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How to install Apache on windows
Author : Ester Artieda
From TechnologicalWiki
[edit] Introduction
The Apache HTTP Server is a web server notable for playing a key role in the initial growth of the World Wide Web. Apache was the first viable alternative to the Netscape Communications Corporation web server (currently known as Sun Java System Web Server), and has since evolved to rival other Unix-based web servers in terms of functionality and performance. The majority of all web servers using Apache are Linux web servers.
Apache is developed and maintained by an open community of developers under the auspices of the Apache Software Foundation. The application is available for a wide variety of operating systems, including Unix, FreeBSD, Linux, Solaris, Novell NetWare, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, OS/2, TPF, and eComStation. Released under the Apache License, Apache is characterized as free software and open source software.
[edit] Download and installation
The first step we have to take is to download the bin files of Apache for Windows, we can find them on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_http_server. To install it we have to click over the installation file and then it will appear a wizard where we only have to follow instructions and introduce some data like network domain, server name and administrator email.
Once Apache is installed, we have to modify Apache's config file. So we select init/Programs/Apache HTTP Server/Configure Apache Server and modify the file. This is to say, we configure some of the params to signal our web page:
DocumentRoot=C:/users/me/MyWeb
<Directory C:/users/me/MyWeb>
and finally we save the file.
To test if installation has been made correctly we have to open Apache Monitor, restart the server and it should appear two messages with "apache2 restarting" and "apache2 restarted". Now, when we open the browser and typed http://localhost appears a web page saying "It works" or our own web page.
