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Download XAMPP

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=61776&package_id=60248

XAMPP FAQ

http://www.apachefriends.org/en/faq-xampp.html

XAMPP Addons

http://addons.xampp.org/

XAMPP Screeshots

http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-linux-screenshots.html

XAMPP for Linux Packages

The distribution for Linux systems (tested for SuSE, RedHat, Mandrake and Debian) contains: Apache, MySQL,
PHP & PEAR, Perl,ProFTPD, phpMyAdmin, OpenSSL, GD, Freetype2, libjpeg, libpng, gdbm, zlib, expat,
Sablotron, libxml, Ming, Webalizer, pdf class, ncurses, mod_perl, FreeTDS, gettext, mcrypt, mhash,
eAccelerator, SQLite and IMAP C-Client.

Installing XAMPP in Debian

Download XAMPP Latest version from the following link

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=61776&package_id=60248

At the time of writing this article XAMPP version is 1.5.3a

#wget http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/xampp/xampp-linux-1.5.3a.tar.gz

Now you should be having xampp-linux-1.5.3a.tar.gz file in your downloaded location

Go to a Linux shell and login as root:

$su -

Extract the downloaded archive file to /opt

#tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.5.3a.tar.gz -C /opt

XAMPP is now installed below the /opt/lampp directory.

Start XAMPP Server

To start XAMPP simply call this command:

#/opt/lampp/lampp start

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Starting XAMPP for Linux 1.5.3a...

Test Your XAMPP Installation

OK, that was easy but how can you check that everything really works? Just type in the following URL at your
favourite web browser:

http://localhost

XAMPP Security Configuration

As mentioned before, XAMPP is not meant for production use but only for developers in a development
environment. The way XAMPP is configured is to be open as possible and allowing the developer anything
he/she wants. For development environments this is great but in a production environment it could be fatal.

Here a list of missing security in XAMPP:

The MySQL administrator (root) has no password.

The MySQL daemon is accessible via network.

ProFTPD uses the password "lampp" for user "nobody".

PhpMyAdmin is accessible via network.

Examples are accessible via network.

MySQL and Apache running under the same user (nobody).

To fix most of the security weaknesses simply call the following command:

#/opt/lampp/lampp security

It starts a small security check and makes your XAMPP installation more secure.

Start And Stop Server Services

start

Starts XAMPP.

stop

Stops XAMPP.

restart

Stops and starts XAMPP.

startapache

Starts only the Apache.

startssl

Starts the Apache SSL support. This command activates the SSL support permanently, e.g. if you restarts
XAMPP in the future SSL will stay activated.

startmysql

Starts only the MySQL database.

startftp

Starts the ProFTPD server. Via FTP you can upload files for your web server (user "nobody", password
"lampp"). This command activates the ProFTPD permanently, e.g. if you restarts XAMPP in the future FTP will
stay activated.

stopapache

Stops the Apache.

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stopssl

Stops the Apache SSL support. This command deactivates the SSL support permanently, e.g. if you restarts
XAMPP in the future SSL will stay deactivated.

stopmysql

Stops the MySQL database.

stopftp

Stops the ProFTPD server. This command deactivates the ProFTPD permanently, e.g. if you restarts XAMPP in
the future FTP will stay deactivated.

security

Starts a small security check programm.

For example: To start Apache with SSL support simply type in the following command (as root):

#/opt/lampp/lampp startssl

You can also access your Apache server via SSL under https://localhost.

Important Configuration Files And Directories

opt/lampp/bin/ - The XAMPP commands home. /opt/lampp/bin/mysql calls for example the MySQL monitor.

/opt/lampp/htdocs/ - The Apache DocumentRoot directory.

/opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf - The Apache configuration file.

/opt/lampp/etc/my.cnf - The MySQL configuration file.

/opt/lampp/etc/php.ini - The PHP configuration file.

/opt/lampp/etc/proftpd.conf - The ProFTPD configuration file. (since 0.9.5)

/opt/lampp/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php - The phpMyAdmin configuration file.

If you want to confiure apache2 you have to use /opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf(If you want to change Apache
DocumentRoot directory you can chage in this file).If you want to configure namebased and ip based virtual
hosts check here

If you want to configure proftpd check here

If you want to configure mysql check here

Stopping XAMPP

To stop XAMPP simply call this command:

#/opt/lampp/lampp stop

You should now see:

Stopping LAMPP 1.5.3a...

And XAMPP for Linux is stopped.

Uninstall XAMPP From your Machine

To uninstall XAMPP just type in this command

#rm -rf /opt/lampp

Active Directory Auditing

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