Will Apache, web-hosting software, operate properly with the home edition of the Windows XP operating system?

March 27, 2010 James 3 comments

Written by Roland J about 2 years ago.

Yes it runs on home edition.

RJ
Written by Alinutza about 2 years ago.

Yes, i already installed it myself through xampp (a package that contains apache, mysql and php all together http://www.iterating.com/products/Xampp ) and works just fine. On Vista it took me one day to do so and in the end it crashed
Written by Gruumsh about 2 years ago.

It depends… if you want to run the server strictly for your LAN, or as a testing server on one machine, then yes, it will work with no problem (just make sure you disable Microsoft’s personal web server and/or IIS if it’s running, or put Apache on a port other than 80).

If however you’re planning on hosting a full-blown public domain name, then there’s quite a bit more work to do, such as configuring and running domain servers, and XP is a little bit out of it’s league. You’re better off getting a separate box and setting up the complete LAMP package (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP).

Speaking of which, if you’ll be getting the last two as well for dynamic applications, I do NOT recommend going with a bundle. You’ll do yourself a disservice by not becoming familiar with software configuration up-front. And you won’t necessarily want the LATEST version if each, if you want to mirror what’s on a remote host, for testing. Get Apache, MySQL, and PHP from their respective sites. Get the MSI installers to make the configuration a bit more painless.

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