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Drupal on localhost (Windows Vista)

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Dummie

I can't force Drupal multisite instalation on localhost with Windows Vista. I getting errors or instalation freezing... Which free Apache/PHP/mySQL package is working on Vista? I am trying WampServer 2.0i.

admin
We got the same problems with Vista and WampServer

On Windows Vista is working XAMPP (actually 1.7.3). Installation is quite easy - simply follow the script. After installation you have to edit 'hosts' file in 'c:/windows/system32/drivers/etc':

  • hash '::1' ('# ::1')
  • add '127.0.0.1 localhost'
  • add '127.0.0.1 your-host' for all of your sites in multisite instalation

After that you have to edit 'c:/xampp/apache/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf' and add VirtualHost to all your domains include localhost.

Example:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName localhost
    DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs"
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName some-your-domain.com
    DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/YOUR-DRUPAL-FOLDER"
</VirtualHost>

Don't forget restart Apache (you can do it from XAMPP control panel).