Your Own Home Server - Introduction

An Introduction
In this tutorial you will learn how to step up your own server. This server will be compris
What I used
* Windows 2000 - NOTE that if you are using 2k you WILL NEED Administrative Privileges. If
* Apache 1.3.6 - I tried to use 2.0 but I could not get it work. I also feel that 1.3.6 is
* Mysql 3.23.49 - The newest version of MySQL when I set up my server. MySQL also the is th
* PHP 4.2.1 - The latest and greatest PHP release. -nt
What you will need
* Apache 2 - Link: h**p://www.apache.org/dist/
* Mysql 3.23.49 - Link: h**p://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql-3.23.html
* PHP 4.2.0 - Link: h**p://www.php.net/downloads.php
* Windows - This tutorial is ONLY written for new versions of Windows.
Once you have downloaded all the programs you are ready to continue.
1. Installing Apache
Installing Apache
The first step is to download Apache for Windows. Before you install it make sure that any
Once you have clicked on the executable, a screen should com up that looks like this. Go ah
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Of course you plan to abide be the license agreement, so click on I accept.... and click on
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You really don't need to read this, but if you want you can. Read it if you want feel infor
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Here is where the actual setup of Apache begins. For Network Domain put in localhost as for
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For the sake of this tutorial it is better to just leave it as it is because, later in the
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Once you have all the jazz set up, it is time to install the server. If you are on w2k or X
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If all went well you just see a screen similar to this. Now it is time to test the install
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2. Installing PHP
Once you have clicked on the executable, a screen should come up that looks like this. Go a
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Of course you plan to abide be the license agreement, so click on I accept.... and click on
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For this information, we will want the simple standard install. Chances are you if you are
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This is the mail setup, just enter localhost, and me@localhost.com. These are not important
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We are going to want this install to work is Apache, so click on Apache, and move on.
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Once you have all the jazz set up, it is time to install the server. If you are on w2k or X
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After the install is done you should get something that says you will have to manually conf
ScriptAlias /php/ "c:/php/"
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml
Action application/x-httpd-php "/php/php.exe"
Now that we have php installed, it is time to test it. Open up notepad and type the code to
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3. Installing MySQL
Once you have clicked on the executable, a screen should com up that looks like this. Go ah
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Of course you plan to abide be the license agreement, so click on I accept.... and click on
Just like before you should leave the default dir alone, so you will be able to follow alon
Stay with the typical installation. Just like before, if you don't have admin privileges, t
Now you have to set up the root account. The root account is the absolute admin of the syst
To see an image of the screen, -h**p://www.webmasterstop.com/tutorials/images/doscreen1.gif
What is the point of having a database if you can't easily administer it! That is where php
To see an image of the screen, -h**p://www.webmasterstop.com/tutorials/images/phpmyadminscr
Now we want to test the install of mysql, php, phpmyadmin, and apache all at once. Start ap
4. Finishing it all up
Wow! We mad it through the whole process. Now we want to simplify the whole process of cont
Now all you have to do is click Start Apache in Console , Start Mysql, and Lauch browser bi
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