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Darren Healy
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 23,565 PointsFirst time setup with Xampp
Hi guys,
First time setup with Xampp for me and wanted to ask for some help, does this look normal to you?
23:27:49 [main] Initializing Control Panel
23:27:49 [main] Windows Version: Windows 8 Pro 64-bit
23:27:49 [main] XAMPP Version: 1.8.3
23:27:49 [main] Control Panel Version: 3.2.1 [ Compiled: May 7th 2013 ]
23:27:49 [main] Running with Administrator rights - good!
23:27:49 [main] XAMPP Installation Directory: "c:\xampp\"
23:27:49 [main] Checking for prerequisites
23:27:49 [main] All prerequisites found
23:27:49 [main] Initializing Modules
23:27:49 [Apache] XAMPP Apache is already running on port 80
23:27:49 [Apache] XAMPP Apache is already running on port 443
23:27:49 [mysql] XAMPP MySQL is already running on port 3306
23:27:49 [main] Starting Check-Timer
23:27:49 [main] Control Panel Ready
23:27:52 [Apache] Attempting to stop Apache (PID: 54640)
23:27:52 [Apache] Attempting to stop Apache (PID: 35684)
23:27:52 [Apache] Status change detected: stopped
23:27:52 [mysql] Attempting to stop MySQL (PID: 28508)
23:27:52 [mysql] Status change detected: stopped
I also have checked boxes in the form of red X's Apache, MySQL, Filezilla, and Tomcat. Is that normal too?
And, and... I already have filezilla ftp installed on my machine, should I be using it in Xampp too? Or is this a bad thing to do?
3 Answers
Chris Shaw
26,676 PointsHi Darren,
The only two things that stand out to me are the below.
23:27:52 [Apache] Attempting to stop Apache (PID: 35684)
23:27:52 [Apache] Status change detected: stopped
23:27:52 [mysql] Attempting to stop MySQL (PID: 28508)
23:27:52 [mysql] Status change detected: stopped
Typically this would suggest that both the Apache and MySQL services have stopped running which you can confirm by visiting http://localhost/ in your browser, if the XAMPP page loads then the server is running successfully.
And, and... I already have filezilla ftp installed on my machine, should I be using it in Xampp too? Or is this a bad thing to do?
You don't need filezilla to work with XAMPP locally as you have direct access to the file system so using 3rd party software is redundant in this situation.
Darren Healy
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 23,565 PointsThanks Chris,
After some fiddling about:
16:23:56 [main] Initializing Control Panel
16:23:56 [main] Windows Version: Windows 8 Pro 64-bit
16:23:56 [main] XAMPP Version: 1.8.3
16:23:56 [main] Control Panel Version: 3.2.1 [ Compiled: May 7th 2013 ]
16:23:56 [main] Running with Administrator rights - good!
16:23:56 [main] XAMPP Installation Directory: "c:\xampp\"
16:23:56 [main] Checking for prerequisites
16:23:56 [main] All prerequisites found
16:23:56 [main] Initializing Modules
16:23:56 [main] Starting Check-Timer
16:23:56 [main] Control Panel Ready
16:24:28 [Apache] Attempting to start Apache service...
16:24:29 [Apache] Status change detected: running
16:24:31 [mysql] Attempting to start MySQL service...
16:24:32 [mysql] Status change detected: running
I think I've got it... and I got the local host up fine. I'm good to go?
Chris Shaw
26,676 PointsEverything looks good, you should be set now.
Happy coding.
Darren Healy
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 23,565 PointsThanks!