Xibo

Apache Won't Start

Asked by Barry Wood

I'm running a Windows 7 64bit laptop on which I'd like to install Xibo to try it out. I already run IIS on my machine and several websites which I maintain (mainly ASP.NET).

I've downloaded XAMPP 1.7.1, and run through the install with no error messages. I get the XAMPP Control Panel up, set Apache & MySQL as SRV and Start both. MySQL starts OK, but Apache doesn't. The Event Viewer just says it terminated with service-specific error. This means I've stopped in your 'Install Guide Xibo Server' document.

When I press Admin next to the MySQL I get a page up from my IIS saying ' HTTP Error 404.0 - Not Found' - the physical path: c:\inetpub\wwwroot\phpmyadmin\ doesn't exist so I'm wondering why it wasn't created in the install routine. So now I'm not sure whether it's just not installed properly or there's something else to do to get Apache working.

Any thoughts would help.

- Not knowing Apache, how do you change the port it is using?

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Best Dan Garner (dangarner) said : 		#1

They will mostly likely be trying to run on the same port - you need to configure IIS or Apache to use a port other than 80 (default)

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Barry Wood (barry-x8) said : 		#2

Not knowing Apache I can't see where you change the port?

Odd though, as my wife (on her PC) has IIS and Apache both running at the same time so I don't think it could be a port clashing issue.

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Barry Wood (barry-x8) said : 		#3

Whoohh! It's working now! I haven't changed anything (port or anything else) and I've just noticed it is running.

And to prove it's OK I've installed the Xibo Server with no problems. So onto the next step ...

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Dan Garner (dangarner) said : 		#4

Sounds like an odd thing to mention - but you might have had Skype running (it grabs port 80 too, if available).

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Barry Wood (barry-x8) said : 		#5

I stopped Skype using port 80 earlier, but maybe it didn't release the port - I exited Skype later, maybe this did the trick.

How wouldI configure Apache to use a different port?

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Barry Wood (barry-x8) said : 		#6

OK now, looked up Apache help for this and changed port to 8888 (from 80), and ServerName from localhost to localhost:8888.

Now I have IIS and Apache both running at the same time.