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Here goes my first Linux Tutorial for LAMPP using XAMPP. Actually i was searching for a way to install LAMP on my debian system when i came across this wonderful tutorial. Thought would be nice to share it.
Step 1: Download
*www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-linux.html
Step 2: Installation
After downloading simply type in the following commands:
1.Go to a Linux shell and login as the system administrator root:
su
2.Extract the downloaded archive file to /opt:
Warning: Please use only this command to install XAMPP. DON'T use any Microsoft Windows tools to extract the archive, it won't work.
Warning 2: already installed XAMPP versions get overwritten by this command.
That's all. XAMPP is now installed below the /opt/lampp directory.
Step 3: Start
To start XAMPP simply call this command:
You should now see something like this on your screen:
Starting XAMPP 1.6.2...
Step 4: Test
OK, that was easy but how can you check that everything really works? Just type in the following URL at your favourite web browser:
*localhost
Now you should see the start page of XAMPP containing some links to check the status of the installed software and some small programming examples.
A matter of security (A MUST READ!)
As mentioned before, XAMPP is not meant for production use but only for developers in a development environment. The way XAMPP is configured is to be open as possible and allowing the developer anything he/she wants. For development environments this is great but in a production environment it could be fatal.
Here a list of missing security in XAMPP:
1.The MySQL administrator (root) has no password.
2.The MySQL daemon is accessible via network.
3.ProFTPD uses the password "lampp" for user "nobody".
4.PhpMyAdmin is accessible via network.
5.Examples are accessible via network.
6.MySQL and Apache running under the same user (nobody).
To fix most of the security weaknesses simply call the following command:
It starts a small security check and makes your XAMPP installation more secure.
PHP 4 or PHP 5?
Because such very new versions like PHP 5 always should be handled with care we decided to include both current versions of PHP into XAMPP since version 1.4.7: PHP 5.x and PHP 4.x. If you find out your PHP application doesn't work with PHP 5 you will be able to switch back easily to PHP 4.
By the following command you can switch "back" to PHP 4.x:
And with the following command you can switch back to PHP 5.x:
If you forgot which version of PHP is in use simply use phpinfo() or call this command:
Advanced start and stop parameters
What is where?
Stopping XAMPP
To stop XAMPP simply call this command:
You should now see:
And XAMPP for Linux is stopped.
Uninstall
To uninstall XAMPP just type in this command:
The end.
Source - *www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-linux.html
Step 1: Download
*www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-linux.html
Step 2: Installation
After downloading simply type in the following commands:
1.Go to a Linux shell and login as the system administrator root:
su
2.Extract the downloaded archive file to /opt:
Code:
tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.6.2.tar.gz -C /opt
Warning 2: already installed XAMPP versions get overwritten by this command.
That's all. XAMPP is now installed below the /opt/lampp directory.
Step 3: Start
To start XAMPP simply call this command:
Code:
/opt/lampp/lampp start
Starting XAMPP 1.6.2...
Code:
LAMPP: Starting Apache...
LAMPP: Starting MySQL...
LAMPP started.
Ready. Apache and MySQL are running.
Step 4: Test
OK, that was easy but how can you check that everything really works? Just type in the following URL at your favourite web browser:
*localhost
Now you should see the start page of XAMPP containing some links to check the status of the installed software and some small programming examples.
A matter of security (A MUST READ!)
As mentioned before, XAMPP is not meant for production use but only for developers in a development environment. The way XAMPP is configured is to be open as possible and allowing the developer anything he/she wants. For development environments this is great but in a production environment it could be fatal.
Here a list of missing security in XAMPP:
1.The MySQL administrator (root) has no password.
2.The MySQL daemon is accessible via network.
3.ProFTPD uses the password "lampp" for user "nobody".
4.PhpMyAdmin is accessible via network.
5.Examples are accessible via network.
6.MySQL and Apache running under the same user (nobody).
To fix most of the security weaknesses simply call the following command:
Code:
/opt/lampp/lampp security
PHP 4 or PHP 5?
Because such very new versions like PHP 5 always should be handled with care we decided to include both current versions of PHP into XAMPP since version 1.4.7: PHP 5.x and PHP 4.x. If you find out your PHP application doesn't work with PHP 5 you will be able to switch back easily to PHP 4.
By the following command you can switch "back" to PHP 4.x:
Code:
/opt/lampp/lampp php4
Code:
/opt/lampp/lampp php5
Code:
/opt/lampp/lampp phpstatus
Advanced start and stop parameters
- start - Starts XAMPP.
- stop - Stops XAMPP.
- restart - Stops and starts XAMPP.
- startapache - Starts only the Apache.
- startssl - Starts the Apache SSL support. This command activates the SSL support permanently, e.g. if you restarts XAMPP in the future SSL will stay activated.
- startmysql - Starts only the MySQL database.
- startftp - Starts the ProFTPD server. Via FTP you can upload files for your web server (user "nobody", password "lampp"). This command activates the
- ProFTPD permanently, e.g. if you restarts XAMPP in the future FTP will stay activated.
- stopapache - Stops the Apache.
- stopssl - Stops the Apache SSL support. This command deactivates the SSL support permanently, e.g. if you restarts XAMPP in the future SSL will stay deactivated.
- stopmysql - Stops the MySQL database.
- stopftp - Stops the ProFTPD server. This command deactivates the ProFTPD permanently, e.g. if you restarts XAMPP in the future FTP will stay deactivated.
- security - Starts a small security check programm.
What is where?
- /opt/lampp/bin/ - The XAMPP commands home.
- /opt/lampp/bin/mysql - calls for example the MySQL monitor.
- /opt/lampp/htdocs/ - The Apache DocumentRoot directory.
- /opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf - The Apache configuration file.
- /opt/lampp/etc/my.cnf - The MySQL configuration file.
- /opt/lampp/etc/php.ini - The PHP configuration file.
- /opt/lampp/etc/proftpd.conf - The ProFTPD configuration file. (since 0.9.5)
- /opt/lampp/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php - The phpMyAdmin configuration file.
Stopping XAMPP
To stop XAMPP simply call this command:
Code:
/opt/lampp/lampp stop
Code:
Stopping LAMPP 1.6.2...
LAMPP: Stopping Apache...
LAMPP: Stopping MySQL...
LAMPP stopped.
Uninstall
To uninstall XAMPP just type in this command:
Code:
rm -rf /opt/lampp
Source - *www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-linux.html