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− | * If not done already, get the required | + | * If not done already, get the required privileges: |
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mount -uw / | mount -uw / |
Revision as of 12:08, 16 March 2008
XAMPP is a simple, most practical and most complete webserver solution. The XAMPP for OS X distribution provides an Apache 2 web server, integrated with the latest builds of MySQL, PHP (both 4 and 5) and Perl. It requires no dependencies.
If you are an experienced web developer or a Mac enthusiast who needs to run a webserver, create dynamic webpages or use databases, this is your lucky day!
Contents
Prerequisites
XAMPP package
The XAMPP package can be downloaded from their website.
Choose the tar
version.
Unzip binaries
Unzip binaries will be used on your AppleTV to extract the XAMPP package.
- Download the binary Darwin for Intel distribution from the Opensource pages.
This contains many useful files. - Untar the file (Double click in Mac OS X)
- Mount the disk image (Double click in Mac OS X)
- In the Terminal:
scp /Volumes/Darwin8_i386/usr/bin/zip frontrow@AppleTV.local:/Users/frontrow/Documents scp /Volumes/Darwin8_i386/usr/bin/unzip frontrow@AppleTV.local:/Users/frontrow/Documents scp /Volumes/Darwin8_i386/usr/bin/gzip frontrow@AppleTV.local:/Users/frontrow/Documents scp /Volumes/Darwin8_i386/usr/bin/gunzip frontrow@AppleTV.local:/Users/frontrow/Documents scp /Volumes/Darwin8_i386/usr/bin/bzip2 frontrow@AppleTV.local:/Users/frontrow/Documents scp /Volumes/Darwin8_i386/usr/bin/bunzip2 frontrow@AppleTV.local:/Users/frontrow/Documents ssh frontrow@AppleTV.local sudo -s mount -uw / mv /Users/frontrow/Documents/* /usr/bin/ chown root:wheel /usr/bin/*
Installing XAMPP on the Apple TV
To Install the XAMPP package on the Apple TV follow this steps :
On your Mac
- Copy the
.tar.gz
file to your Apple TV (the way you prefer, AFP, SCP, etc...).
Fugu provides a graphical interface for this purpose.
- Open a SSH connection to your Apple TV.
On the AppleTV
- Navigate to the download folder
- Get the required priviliges:
sudo -s mount -uw /
- Extract the downloaded file:
tar -xvzpf xampp-macosx-0.7.2.tar.gz -C /
- Start your XAMPP:
/Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/mampp start
You should see the following:
Starting XAMPP for MacOS X 0.7.2... XAMPP: File permissions are being checked... this may take a while. XAMPP: Starting Apache with SSL (and PHP5)... XAMPP: Starting MySQL... XAMPP: Starting ProFTPD... XAMPP for MacOS X started.
- Try your installation with the link http://AppleTV.local and choose a language.
Tip - If you get PHP errors, it's because you didn't extract it with the 'p' parameters. Re-extract it with the exact command.
- Assuming it's working, it's time to secure your XAMPP installation.
/Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/mampp security
Tip - If you give an SQL root password, the demos won't work any more.
Configuring Apache
Find the Apache configuration file:
find /Applications/xampp/ -iname httpd.conf
Mine is /Applications/xampp/etc/httpd.conf
Find the location of the web pages:
cat /Applications/xampp/etc/httpd.conf | grep ^ServerRoot
Mine is /Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/htdocs/
You can modify the location of the web pages in httpd.conf
and put your files at the proper location.
Enabling at boot time
Enabling the Apple way
Apple provides a page on how to create a Startup Item.
Enabling using the AppleTV installation
The AppleTV already ships with an Apache startup file: </code>/System/Library/StartupItems/Apache/Apache</code>
- If not done already, get the required privileges:
sudo -s mount -uw /
Edit file: /System/Library/StartupItems/Apache/Apache
- ensure disk is writeable: mount uw /
- set new hostname (optional - If you want to change AppleTV.local to something else): scutil --set ComputerName NewName
- set new hostname (optional - If you want to change AppleTV.local to something else): scutil --set LocalHostName NewName
- replace apachectl with mampp details
Edit file: /etc/hostconfig replace WEBSERVER=-NO- with WEBSERVER=-YES-
Enabling with the help of AFP
Assuming you have enabled AFP (AppleShare) to start at boot, you can add the line:
/Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/mampp start
To the file /System/Library/StartupItems/AppleShare/AppleShare
after the If
statement in the StartService
function, and then XAMPP will startup at boot time.
Adding XAMPP to the AppleShare startup item is not recommended.