Web.Developer Server Suite
The Web.Developer Suite is now integrated with Drupal v5.3.
Drupal is pre-configured for our particular configuration/setup and the MySQL database already contains the Drupal user/permissions/database setup.
The installation procedure is to hit http://localhost/drupal/install.php . Nothing needs to be created, edited, or input. You should see the 'create 1st user page' right after this.
If you do need to upgrade to the latest version of Drupal in the future, it's as simple as copying over the \www\webapps\drupal directory with the newer version...
Just make sure to preserve .htaccess and sites\default\settings.php.
In our setup:
1. The .htaccess file has line 'RewriteBase /drupal' uncommented.
2. The sites\default\settings.php file has line
<?php
$db_url = 'mysql://drupal_user:drupal_db_wdp@localhost/drupal';
?>updated.
Our Apache configuration file for Drupal, \www\Apache22\conf\extra\vhosts\localhost\suite-drupal.conf, binds URL /drupal to 127.0.0.1 initially for security reasons. If you would like to grant access to this URL to anyone, simply edit this file and change...
order allow,deny
allow from 127.0.0.1
# allow from all
...to this...
order allow,deny
# allow from 127.0.0.1
allow from all
Restart Apache.
If you require support for this specific Drupal distribution, post on the Web.Developser Server Suite Forum.