Installing Apache Web Server On Windows
Installing Apache Web Server On Windows
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Apache web server is a software program that sits on your (the physical machine that is designed to store and server web pages). Any server configured to communicate using TCP/IP uses ports. Not serial or parallel ports like the ones on the back of your computer, but the ones that look different and serve the same purpose, example Port 80 is the default web server port and all hyper text transfer protocols. As HTTP request comes to the server it checks the appropriate permission and then either transmits the page or if the permissions are not adequate, it sends an error message. The web server has certain restrictions to what it can process. When the server receives a request for a page having embedded scripts, it cannot process these by itself. It therefore uses additional software that performs auxiliary processing called middleware. Before installing apache web server on windows, some prerequisites need to check. First you need to have a windows operating system such as windows vista, windows 7, windows xp pro, or you might have windows 2003 server. If you dont have anyone of those operating system, here some guides how to install windows 2003 server screenshots. After completing installing operating system, you might have proceed to install apache web server. What to do after installing apache web server? You have to install php on windows and also mysql database for windows. Completing these 3 component, then you might proceed to install php CMS on your local pc or server. Download apache webserver here.
Here are the step and installation wizard to for Apache HTTP server 2.2.4.
Click x2 the
apache_2.2.4-win32-x86-no_sll web server installer.
Click next to continue the installation wizard.
Accept the terms in the license agreement and click next to continue installation wizard.
Read this before running apache on windows. Click next to continue installation wizard.
Enter your server’s information and select for all user, on port 80, as a service – recommended. Click next to
continue installation wizard.
Choose the setup type that best suits your needs. Select Typical for beginners and click next to continue installation
wizard.
Click next to select the default folder where apache to be installed or you can change your own destination
folder such as c:\
Change current destination c:\Apache2 if you don’t want to use default folder.
Click install to begin the installation.
The program features you selected are being installed. This may take several minutes. Do not click anything while
installation has been process.
Congratulation!!! You successfully completed installed Apache HTTP Server 2.2.4. Click finish to exit the wizard.
After installing apache, you can check the services status on services.msc by typing on start run. It supposes to be started on the status.
Last, you can test you web server using browser either Internet explorer or Firefox mozill by typing
http://localhost/ on the URL. If the message appears “it works!” It’s mean you successfully installed the apache web server.
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