Server Setup for Local WP Install

  • Resolved kristymix

    (@kristymix)


    6 years, 4 months ago

    I plan to install WordPress locally on a server that can be accessed company-wide for the purpose of intranet. Should this be installed on a true server OS, such as Windows Server 2016 or will Windows 10 be sufficient?

    The price difference between Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10 is significant but I want to make sure we have a good stable OS for the install. If there is a compelling reason we should use Windows Server, I have no problem doing it; however, if there is no difference in performance or stability, I will install Windows 10.

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  • It will have to be hosted on a networked machine running a web server like Apache

    Thread Starter kristymix

    (@kristymix)

    I plan to use WampServer to install Apache. So I guess that’s all I need then?

    Thread Starter kristymix

    (@kristymix)

    Maybe I should be considering Windows 10 vs. Linux? Any opinions?

    Dion

    (@diondesigns)

    Wampserver runs fine on Windows 10. (It runs better on Windows 7, if that option is available to you.) Windows Server 20xx is not required; in fact it would cause more problems than it would solve.

    If you’re technically-inclined, you would be better off installing MySQL/MariaDB, Apache, and PHP yourself. They can be found here:

    https://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/10.1.36/
    https://www.apachelounge.com/download/
    https://windows.php.net/download/

    I linked to a specific version of MariaDB because later versions have memory/CPU issues. Use the latest available version of Apache, and the latest “thread-safe” version of PHP in the 7.1 or 7.2 branches. Note that you will also require one or more C libraries; look in the sidebar of the windows.php.net URL for information and download links for the libraries. The sidebar also contains information for setting up Apache to work with PHP.

    Install MariaDB and Apache as services so they are loaded at boot time. Since these will be default installs, you’ll need to edit the configuration files for your specific setup.

    Thread Starter kristymix

    (@kristymix)

    Thanks for the thorough response, Dion Designs.

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