I am trying to install piwik on my machine using XAMPP as it requires PHP, apache and mysql. When i installed XAMPP and launched apache, it worked fine but when i am trying to access MySql admin through XAMPP or access sample php page (copied on xampp/htdocs folder), apache is getting redirected to IIS which is then not able to view page, showing 404.3 error (its looking for file in wwwroot, which is also not working after pasting in wwwroot).
My objective is to make piwik up and running on my machine. Another option is Unix server which is very new to me (i have been working in Windows ). I know one should have a web server loaded with MySql and PHP to run piwik (which is hardly half an hour job once we have all these) but coz different resource available, i am struggling to get this thing done.
Any help is highly appreciated.
After two days of R&D, i figured it out (well, sort of). So for anybody who is new in piwik and in linux/apache/php/mysql, here is what i did to achieve the objective. For those of you who are familiar with all these or few of these, you might have a better way or answer and i would really request you to improve this answer but this is to help someone who is new and does not know all things at once.
Here is what i did
--get apache
--get php (one of the requirement for piwik)
--get sql (again requirement)
--all should be running (get wamp (its carrying all three of the above)), make sure apache is running on port 80.
--install mysql but make sure only wamp's sql is running
--set passowrd for root in wamp->mysql-->mysqlConsole-->set password for 'root'#'localhost'=password('yourPasswordHere');
--Paste piwik folder in www directory
--open localhost through wamp,login in adminer and phpmyadmin (bottom right)
--run http://localhost:8080/piwik-->u will see directory listing, click on folder piwik. You should be able to see welcome screen for piwik installation
--make sure we have php 7 as selected version in wamp( for php, wamp was carrying two version so we can choose) to avoid error in system check step of installation
--Follow the steps which are very straight forward.
This is something which worked out for me. Actual answer might be simpler or better. Hope it will help someone who is probably banging his/her head around and hitting some walls without getting something concrete.
Happy to help!!!
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I'm a starting dev and this site helped me a lot so far, thought somebody could maybe help with this. I have a SSD with 16kb sectors and couldn't install SQL Server 2022, ran the offered command solutions (did a bunch of other things in between, install and uninstall etc).
Now I find myself completely unable to even access SQL from shell (and also unable to uninstall express duplicates). Does anyone perhaps know what I could've messed up ? Tried to find solution on the website (and else) and couldn't find my specific problem.
Thanks in advance for any help.
EDIT : just realized the screens are in french, my bad. The shell screen states that <sqllocaldb> isn't recognized as a command name or function etc. First (white) screenshot is of my services displaying how I can't start SQL with an error code.
I'm new to this workflow using Git, and I feel like I'm missing one piece of information that's just not obvious to me. I setup a sandbox on Pantheon and did a Drupal install thru Pantheon. Works fine on dev. Then I cloned it to my local, but when I open my local up in a browser it wants to install Drupal, like it was never setup on Pantheon. My best guess is that it's not pulling the database, can't find it, and figures it's a fresh install. But how do I connect the dots here? Thanks!!
You are correct, the database does not pull down with git, only code.
You will either need to manually download the database from their UI or use their command line tool named Terminus. If you're comfortable with the command line, Terminus is the most convenient.
Another option would be to use Kalabox. This is a local dev environment tool which was just released. I haven't tried the latest release yet but have read users reporting it integrates with Pantheon nicely.
I've got a wordpress site that I have been using for a year now and it is hosted with HostGator. I have got a few tests i would like to run on the site, but I would like to test it offline using wamp first before making it LIVE.
The problem is previously I was always making changes to the LIVE site, usually at hours when I get little to no traffic. However, that has changed now and I do get traffic most hours through out a 24hr day.
So my problem is:
How do i download my existing website to laptop (wamp) and make those changes with new theme? (total newbie, sorry!)
I use Windows 7, so not sure what I need to be doing to get the site working like a live site offline.
Once I have implemented the new changes, what is the best way to upload the updated site back to the HostGator server without having any downtime or errors for site visitors?
Is there anything else I need to install or do inorder for this to work? I hope you can give me as much information as possible or any links to any guides or articles that explain how to do this.
Thanks so much for any help you can offer!!!
If you're using Hostgator, the process is simple:
Install XAMPP or WAMPP on your computer;
Go to your cPanel, backup and download your website;
Extract the backup to your computer, specially the homedir and the sql;
Go to your local environment, access http://localhost/phpmyadmin
Create a new database, doesn't matter the name but for the example let's call it "database";
Inside that database, import the one taken from the backup;
create a new folder inside your htdocs with the name of your website, "example.com";
Extract the content of the homedir there;
edit wp-config with the following data:
Host: 'localhost'
Username: 'root'
Password: blank
access http://localhost/example.com
You can check a good tutorial about the subject here.
About putting the site live, I recommend you to use a GIT repository, however it's understandable that might be a little complicated and perhaps too much work for what you're trying to achieve.
Try to move your files directly from your local to live environment using Filezilla or WinSCP, the drag and drop should replace the files live and the downtime should be minimal.
Instead of WAMP, you can always use VirtualBox to install CentOS or Ubuntu/Debian.
You can go one further and install either CentminMod to automate creating a LAMP, or a full panel like ISPConfig or Virtualmin.
That take care of create the environment.
Create a new account on the LAMP, using the same domain name.
You can FTP with Windows to get the files, but networking Windows and Linux is a pain. The better option is to use the command line (CLI) in the Linux VM to ftp the files from Hostgator to the VM. This guide will help with that process: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/FTP-3.html
Then your only concern is the MySQL database. And for this, you have several options.
For me, the easiest is to buy (or try!) SQLyog on Windows, and then copy the database from the Hostgator source to the localhost destination. Some mild networking is needed for Windows to see the Linux VM, but nothing as complex as file sharing (the FTP issue). SQLyog is far quicker than backing up the database, then restoring it -- especially since you can run into memory issues doing it this way. It fully depends on the size of the database.
The cheap/free backup>restore method is to use phpMyAdmin.
WordPress also has plugins, of varying cost, but you still have the possible backup>restore memory issue there as well.
When done, just copy it the other way, again using SQLyog and CLI ftp. You'll still have some downtime, but it will hopefully be minimal.
As a newbie, this probably seems like rocket science, but at least it gives you a good place to start. Welcome to the world of locally dev'ing sites!
I had a Drupal website in drupal 6.x When i wanted to upgrade it to 7.x, the custom theme i was using was absolutely outdated, so i imported my Zen subtheme from another website. For doing that, i just copied the folders "zen" and "mytheme" from the other installation to this one. Then i selected "mytheme" as the current theme and changed some little things to adapt it.
The fact is now i'm experiencing the following problems:
I can't auto-update nothing. It downloads the files but then it stacks (and leaves the site in Maintenance Mode).
I can't run update.php. I can go on until i reach the "Run updates" step, which shows a blank screen. This is the main issue, i think, as it evidences -in my oppinion- a problem of communication between the site and the database.
In the Webform module i can't select "File" as a Field Type. This one is not that important, but it may be relevant for someone who knows more than me.
Edit:
Recently i migrated from a Shared to a VPS server. When i migrated, the subdomain in which i was experiencing the issue threw an incompatibility related to the lenght of the password of the database. I changed the password and it started to work again. This may help somebody for helping me. Thanks!
I have been working with .NET for about 2 years now and I want to build a complete website out of everything I have learned so far. Essentially I would like the site to represent my portfolio.
Here are my skill set in short:
Core Language:
- .NET C#, ASP MVC3, Javascript, AngularJS, SASS
Tools
- Visual Studio 2013, AnkhSVN, CruiseControl
DB
- MS SQL, Postgres, ORACLE
I would like to know the list of things I would need to make this happen. I looked around and I find information in bits an pieces but can't seem to get the whole picture, starting from development of a workable cshtml page to its deployment to a webpage.
Here's what I know so far:
- I need a domain name
- I need a host
..................that's it.. :(
Since no one bothered to look at the big picture and were only focused on answering when provided a specific question, I talked with some experts on the topic and figured how I could get my site up and running.
Right now I'm running two test sites, one on Windows Azure and another on regular GoDaddy host.
Windows Azure provided 30 day trial period and publishing was REALLY EASY. Please note that I found pricing to be a little steep for a test project.
Steps:
Register at http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/free-trial/
Develop your test web project as usual.
Right Click and Publish Select Profile->"publish target" as "Windows Azure
Websites" and follow instruction there on.
Click Publish
Things were a little lengthy for GoDaddy.
Steps:
Get domain name and hosting
Develop your test web project as usual.
Right Click and Publish Select Connection -> "Publish Marget" as FTP and fill in the FTP information as provided by the host.
Click Publish
For GoDaddy you might run into some config issue, so make sure you turn off customErrors so you can debug your issue
<configuration>
<system.web>
<customErrors mode="Off"/>
</system.web>
</configuration>
PS Regards to charlietfl for the FTP suggestion.