MySQL, PHP with FastCGI and Joomla on Windows Server 2008

by admin

I got a question on Neto-Chat regarding the installation of Joomla in IIS7. More specifically, the question was about errors when configuring Joomla on Windows Server 2008. When I dug around it turned out that there is a lot of contradicting information about the process of installing and configuring MySQL and PHP based applications in IIS7. In addition the situation gets more complicated because there is a difference when you do this on a x32 and on a x64 platform.

In short, I decided to demonstrate in a series of Screencasts the whole process of installing some of the most popular PHP and MySQL based applications (bot on x32 and x64 platforms) – starting with Joomla! and Wordpress.

The first video tutorial is about installing Joomla! on Windows Server 2008.

Joomla in IIS7 

A separate video step is dedicated for the installation and configuration of:

  • IIS7 (Web Server Role in Windows Sevrer 2008)
  • MySQL
  • PHP using FastCGI – this is the recommended approach in IIS7 as it combines both performance and stabilty. In addition we are using the non-thread-safe PHP package which improves additionally the perfromance.
  • Joomla! ininitial installation

Just get the packages which you see in the video, follow the detailed steps and you will have in no time a working Joomla on your Server.

Enjoy it!

Dean

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5 comments

Andre L November 30, 2008 - 12:15 pm

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Looking for something else, but fine website. Thank you….

Really love yahoo, cool stuff. All the best. December 20, 2008 - 11:22 am

Jimmie P…

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Milos July 1, 2009 - 5:18 pm

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Joomla Experts July 11, 2009 - 8:19 am

cool! keep up the good work!

Tess November 6, 2009 - 7:17 pm

Hi,

I am struggling with a joomla 1.5 configuration/permissions issue. I have joomla 1.5 installed on a windows ii7 server. The front end is fine and I can publish articles. However, I can not upload themes or use nijaexplorer .. I get a 500 error. Any help would be appreciated.

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