The instructions provided here have been tested on Windows Server 2008 R2
Follow these steps to install Lessons Learned Server:
- Download XAMPP from www.apachefriends.org
- Install XAMPP by double clicking the XAMPP installation file you already downloaded.
Click 'Next' several times accepting the default installation setup then click 'Finish' to start the Control Panel.
- Configure Apache as a Windows Service by clicking on the "X" icon to the left of the 'Apache' column.
- Configure MySQL as a Windows Service by clicking on the "X" icon to the left of the 'MySQL' column.
- Start Apache and MySQL by clicking on the 'Start' button near the 'Apache' row and the 'MySQL' row.
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Download the Lessons Learned Server installation file from http://www.lessonslearnedserver.com/download
and unzip the file inside the directory
c:\xampp\htdocs
then rename it to 'lessonslearned' so the final folder's full path is c:\xampp\htdocs\lessonslearned
- Open a web browser and point it to the URL of your installation directory:
http://localhost/lessonslearned
Your will be directed to the web-installer:
Step 1 - License Agreement: click the Accept & Proceed button.
Step 2 - Checking Sytem For Needed Components: click Next button.
Step 3 - Prepare Configuration. Provide the MySQL DB Password, admin account password and email then click the Next button.
Step 4 - Confirm Selected Settings: Click the Next button to confirm the settings.
Step 5 - Start Lessons Learned Background Service:
Select "Start > Run" and enter the path to the start script:
C:\xampp\htdocs\lessonslearned\private\llserver\start.bat
Then click the Next button.
Installation completes successfully.
Proceed to login through the application URL http://localhost/lessonslearned and use the username admin and the password you specified in Step 3.