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− | The runtime environment for [eclipse.org] runs Apache HTTP Server and PHP 4.3.4. Previous instructions have detailed how to configure [http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html XAMPP] for use as a unit test environment for Phoenix. Unfortunately, XAMPP runs PHP 5.0 and there are significant differences between PHP versions 4.3.4 and 5.0 which make reliable testing impossible. | + | The runtime environment for [http://eclipse.org] runs Apache HTTP Server and PHP 4.3.4. Previous instructions have detailed how to configure [http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html XAMPP] for use as a unit test environment for Phoenix. Unfortunately, XAMPP runs PHP 5.0 and there are significant differences between PHP versions 4.3.4 and 5.0 which make reliable testing impossible. |
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is similar to the production environment but is not exact. It includes | is similar to the production environment but is not exact. It includes | ||
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− | + | Download Apache HTTP Server 2.2.2 (current version at the time of this writing). You can find it [http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi here]. Follow the provided instructions to install the software. When prompted for the "Network domain", specify "phoenix.eclipse.org". On Windows, you will be asked if you want to install Apache as a service. If you do so, it will start whenever your machine is started. It is not necessary to install Apache as a service. | |
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===Configuration=== | ===Configuration=== |
Revision as of 15:35, 14 June 2006
This document is a work in progress.
The runtime environment for [1] runs Apache HTTP Server and PHP 4.3.4. Previous instructions have detailed how to configure XAMPP for use as a unit test environment for Phoenix. Unfortunately, XAMPP runs PHP 5.0 and there are significant differences between PHP versions 4.3.4 and 5.0 which make reliable testing impossible.
Phoenix Test Runtime Environment for Windows XP Setup
This document takes you through the steps that you need to follow to configure your workstation to run an Apache runtime environment similar to the environment running the [2] website. This environment is similar to the production environment but is not exact. It includes a minimally configured Apache web server along with PHP 4.3.4. This environment does not include MySQL or any other services.
Download and Installation
Download Apache HTTP Server 2.2.2 (current version at the time of this writing). You can find it here. Follow the provided instructions to install the software. When prompted for the "Network domain", specify "phoenix.eclipse.org". On Windows, you will be asked if you want to install Apache as a service. If you do so, it will start whenever your machine is started. It is not necessary to install Apache as a service.
All the steps in this document assume that Apache HTTP Server is installed in the default location. On Windows this is "C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2".
Configuration
This document assumes that you have a project named "www" containing the website contents in your Eclipse workspace.
Step 1: Configure Apache. Open the
"http.conf" file (located in
c:\phoenix_runtime\apache\conf\http.conf
). Scroll to the
bottom and locate the following section:
<VirtualHost local.phoenix.eclipse.org:80> DocumentRoot c:/eclipse311/workspace/www ServerName local.phoenix.eclipse.org:80 ErrorLog logs/phoenix CustomLog logs/phoenix common </VirtualHost>
Change the "DocumentRoot" entry to point to the location
of your www directory. The above entry assumes that the workspace is
located in c:/eclipse311/workspace
. If you used the
default workspace when you first started Eclipse, you'd change this
value to c:\Documents and Settings\Wayne Beaton\workspace\www
(that is, assuming your name is "Wayne Beaton".
It may look something like the following:
<VirtualHost local.phoenix.eclipse.org:80> DocumentRoot c:\Documents and Settings\Wayne Beaton\workspace\www ServerName local.phoenix.eclipse.org:80 ErrorLog logs/phoenix CustomLog logs/phoenix common </VirtualHost>
Save the file.
Step 2: Configure the host. The previous setting
configures a virtual host on your workstation named
"local.phoenix.eclipse.org"; in this step, you need to configure
your workstation to know about the host. Open your hosts file using your
favourite text editor. This file is likely located at
c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
. Add the following
line to this file:
127.0.0.1 local.phoenix.eclipse.org
Save the file.
This line tells Windows that when a browser makes a request to [local.phoenix.eclipse.org], that the local machine will handle it. Your configuration of Apache has ensured that all requests coming into that address on the default port (80) will be handled by Apache using documents found in your workspace.
Step 3: Start Apache. You can start Apache from
the command line using the apache_start.exe
. Stop Apache
by typing Ctrl-C at the command prompt that started Apache. You can
also install Apache as a Windows service which will make it start
automatically when the workstation starts up.