Lessons Learned Server
Version 2.0.0
Windows 2003/XP/NT Installation Guide
If
you already have Apache, MySQL and PHP installed, you can skip to the
next section (2. Install Lessons Learned Server).
To
install Apache, MySQL and PHP on a Windows server machine, we
recommend using the BloxAMP installer.
Download
BloxAMP installer from
http://www.lessonslearnedserver.com/downloads/bloxamp_1_1_1.exe
BloxAMP is a free production quality LAMP installer produced
by Bloxware.
Double
click the installer and select an installation directory (The
default installation directory is C:\Program Files\BloxAMP and will
be used in the rest of the installation steps described in this
document).
In
the Server Configuration step specify all the fields in the form
including the Apache Web-Server Listening Port (default 80),
MySQL Database Listening Port (default 3306), Network
Domain, Server Domain, Administrator's Email and
the MySQL 'root' account password.
Click
'Next', then click the 'Install' button to start the
installation.
Click 'Finish' when done.
Congratulations! You just installed Apache, PHP and MySQL successfully for a production environment. You are now ready to install Lessons Learned Server.
To
install Lessons Learned Server perform the following:
Download the installer from: http://www.lessonslearnedserver.com/downloads/lessonslearnedserver_win32_2_0_0.exe
Double
click the installation executable file to start the installer.
In
the 'Choose Install
Location' step specify a
target folder for the installation. This should be the Document Root
directory of your webserver or a sub-folder within it.
Click
'Install' to start and complete the installation.
Congratulations! You've now installed Lessons Learned Server Application Files. Next, configure Lessons Learned Server using the web startup configuration wizard.
Document
Root 'htdocs' Folder Location
If you have installed BloxAMP as
described in the previous section you will find the document root
folder to be “C:\Program Files\BloxAMP\apache\htdocs”.
Open a browser window to access Lessons Learned Server's configuration wizard.
To help you determine the URL location to access:
If you installed Lessons Learned Server in the top-level 'htdocs' directory then the URL would be http://servername
or http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (= ip address of the machine).
If you are accessing the URL on the installation server machine then you can use http://localhost
If you have installed BloxAMP with an apache port other than port 80 (e.g. Port 90) then the URL would be http://localhost:90.
If you have installed Lessons Learned Server within a sub-folder in the 'htdocs' directory then the URL would be http://localhost/subfoldername.
From the above notes, if a combination of the above takes place then you can easily deduce the URL location; for example, if Apache was installed on Port 90 and Lessons Learned Server was installed in a subfolder within the 'htdocs' directory and you are accessing the server from a different machine, then the URL would be http://servername:90/subfoldername.
After figuring out the URL enter it in the address bar of your browser, this will start the Web Installer for Lessons Learned Server. Then follow the Web Installer's steps to configure Lessons Learned Server.
Please
take note of the following:
When you reach Step 3 - Take note of the following:
In the MySQL DB Port enter the MySQL Port you provided in the BloxAMP installation steps.
In the MySQL DB Password enter the MySQL Password you provided in the BloxAMP installation steps.
The
'admin' Password is used to login to the Administration Interface
of Lessons Learned Server.
In the finish page, you are provided with the complete URL links to the Administration Interface and the Lessons Learned Server Main Application. Use the Administration Interface's 'admin' username and password you specified in Step 3 of the Web Installer.
Congratulations! You now can start creating user accounts for the different members in your organization to start using the system.
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