell
php datadog-setup.php --enable-profiling --php-bin=all
```
# `datadog.profiling.enabled` is not required for v0.82.0+.
php datadog-setup.php config set -d datadog.profiling.enabled=1

4. **Optional:** Configure the profiler using config mode through the `datadog-setup.php`:

```shell
php datadog-setup.php config set \
-d datadog.service=app-name \
-d datadog.env=prod \
-d datadog.version=1.3.2

php hello.php
```

Apache, PHP-FPM and other servers require a restart after changing the INI
settings.
Apache, PHP-FPM, FrankenPHP and other servers require a restart after changing the INI settings.

Check notice on line 93 in content/en/profiler/enabling/php.md

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Suggestion: Use the Oxford comma in 'Apache, PHP-FPM, FrankenPHP and'.

See the [configuration docs][4] for more INI settings.

5. Validate the profiler extension is loaded and enabled by executing `php -v` and validate that you see `datadog-profiling` in the output.

```shell
php -v
```

```
PHP 8.4.13 (cli) (built: Sep 5 2025 11:52:54) (ZTS)
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.4.13, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
with Zend OPcache v8.4.13, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies
with datadog-profiling v1.13.0, Copyright Datadog, by Datadog
```

5. A minute or two after receiving a request, profiles appear on the [APM > Profiler page][5].

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