Installation on XP with IIS

Install Overview

• This guide is written for the web server novice. It is not meant as a definitive, perfect-10 install guide; this is just a recommended installation from me to you.
• This guide will get a running LS configuration on Windows XP using Microsoft's Internet Information System web server (IIS), PHP5, and MySQL.

Install MySQL

1. Download "MySQL Community Server" and "MySQL Workbench (GUI Tool)" from http://www.mysql.com/downloads/

2. Run the Community Server install and make sure to select the below options

  a. ( = you may miss this, so make sure not to)

  b. Choose Custom Install

  c. Select to install all features and sub-features

  d. Change install path to C:\mysql

  e. Choose to configure server now. No need to register

  f. Choose detailed configuration

  g. Choose Dedicated MySQL Server Machine (3rd option)

  h. Choose Multifunctional Database

  i. Default install path

  j. Decision Support (DSS)/OLAP

  k. Enable TCP/IP

  l. Check to add firewall exception

  m. Enable strict mode

  n. Standard character set

  o. Install as win service

  p. Include bin directory in windows path

  q. Set password to password

  r. Execute the install

3. Setup the LS schema (database)

  a. Open a command prompt and type the following commands

  b. cd C:\mysql\bin

  c. mysql -u root -p

  d. Enter mysql root user's password (should be password)

  e. CREATE DATABASE limesurvey;

  f. GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON limesurvey.* TO 'limesurveyuser'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'limesurvey';

  g. Exit the command prompt

4 .Setup MySQL Workbench (GUI Tool)

  a. Start MySQL GUI Admin

  b. Login as root user to localhost

  c. Go to Tools -> Manage Connections

  d. Under General Options, check Store Passwords

  e. Under Connections, make a new connection:

     i.   Connection = lsu-connection

     ii.  Username = limesurveyuser

     iii. Password = password

     iv.  Hostname = localhost

     v.   Use the default port

     vi.  Schema = limesurvey

  f. Exit MySQL GUI Admin

5. Edit LS database settings

  a. Edit C:\inetpub\wwwroot\limesurvey\config.php to match the correct usernames and passwords

  b. In config.php, set $rootDir='C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\limesurvey';

Compile and Install PHP

1. PHP seems to have updated their compile instructions; I am using the old instructions in this guide. You can find a backup here: http://backupurl.com/wslmiy

2. Follow the above guide up to the "Compiling" section, making sure to include the below libraries:

  a. freetype

  b. ICU

  c. libiconv

  d. libjpeg

  e. libpng

  f. libxml

  g. openssl

  h. zlib

3. Add MySQL for compiling php

  a. Copy all files from the bin, include, & lib folders in C:\mysql to the respective folders in C:\php\win32build

  b. If you do not see the above folders then you forgot to "Select to install all features and sub-features" when installing mysql

  c. Copy libmysql.lib from C:\mysql\lib\opt to C:\php\win32build\lib

  d. Make sure that C:\php\win32build\bin is in the system path (right-click my computer -> properties -> advanced -> environment variables -> under system variables, select path, and edit

4. Compile and Install PHP

  a. Open All Programs -> Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition -> Visual Studio Tools -> Visual Studio 2008 Command Prompt

  b. Enter the following commands

  c. cd C:\PHP\src

  d. buildconf

  e. configure <strike>enable-mbstring </strike>with-mysql=C:\mysql <strike>with-gd </strike>with-openssl

  f. nmake

  g. cd C:\PHP\src\Release_TS

  h. php -v

  i. If it complains about not finding modules for the configured extensions, don't worry- it's not a compile issue

  j. Copy the contents of c:\php\src\release_ts to c:\php

  k. From the php source .zip: copy php_mbstring.dll, php_mysql.dll, & php_openssl.dll to C:\php\ext

  l. Copy libeay32.dll from C:\php\win32build\bin to C:\php

4. Configure PHP settings

  a. Edit php.ini (it should be something like C:\php\php.ini-distribution). Rename it to php.ini and move it to C:\windows

  b. Comment out the "doc_root =" line

  c. Enable your extensions (php_mbstring, php_mysql, php_openssl)

Install and Configure IIS

1. Control Panel -> Add or Remove Programs -> Add/Remove Windows Components -> check IIS

2. Complete the install with the Windows XP Install Disk via i386 folder

3. Open Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> IIS

4. Expand local computer and right-click on websites -> properties

5. Set ISAPI Filters, Home Directory, and Documents tabs:

  a. ISAPI Filters: click Add... -> Filter Name = PHP && Executable = C:\php\php5isapi.dll

  b. Home Directory: check Read, check Write, Execute Permissions = Scripts Only, click Configuration -> click Add -> Executable = C:\php\php5isapi.dll && Extension = .php

  c. Documents: click Add... -> Default Document Name = index.php

6. Apply to the correct websites

Set XP Security Permissions

1. Turn-off windows simple file sharing (google this if you don't know how)

2. Right click C:\inetpub\wwwroot\limesurvey and select properties

3.Under the security tab, select internet guest account, and check read and check write. Apply

When tweaking your settings, it may be necessary to restart the web service. Just open a command prompt and type iisreset