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Technical Analysis: Installing Apache on Windows by jcannon on February 12, 2008 10:21AM

Abstract: By many estimates, Apache is the world's most popular web server software, hosting more than half of active domains according to Netcraft. Typically, Apache is run on Linux or UNIX, but it runs quite well on Windows. This paper provides an introduction to running this software on Windows and provides a framework for understanding how Apache on Windows is fundamentally different from Apache on Linux.

Note:This paper represents testing and documentation in a lab environment. User Account Control (UAC) is an essential security component to Windows and Microsoft does not recommend turning off UAC in production environments.

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  1. Porte25: Open Source et Interop @ Microsoft said:

    Après deux documents concernant la mise en œuvre de serveurs Web Apache sécurisés sur Windows traitant

    posted at 03:51AM 02/15/2008
  2. wrowe (@ apache org) said:

    Nice clear and concise summary!  A few corrections (time passes quickly);

    It should no longer be necessary to disable UAC even for installation;

    the installer and ApacheMonitor now behave with Vista/Longhorn as of

    the 2.2.8 release (which is really the one version that you should use).

    And I would have added something about creating a "apache" user account

    and toggling the Apache service to "Run As" that guest user account.

    Otherwise, nicely done.

    posted at 02:33AM 02/21/2008
  3. Sebastian Otaegui said:

    Hello, I don´t fall into the "troll" category, but this paper is not more than reading httpd.apache.org/.../windows.html

    I was expecting to see some advanced "apache securing" guide or something of the likes.

    I have read other posts and I am absolutely sure you can do better than this.

    Best regards

    posted at 01:06PM 03/21/2008
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