Installing Apache
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## Installing Apache

| Note
At the moment I will not recommend to use Apache/2.0.x. I got many strange problems when I ran MGW, PHP and Apache/2.0.x. E. g. the browser often told me that the page could not be displayed and I got problems in the webmail2 module to show pictures included in incoming e-mails. The PHP support for Apache/2.0.x is quite buggy at the moment, so it can be a good idea to continue to use Apache 1.3.x and wait with the upgrade for a while. MGW should be compatible with PHP/4.1.x or later. The support for PHP/4.0.x or earlier has newly been dropped because of security and coding problems.

First we begin with installing Apache. Installing Apache is quite easy as the installation program uses the known Installation Wizard system.

Run the Apache installation - file, press Next, Agree with the License Agreement, Next and Next. Now we have come to some important choices regarding Server Information:

- Network Domain: Just write something of your own choice here if you only shall use Moregroupware at the inside of you local network (e. g. mydomain.net).

- Server name: Write your Windows PC name here. It should be the name that the other computers in the network use if they want to communicate with your PC (e. g. PC1). If you are unsure of the name you could write localhost.

- Administrator's Email Address: Your e-mail.

Press Next, choose Complete installation together with Next and accept standard installation path. Press Next and Install. (If you must do some configuration changes afterwards you will have to edit httpd.conf. To do that you can choose Start + Programs + Apache HTTP Server + Configure Apache

After the installation you will find a new program group called Apache HTTP server with possibilities to edit configuration and to start / stop / restart Apache (Start + Programs + Apache HTTP server + Your choice).

Start your favourite internet browser. Write in the address http://localhost/ or http://yourPCname/ (yourPCname is the named you wrote in the Server Name field when you installed Apache). You should now get a test page which tells you what Apache is running.

We shall do some configuration changes in Apache later, but now it is time to install PHP

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