Install Web Server in Windows XP with Apache2, PHP5 and MySQL4 - Part 2
Part 2 - Install Apache 2
Run the Apache Windows Installer that downloaded in Part 1. The installation is easy, just follow the on screen instruction.
Click on “Next”.
Accept the terms and click “Next”.
Click “Next”.
The fields’ values are auto-detected. You may want to change it if it’s not correct.
Choose Typical Installation and click “Next”.
The default folder for Apache installation is C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2. You can change that to anywhere in your hard disk. Here it’s change to C:\Server\Apache2 for example. Then click “Next”.
Installation done.
Testing Apache Installation
Try to access http://localhost/.
A simple Apache index page in English should be shown. It means that the installation is succesful.
If there is problem, try the following the steps. Go to Start -> All Programs - Apache HTTP Server 2.x.xx - Control Apache Server. Try to Stop and then Start or Restart the Apache server (The Apache tray icon may also appear in Windows System Tray, where the above controls can be accessed there).
After installation is successful, the Apache configuration file httpd.conf should be updated if you want change the web root directory instead of default one at Apache2/htdocs. The httpd.conf located in “C:/Installation_Path/Apache2/conf/httpd.conf”. Use a text script editor to open it.
Search for DocumentRoot “C:/Server/Apache 2/Apache2/htdocs”. It should be found at line 228. Change it to your preferred web root folder. For illustration purpose, we change it to folder C:/Server/www. So the new line should looks like DocumentRoot “C:/Server/www”.
There is another same directory at line 253. Copy and paste the DocumentRoot from line 228 to line 253.
Save the configuration file. Make sure the new document root directory (i.e. C:/Server/www) exists. Then restart the Apache server. Depending on the directory contents, you’ll either see an index file or a list of files in the directory.
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January 2nd, 2006 02:18
[...] Obvioulsy, a web server needs to be running on the Windows machine. Refer to this post for instructions on how to install Apache2 in Windows. [...]
November 3rd, 2006 10:56
[...] Once you get a web server, install a proxy on the website. There are a lot of proxy server program available, such as PHPproxy and CGIproxy that can be installed to set up a proxy server. You will need to install Apache and PHP or CGI on your web server too to run as proxy. You may also want to setup a domain name for your proxy for easy remembrance, or you can always use the IP address to access it. If you’re using home based PC as proxy server, remember that IP address may not be static, so you can use dynamic DNS service to set up a domain name which will point to your correct dynamic IP address when changed, with service such DynDNS and No-IP. [...]
April 20th, 2007 14:07
yourguide sux a phatty, learn to update you piece of shit. i get nothing but a bunch of errors with this setup, and i only made it to step 3. thanks to google, i found a much better guide. later noob!
April 20th, 2007 14:59
Which better guide you have found? What should be updated?