Apache and IIS servers installed on the same desktop

Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 9:36 pm (19 years, 1 month ago)

My PC desktop development environment worked just fine for testing Server Side Includes on a local desktop Apache Server:

Desktop: Windows XP Pro SP2
Apache: version 2.0.52 win32 x86 no ssl

I recently had a need to test ASP and installed IIS 5.1 server on the same desktop.
My current dual server environment does not work. I cannot access either server.
I could not find specific info on the Internet.

Any suggestions to get Apache and IIS servers installed on the same desktop and used selectively when needed?

My Musical Preferences · Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 10:24 am (19 years, 1 month ago)

I had IIS and Apache working fine together, the way I did it was to leave IIS listening on the default port of 80 and changed Apache to listen on any other port I wanted.

I changed these settings in the Apache httpd.conf file

Code:

#
# Listen: Allows you to bind Apache to specific IP addresses and/or
# ports, in addition to the default. See also the <VirtualHost>
# directive.
#
Listen 81

and then set

Code:

# Port: The port to which the standalone server listens. Certain firewall
# products must be configured before Apache can listen to a specific port.
# Other running httpd servers will also interfere with this port. Disable
# all firewall, security, and other services if you encounter problems.
# To help diagnose problems use the Windows NT command NETSTAT -a
#
Port 81

and then set

Code:

#
# DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your
# documents. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but
# symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations.
#
DocumentRoot "D:\81"

This set that folder as the default (you can see my easy naming, name the folder the same as the port for easy remembering Wink

)

It was easy after that to set extra ports/folders for different development sites.

Add another port to the Listen command e.g. Listen 82 and then set up a Virtual Host to cover this

Code:

<VirtualHost *:82>
DocumentRoot "D:\82"
<Directory "D:\82">
Options All +Includes
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

And unfortunately that's all I can remember now, don't currently have these running due to a dead hard drive so I hope this helps in some way Smile