We begin with installing Apache 2.

1. Installation
   You are greeted with the Welcome to the installation wizard... screen.
   Press NEXT.
2. Accept the License Agreement.
   Press NEXT.
3. Read the Read Me.
   Press Next.
4. Server Information
   Network Domain: localhost
   Server Name: localhost
   Administrator's E-mail address: your@email.com
   Choose : for All Users, on Port 80, as a Service -- Recommended.
   Press Next.
5. Setup Type
   Typical
   Press Next.
6. Destination Folder
   Change it to E:\Inet\
   Press Next.
7. Ready to Install the Program
   Press Install.
8. Installation Wizard Completed
   Press Finish.

After the installation is complete you should see the Apache Monitor icon on your system tray next to the clock. The green arrow means Apache is up and running. You can control the operation of Apache through there. Click on the icon to START-STOP-RESTART Apache.

Click on this link : localhost.
Do you see the Apache page?
We are there, but not quite, we are going to have to fine tune Apache to suit our needs a little better.

We have Apache setup to serve web pages from our computer, but we will give it our own location to serve the files.

• Open E:\Inet. If you have a look you will see that Apache has installed itself in a Apache2 folder. That is how Apache works no matter where you install it.
  
• Make a new folder under Inet, name it WWW

We can now begin the first step of configuring Apache2. This one is to tell it that the WWW directory is where all our pages are going to be.

• Configuration
  Open httpd.conf located in E:\Inet\Apache2\conf\ with Notepad or any text editor. You can also open it under the Apache program group in the Start menu.
  
• Do a search for DocumentRoot. It should be exactly on line 228, but don't bet on it as it just might be different on your computer. See the screenshot if it matches with what you find
  
• Change the line where it says "E:/Inet/Apache2/htdocs" to "E:/Inet/WWW"
  
• Further down about 25 lines on line 253 (or so) you should see <Directory "E:/Inet/Apache2/htdocs">. Change that to <Directory "E:/Inet/WWW">
  

You have Apache fully configured to serve your web pages from your WWW directory. Just put all your files under this directory so it can be accessed from the outside world.

We have Apache up and running, but not configured for PHP. We will get to that once we install PHP. So keep your pants on for the time being.

Ready for another cup of coffee?

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