"webdeveloperjc" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote
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> Thank you for all that info. Now, I have a question; If
I install Apche,
> why do
> I need IIS7? or do I still need to have IIS7 in oder to
run Apache?
>
> Also I was reading the Apache installation for Windows
and here is
> something I
> don't know how to manage:
>
> Run the Apache .msi file you downloaded above. The
installation will ask
> you
> for these things:
>
> 1. Network Domain. Enter the DNS domain in which your
server is or will be
> registered in. For example, if your server's full DNS
name is
> server.mydomain.net, you would type mydomain.net here.
This is the domain name that's usually assigned by the DHCP
server, in most
end-user setups the router functions as a DHCP server
> 2. Server Name. Your server's full DNS name. From the
example above, you
> would
> type server.mydomain.net here.
YOURCOMPUTERNAME.DOMAINNAMEFROMABOVE
> 3. Administrator's Email Address. Enter the server
administrator's or
> webmaster's email address here. This address will be
displayed along with
> error
> messages to the client by default.
Since you will be the server's administrator, this should
lead to you
> 4. For whom to install Apache Select for All Users, on
Port 80, as a
> Service -
> Recommended if you'd like your new Apache to listen at
port 80 for
> incoming
> traffic. It will run as a service (that is, Apache will
run even if no one
> is
> logged in on the server at the moment) Select only for
the Current User,
> on
> Port 8080, when started Manually if you'd like to
install Apache for your
> personal experimenting or if you already have another
WWW server running
> on
> port 80.
To install it as a service on port 80, IIS should not be
running any sites
on the same port
> 5. The installation type. Select Typical for everything
except the source
> code
> and libraries for module development. With Custom you
can specify what to
> install. A full install will require about 13 megabytes
of free disk
> space.
> This does not include the size of your web site(s).
>
> Question 1: This is my personal computer, how do I know
the DNS domain in
> which my server is?
Try opening a command-prompt and entering the following
command
ipconfig /all
> Q 2: what is my server's full DNS name?
see above answer
> Q3: I sthis an email addres from the computer server or
from my ISP?
this is your email
> Q4: I guess here I should do this: for the Current User,
on Port 8080
In case you might want to have multiple accounts on your
computer it would
make more sense to run is as a system service
> Q5: I usually like to install Full packages.
Install what you need, what isn't there can't be abused
> Pardon my inorance, I am trying to learn here.
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/platform/windows.html
> Then, I had this problem before : corruction of my ISS7,
the first time I
> installed Vista, I belive back in february, I runned
into this problem
> too. For
> some reason my IIS7 got corruct it (don't have a clue
why) and I had the
> same
> problem, I was not able to reinstall IIS7 without having
to format my
> computer
> from scratch (pain in the bud). Is there any way that I
can unistall IIS
> and
> reinstall it without having to reformat my whole
computer?
That should be possible, never tried it
> I am really confuse here, I have been working a couple
of years now as a
> web
> designer and this is still a black whole for me. I
really want to get a
> clear
> understanding of how server work and how configure then.
I really
> apreciate the
> help to get me to a new level of understanding.
> All I see at this point is the need to reconfigure my
computer, but I will
> wait untill some responses to this Post to make a
desicion.
If you want you CAN run PHP under IIS either by installing
the PHP
interpreter or the PHP compiler for .NET I talked about
earlier, it was a
pretty painless process for me , off course your IIS
configuration has to be
correct no less than your APACHE configuration has to be
http://php.net/install.windows
> Thanks once again.
