Oily Rag 1: Running 3.5-Apollo Service
| Oily Rag: Be prepared to get your hands dirty. |
Installing 3.5-Apollo as a Service is made very easy using an impressive script written by Olajide. The script does an excellent job however I found a few paths that were not changed I cover these later.
How to Install
Unpack a clean copy of Uniform Server to any folder you like. (Please read this first Path problems)
- Do not run the servers (if running close them down).
- Navigate to folder *\Uniform Server\udrive\plugins\Services
- Double click on file Run.bat this starts the installation process.
The process starts by creating a folder named UniServerX.X on C drive. The process is automatic, every folder and file are duplicated from the current installation. As each file is processed you will see its name added to a list of files displayed .
Processing converts all relative paths to absolute paths reflecting their new location. Towards the end of this process some files at the new location are moved within the structure while others are replaced. Translating all files to their new location is relatively fast; when complete servers are started and installed as a service.
Note: If you wish to save space you can delete the clean copy used for installation.
Server Location
The script defaults to creating a folder named UniServerX.X on C drive to change these defaults:
- Open file w2c1.pl (located in folder: *\Uniform Server\udrive\plugins\Services )
- Locate the line: $pathc="c:/UniServerX.X"; change it as required.
- e.g. $pathc="e:/mpg/main_server"; (note use forward slashes)
Note: There is no restriction on folder depth ideally keep it to a single folder.
The ideal would be to allocate a dedicated drive for the server and dispense with any folders - would gain a slight speed increase
Control
Of importance are the files created in folder UniServerX.X you will find two control files Install.bat and Uninstall.bat these effectively replace the old start and stop batch files.
- Install.bat Starts the servers and installs them as a service. In addition starts your browser and redirects to apanel.
(When you restart your PC your servers will automatically start) - Uninstall.bat Stops the servers and uninstalls the services.
(When you restart your PC your servers will not automaticallt, use Install.bat to start the servers.)
Copy your web pages to folder C:\UniServerX.X\www to view these type '''http://localhost''' into your browser address bar.
Note: The file names are referring to the service and not the physical installation. Uninstall.bat does not remove Uniform Server or any files.
How to remove or uninstall Uniform Server
If you wish to completely remove Uniform Server from your PC first run Uninstall.bat this stops and uninstalls all Uniform Server services. All that remains is to delete the folder C:\UniServerX.X and all its contents.
Path problems
After installation the following apanel links, Admin Virtual Hosts, PHP configuration, Apache configuration produce errors and Server documentation fails to display the directory.
For some reason there are seven files each with paths that do not get updated during the installation process.
Solution - 1
Manually edit the following seven files:
| Open file: | aconfig.php |
| Location: | C:\UniServerX.X\home\admin\www\ |
| Locate line: | 42 |
| Change the line from: | $apache = new Config ("/usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf","#"); |
| To: | $apache = new Config ("c:/UniServerX.X/usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf","#"); |
| Open file: | pconfig.php |
| Location: | C:\UniServerX.X\home\admin\www\ |
| Locate line: | 40 |
| Change the line from: | $PHP = new Config ("/usr/local/PHP/php.ini",";"); |
| To: | $PHP = new Config ("c:/UniServerX.X/usr/local/PHP/php.ini",";"); |
| Open file: | vhost.php |
| Location: | C:\UniServerX.X\home\admin\www\ |
| Locate line: | 17 |
| Change the line from: | $httpd_conf_sti = "/usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf"; |
| To: | $httpd_conf_sti = "c:/UniServerX.X/usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf"; |
| Open file: | httpd.conf |
| Location: | C:\UniServerX.X\usr\local\apache2\conf\ |
| Locate line: | 533 |
| Change the line from: |
Alias /docs "/docs/" |
| To: |
Alias /docs "c:/UniServerX.X/docs/" |
These two discovered by Svens see forum
| Open file: | .htaccess |
| Location: | C:\UniServerX.X\www |
| Locate line: | 21 |
| Change the line from: | #AuthUserFile /htpasswd/www/.htpasswd |
| To: | #AuthUserFile C:/UniServerX.X/htpasswd/www/.htpasswd |
| Open file: | .htaccess |
| Location: | C:\UniServerX.X\home\admin\www |
| Locate line: | 21 |
| Change the line from: | #AuthUserFile /htpasswd/home/admin/www/.htpasswd |
| To: | #AuthUserFile C:/UniServerX.X/htpasswd/home/admin/www/.htpasswd |
Note: The next changes are required only if you have changed the default path from c:\UniServerX.X to whatever.
| Open file: | Install.bat |
| Location: | newpath |
| Locate line: | 6, 9, 14 and 19 |
| Change the line from: | C:\UniServerX.X |
| To: | newpath |
Solution - 2
Manually editing several files gets a bit tedious I have hacked the installation file w2c1.pl you can download this file from the downloads page and copy it to folder *\Uniform Server\udrive\plugins\Services.
I cannot guarantee its suitability or that I have captured every path. You are welcome to download it and give it a bash at your own risk. I have tested only on XP Home.
Final thoughts
I do have confidence in the above modification hence included a new version of w2c1.pl in the combined bug fix. Before diving in and hacking code take the easy option and check out the Combined bug fixes page it consolidates all the bugs I know of and those reported on the forum.
After implementing the combined bug fixes Uniform Server 3.5-Apollo is an ace product.
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Ric |