Objective

Learn how to install a web server stack.

Concepts

• Operating System
• Web Server
• Database Server
• Hypertext Preprocessor

Installing a web server 'stack'

In order to work with Drupal, you will need to install several baseline components. These components are common to many web hosts, and are free/open source software (meaning you have the freedom to use the software, and inspect/modify it to meet your needs). Depending on your Operating System (OS), you will have a slightly different experience when installing the necessary components.

The specific components we will be using in this course, and which are very common in Drupal development, consist of:

• Apache Web Server
• MySQL Database Engine
• PHP Hypertext Preprocessor

Skip to the section below that matches your chosen OS.

GNU/Linux

Many GNU/Linux  systems make it easy to install the necessary components. Depending on your flavor of GNU/Linux, you may have slightly different commands.

Debian/Ubuntu

In a terminal, paste the following command:

sudo apt-get install apache2 php5 libapache2-mod-php5 mysql-server phpmyadmin

Macintosh OSX

Microsoft Windows