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Solaris Welcome to the Solaris version of XAMPP. This version was developed and tested with Solaris 10.

Jump-off point
Pictures of XAMPP
Download and Installation
Step 1: Download
Step 2: Installation
Step 3: Start
Step 4: Test
READ ME
A matter of security (A MUST READ!)
Advanced start & stop parameters
What is where?
Stopping XAMPP
Uninstall

Pictures of XAMPP

As the old saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. Here you can take a look at some screen shots of a XAMPP installation.

Step 1: Download

Simply click on one of the links below. It's a good idea to get the latest version. :)

A complete list of downloads (older versions) is available at SourceForge.

A detailed overview over the changes and contents of all XAMPP releases is available in the RELEASENOTES

XAMPP for Solaris 1.7.7, 2011/9/20
Version	Size	Notice
XAMPP Solaris 1.7.7 SPARC x86	99 MB	Apache 2.2.21, MySQL 5.5.16, PHP 5.3.8 & PEAR + multibyte (mbstring) support, Perl 5.12.1, ProFTPD 1.3.3e, phpMyAdmin 3.4.5, OpenSSL 1.0.0c, Freetype2 2.4.2, libjpeg 6b, libpng 1.2.39, zlib 1.2.5, expat 1.95.7, pdf class 009e, IMAP C-Client 2007e, OpenLDAP 2.4.23, libiconv 1.13.1, FreeTDS 0.82, libgdbm 1.8.3, libxslt 1.1.26, mcrypt 2.5.8, cURL 7.21.1, eAccelerator 0.9.6.1, Webalizer 2.21-2, libxml 2.7.7, mod_perl 2.0.4, SQLite 2.8.17 + 3.7.2 MD5 checksum: f544c2520f53cddf20ec0dad7ea3d3eb (SPARC) 26682928215b3e9dae0a78197e6e9cfc (x86)

Step 2: Installation

After downloading simply type in the following command:

Go to a shell, become root, and start the downloaded file as a shell script:

sh xampp-solaris-1.7.7.sh

Now the installer will ask you if you want to install XAMPP:

Do you want to install XAMPP? (answer 'no' or press Ctrl+C to abort
installation)

Enter yes or simply press return.

That's all. XAMPP is now installed below the /opt/xampp directory.

Warning: The recommended location to install XAMPP is /opt/xampp. Anything else may work, too. But not for sure. (From 0.8.2 on, XAMPP installs only to /opt/xampp.)

Step 3: Start

To start XAMPP simply call this command:

/opt/xampp/xampp start

You should now see something like this on your screen:

Starting XAMPP 1.7.7... XAMPP: Starting Apache... XAMPP: Starting MySQL... XAMPP: Starting ProFTPD... XAMPP started.

Ready. Apache and MySQL are running. If you get any error messages please take a look at the Solaris FAQ.

Step 4: Test

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

Or if you stared XAMPP as normal user:

http://localhost:8080

Now you should see the start page of XAMPP containing some links to check the status of the installed software and some small programming examples.

screenshot

The Instant Art example: A small PHP/GD program (since XAMPP for Linux 0.9.6pre1 also a flashy PHP/Ming example, see screenshot). Thanks to Anke Arnold for her font »AnkeCalligraph«.

A matter of security (A MUST READ!)

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 "xampp" for user "nobody".
PhpMyAdmin is accessible via network.
MySQL and Apache running under the same user (nobody).

Advanced start & stop parameters

START AND STOP PARAMETERS
Parameter	Description
`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 "xampp"). This command activates the ProFTPD permanently, e.g. if you restarts XAMPP in the future FTP will stay activated.
`stopapache`	Stops the Apache.
`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.

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

/opt/xampp/xampp startssl

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

What is where?

What is where? A big question of our existens, here are some answers! ;)

IMPORTANT FILES AND DIRECTORIES
File/Directory	Purpose
`/opt/xampp/bin/`	The XAMPP commands home. /opt/xampp/bin/mysql calls for example the MySQL monitor.
`/opt/xampp/htdocs/`	The Apache DocumentRoot directory.
`/opt/xampp/etc/httpd.conf`	The Apache configuration file.
`/opt/xampp/etc/my.cnf`	The MySQL configuration file.
`/opt/xampp/etc/php.ini`	The PHP configuration file.
`/opt/xampp/etc/proftpd.conf`	The ProFTPD configuration file.
`/opt/xampp/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php`	The phpMyAdmin configuration file.

Stopping XAMPP

To stop XAMPP simply call this command:

/opt/xampp/xampp stop

You should now see:

Stopping XAMPP 1.7.7... XAMPP: Stopping Apache... XAMPP: Stopping MySQL... XAMPP: Stopping ProFTPD... XAMPP stopped.

And XAMPP is stopped.

Uninstall

To uninstall XAMPP just type in this command:

rm -rf /opt/xampp

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