Install Drupal on Microsoft Server
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Install Drupal on Microsoft Server Organic Design procedure |
In this example, the remote Windows Server 2003 SP2 with IIS6 is being accessed from an Ubuntu Linux local machine.
Install rdesktop
Download rdesktop from http://www.rdesktop.org/
Install rdesktop in a terminal as root:
- Extract to any dir and copy as root to /usr/local
- cd to the rdesktop dir
- Install as follows
- Navigate to the server using rdesktop servername (or IP), then logon using the username and password that the server owner will (hopefully) have provided you with.
If you get an ERROR: Could not find X Window System headers/libraries, apt-get install libx11-dev
Install Mysql
- If you are using Drupal 6, you need to use mysql. Drupal 7 can be run on MSSQL.
- Go to http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/#downloads and download the community edition for Windows 32 or 64 bit depending on the Windows install.
- FTP or otherwise transfer the mysql MSI to any folder on the remote server. Nautilus is not much use for this so install Filezilla via the Ubuntu Software Center.
- Install the MSI into (e.g.) c:\mysql, then run MySQLInstanceConfig.exe
- Go through the install procedure, remembering to allow root access remotely.
- Test by using the MySQL command utility to check for databases, there should be a test database that you can access.
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Install Drupal on Microsoft Server Organic Design procedure |
In this example, the remote Windows Server 2003 SP2 with IIS6 is being accessed from an Ubuntu Linux local machine.
Install rdesktop
Download rdesktop from http://www.rdesktop.org/
Install rdesktop in a terminal as root:
- Extract to any dir and copy as root to /usr/local
- cd to the rdesktop dir
- Install as follows
- Navigate to the server using rdesktop servername (or IP), then logon using the username and password that the server owner will (hopefully) have provided you with.
If you get an ERROR: Could not find X Window System headers/libraries, apt-get install libx11-dev
Install Mysql
- If you are using Drupal 6, you need to use mysql. Drupal 7 can be run on MSSQL.
- Go to http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/#downloads and download the community edition for Windows 32 or 64 bit depending on the Windows install.
- FTP or otherwise transfer the mysql MSI to any folder on the remote server. Nautilus is not much use for this so install Filezilla via the Ubuntu Software Center.
- Install the MSI into (e.g.) c:\mysql, then run MySQLInstanceConfig.exe
- Go through the install procedure, remembering to allow root access remotely.
- Test by using the MySQL command utility to check for databases, there should be a test database that you can access.
Install PHP
download and install Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package.
Then download and install ISAPI_Rewrite3_0082_Lite.msi. This will accelerate PHP as well as provide (limited) ability to do mod rewrites.
Then download and install the zip version (not msi) of PHP non-thread safe (32 or 64 bit as appropriate). Follow this five-step install procedure. You will also need to download the PHP5ISAPI.DLL and copy it into C:\PHP.
