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XAMPP Configurations & Security

After succesfully installation of XAMPP, your folder will look like these (depend on your installed version)

XAMPP folder structure

• \apache – Apache server directory
• \cgi-bin – Dir for executing cgi scripts
• \htdocs – Main http docs directory
• \install – For Setup XAMPP
• \mysql – MySQL server directory
• \perl – perl directory
• \security – Extra directory for security configs

Configuration

You can adjust XAMPP setting with plain-text configuration files in the following:

• Apache basic configuration: .\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf
• Apache SSL: .\xampp\apache\conf\ssl.conf
• Apache Perl (only addon): .\xampp\apache\conf\perl.conf
• Apache Tomcat (only addon): .\xampp\apache\conf\java.conf
• Apache Python (only addon): .\xampp\apache\conf\python.conf
• PHP: .\xampp\apache\bin\php.ini
  (with the apache actually running php version)
• MySQL: .\xampp\mysql\bin\my.cnf
• phpMyAdmin: .\xampp\phpMyAdmin\config.inc.php
• FileZilla FTP: .\xampp\FileZillaFTP\FileZilla Server.xml
• Mercury Mail basic configuration: .\xampp\MercuryMail\MERCURY.INI
• Sendmail: .\xampp\sendmail\sendmail.ini

Specified IP Address and Port

To specify Apache IP addresses and/or ports, instead of default.

Modify .\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf

# Change this to Listen on specific IP addresses as shown below to
# prevent Apache from glomming onto all bound IP addresses (0.0.0.0)
#
#Listen 12.34.56.78:80
Listen 80

Enable mod_rewrite

XAMPP was disabled mod_rewrite by default. To enable it

Remove the comment from this line in .xamppapacheconfhttpd.conf

#LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

XAMPP Security

XAMPP is not meant for production use but only for developers in a development environment (that’s what we’re talking about now) but It’s highly recommend to secure XAMPP if you’re developing in LAN or open Wireless Connection.

You can run the “XAMPP Security Consoe” and assign the passwords.

http://localhost/security/

(accessible only from localhost)

XAMPP Security Console

 You can set

• root password for MySQL and PHPMyAdmin
• XAMPP directory protection

XAmpp Setup

XAMPP, apache friend, is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP, and Perl. It’s very easy to install – just download, extract and start. Moreover, it is free of charge.

XAMPP can used in Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and Solaris. (I only setup XAMPP in Windows. So, let’s focus on it)

XAMPP / XAMPP Lite

XAMPP (full) including:

• Apache + Openssl
• MySQL 5
• PHP 5
• phpMyAdmin
• FileZilla FTP Server
• and Mercury Mail Transfer System

XAMPP Lite including:

• Apache + Openssl
• MySQL 5
• PHP 5
• phpMyAdmin

Installation

Method A: Installation with the Installer

Using the installer version is the easiest way to install XAMPP

After installation is complete, you will find XAMPP unter Start / Programs / XAMPP. You can use the XAMPP Control Panel to start/stop all server and also install/uninstall services.

Method B: Installation without the Installer

Download and unzip the 7-zip or zip archives into the folder of your choice. Then open XAMPP folder and run the “setup_xampp.bat” file.

All paths in the configuration will be updated.

Finally, start the different servers with the start/stop batch files or use the XAMPP Control Panel – “xampp-control.exe”.