AMPPS Setup Instructions

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Table of Contents

XAMP stack ............................................................................................................... 1

Installing AMPPS ...................................................................................................... 1

AMPPS information ................................................................................................... 1

Using the AMPPS Control Center ............................................................................. 2

Starting the Apache and MySQL servers .................................................................. 3

Correcting condition when Apache server won’t start .............................................. 3

Correcting condition when MySQL server won’t start ............................................. 3

Publishing a web page to the Apache server ............................................................. 3

Browsing a web page on the Apache server .............................................................. 3

Correcting a “web site can’t be reached” condition .................................................. 3

Improving the response time of local host (127.0.0.1) .............................................. 4

XAMP stack

There are several XAMP stacks available. These instructions pertain to the XAMP

stack from AMPPS.

Installing AMPPS

1) Navigate to page wamp.io/downloads.

2) Download the version appropriate to your operating system.

3) Run installation file Ampps-N.N-setup.exe.

4) Windows: locate file C:\Program Files (x86)\Ampps\Ampps.exe and create a

desktop shortcut to it. This is the AAMPS Control Center.

5) Windows: locate folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Ampps\www and create a

desktop shortcut to it. This is the web page folder.

AMPPS information

● Windows: the default installation folder is C:\Program Files (x86)\Ampps.

● The AMPPS administration web page is available at localhost/ampps/.

● Windows: the web folder is C:\Program Files (x86)\Ampps\www.

● Windows: the MySQL database folder is C:\Program Files

(x86)\Ampps\mysql\data.

● The default root password is mysql.

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Using the AMPPS Control Center

● Starting the application – click the AMPPS Control Center desktop icon, or run

file C:\Program Files (x86)\Ampps\Ampps.exe. The following screen appears.

The screen shows the status of AMPPS applications.

● Configuring a AMPPS application – from the AMPPS Control Center, click the

gear next to the application, and then click the Configuration icon.

● Minimizing the application – from the AMPPS Control Center, click the

underscore in the upper right corner.

● Windows: Restoring the application – from the Windows tray, right-click the

AMPPS icon, and click Restore.

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Starting the Apache and MySQL servers

● Starting the AMPPS Control Center triggers the start of the Apache and MySQL

servers.

Correcting condition when Apache server won’t start

● If the Apache server won’t start from the AMPPS Control Center, insure that no

other applications are using port 80.

1) Open a Windows command window.

2) Enter command netstat -aon | findstr :80 and note the PID.

3) Open the Windows task manager.

4) End the task associated with the PID. It may be “Service Host: Internet

Information Service”.

Correcting condition when MySQL server won’t start

● If the MySQL server won’t start from the AMPPS Control Center, insure that no

other applications are using port 3306.

1) Open a Windows command window.

2) Enter command netstat -aon | findstr :3306 and note the PID.

3) Open the Windows task manager.

4) End the task associated with the PID.

Publishing a web page to the Apache server

1) Open the local folder containing the web page file.

2) Open the web folder (the default on Windows is C:\Program Files

(x86)\Ampps\www).

3) Copy the web page file from the local folder to the web folder.

Browsing a web page on the Apache server

From the browser, enter address:

http://localhost/<web-page-file>

OR

http://127.0.0.1/<web-page-file>

Correcting a “web site can’t be reached” condition

● If the following message is seen, first insure that the Apache server is running.

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Improving the response time of local host (127.0.0.1)

● If the local host response time is more than a few seconds:

1) Open a text editor.

2) Windows: open file C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts.

2) Change the following line from:

# 127.0.0.1 localhost

To:

127.0.0.1 localhost

3) Save and close the file.