Windows server: New Install - Browsing Problem.

Windows server: New Install - Browsing Problem.

Farrukh Ikram -
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Hello,

I have just installed Moodle 1.8.4 on Windows XP along with Apache 2.2.8 & PHP 5.2.5 with GD enabled + MYSQL - 5.0.51. After completing all pre-installation steps, i browsed to http://myserver/install.php the installation just went fine enough and all the databases etc. were successfully upgraded. after completing the installation and creating an admin account @ end of installation, i get two errors:

  1. Moodle site does not start when i put http://myserver in the browser, instead it workds with http://myserver/index.php ?
  2. I am unable to browse through other pcs in the same network by even using http://myserver/index.php ?

Any help in this matter will be highly appreciated.

Best Regards,

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回复Farrukh Ikram

Re: Windows server: New Install - Browsing Problem.

ABIY ZEMEDE -
I'm facing the same problem. I need the answer too.

The other thing I am facing is that
Database creation error. Could not create the given database name with the settings provided

How do I create the mysql database?

Thanks

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回复ABIY ZEMEDE

Re: Windows server: New Install - Browsing Problem.

Richard Enison -
AZ,

See my other reply in this thread.

The instructions tell you to create the database before running the installation script. The script tries to create it if it isn't there, but for some reason that doesn't work. The comments in the script say so. Follow the link at the beginning of this paragraph (the word instructions) to the doc where you will find directions on how to create a mysql database.

RLE
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回复Farrukh Ikram

Re: Windows server: New Install - Browsing Problem.

Richard Enison -
FI,

I've been trying to make this reply for almost 24 hours (maybe more) but the forum web has been down.

  1. There is an Apache directive that you need in your configuration file httpd.conf that tells it to serve up index.php when no file is specified:

    DirectoryIndex index.php index.htm index.html

    If there is already a DirectoryIndex directive in the file, you need to add index.php to it, preferably before the other file names.
  2. Try using the numeric IP address of your server in the local network instead of myserver. Does that work? If so, you need to have a DNS entry for myserver that maps it to that IP address. This is usually done using a utility called bind. Offhand I don't know how to do this in a Windows network. Perhaps there are network administrators or tech support people you can talk to about this.
RLE
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