Thursday, June 12, 2008

Installing Apache server on a Vista

Today i would like to discuss about installing Apache on Vista m/c:

First download apache from:
http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.apache.org/httpd/binaries/win32

You can select the following file from the list displayed:
apache_2.2.8-win32-x86-openssl-0.9.8g.msi

Once it got downloaded, goto Programs->Accessories->Command prompt
Right click, and say to open as Administrator.

In the command dialog type: msiexec /i
followed by the path and name of the apache installation file.
In my case: c:\apache_2.2.8-win32-x86-openssl-0.9.8g.msi

There u go... Appache HTTP Server installation wizard starts up..
For "Network Domain" and "Server name" type: "localhost"
For "Administrator's Email Address" type: info@localhost

choose "Custom" setup and click "Next"......at last click "Finish"
Once it gets installed, you can see the icon up and running.
You maybe restart the server once, before testing(optional)
hmmm.. now check to see if its working: Goto type: http://localhost

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