Webservers
 

How would you set up a windows computer to use Apache, php, mysql, and etc.., and make it become a webserver also?

I've used phpdev, which includes all the above and then some, but I've never been able to have apache run my stuff from my computer publicly.

Re: Webservers
 

Go to

http://www.apache.org
http://www.mysql.com
http://www.php.net

Download the appropriate files, read the appropriate installation instructions, do what they say, and then you have yourself a web server. :)

Re: Re: Webservers
 

Thank you. I'll post back and say how it went.

im not sure if you wanted this to be a testing server or an actual webserver so punch me in the face if im stupid :p

to set it up as a local testing server you need to set the ServerName field in your apache config file to 127.0.0.1 (or localhost)

to have it accessable to everyone else on the web you would need to change ServerName to your ip address which can be found using ipconfig in a dos prompt of you choice.

oh, and i suggest getting apache 1.3 as apache 2.0 has some problems with php. while there is versions for 2.0 they are buggy and kinda hard to configure.

hope i helped in any way possible. :)

an actual webserver is what i'm looking for. I am currently using phpdev w/ apache v1.3.27. It includes mysql, php, apache, and everything.

I installed a server on my desktop using all the files downloaded individually. Took me about 3 hours to get set up right.. on my laptop, I found a program called "FoxServ" that installs and configures everything for you in about 5 minutes. Check this program out, and look for others that do the same..

http://www.foxserv.net/portal.php

I'm trying it out right now (DSL is god!!!). I'm downloading it right now, and when it's done, I'll check it all out.

[Edit] Well, I have it installed. But no one besides me can view it still ( test it here and please tell me what u see / what happens: http://php-test.homeunix.com/ ) [/edit]

"The page cannot be displayed" Perhaps you need to wait a day for DNS updates?

How hard is it to do this sort of thing? I'd really like to run my own web server. I have cable modem for my internet connection. If you'd let me know all of what is involved in this I'd really appreciate it.

Maybe...I'm going through dyndns.org by the way.

For me, as you may have realized, it's a big pain in the arse.

I've got a 1.5 meg DSL connection, which is pretty good.

Download the stuff from the links brandon gave, and try to set it up yourself, it's all I can say. Chances are that I'm dead wrong on this point.

Hmm. Make sure you have a line like this:
ServerName php-test.homeunix.com

and

ServerType standalone

...in your httpd.conf file.

Also, you need to restart it after changing the conf file, if you didn't know.

Ok, thanks.

yea, I knew about restarting apache after (after like, 20 times of confusion).

Thanks again

[edit] It should work now. The page should just say hi! [/edit]

It's 'forbidden.' Hmm. Not totally positive how to fix that on a Windows system without permissions. Make sure you have your DocumentRoot set correctly.

What should it be?

DocumentRoot "C:\\path\\to\\webpage"

No trailing slashes, either (and yes, there are supposed to be two)

Ok, thank you.

I'll try that in a bit

[EDIT] I did that, and hopefully it works now [/EDIT]