By robwales02 on

I am wanting to set up a local test server on my PC so I can build my Drupal site and test it before uploading to the web. I have tried without luck to find some instructions for this.

Can anyone help me or direct me to a tutorial on getting this happening.

Thanks
Rob

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davemybes commented

I use Uniform Server on my laptop and PC to do just what you want. Its a great system and totally portable - you can even run it off a USB stick. There is no real install - just unzip all the files into a folder and run the start batch file. Everything is pretty straightforward. You can get the program from http://www.uniformserver.com/.

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M.B.’s picture

M.B. commented

I never tried uniformserver as suggested by incrn8 but I can recommend XAMPP (http://www.xampp.org). It's free, available for Linux, Windows, Mac, and Solaris, runs on your PC or on an USB stick - and is very easy to install and use. It's an ideal WAMP package for developing purposes. Due to the focus on development most security functions are disabled - therefore it is not very well suited for 'going live' with your drupal production version (meaning: it's risky to install XAMPP on your webserver). But that's the only drawback.

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gurukripa commented

i tried xampp and webdeveloper reccomended in the handbook also...by nancy...both didnt work for me..

first..i cant import a large database into it..dunno why...also the whole thing slows down my laptop...guess..its a little old..and slow..but still...

will uniformserver be less consuming on resources..and simpler than xampp...i cant figure out how to make it allow..large mysql dbases..and if necessary use bigdump.php with it...

any help ?? :)

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sepeck commented

http://www.blkmtn.org/book/drupal

-Steven Peck
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Test site, always start with a test site.
Drupal Best Practices Guide -|- Black Mountain

-Steven Peck
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Test site, always start with a test site.
Drupal Best Practices Guide

robwales02’s picture

robwales02 commented

Thanks heaps for the advice I now have a plan and will look at both options.

Thanks again.