Installing Zend Server Community Edition (CE) in Windows 2008 Server

Installing Zend Server CE in Windows Server 2008 to run Moodle 2.0 using MySQL and Apache Server

1. Go to http://www.zend.com/en/products/server-ce/downloads and download Zend Server for Windows

2.  Run the installation files

3.  Zend Server CE installation wizard

4. Welcome to Zend Server Community Edition 5.1 Installer.  To continue click Next

5.  Accept the term of the license agreement

6.  Select the installation Method.  I am going for custom installation since I want to add PHPAdmin and MySQL

7.  Custom installation with phpMyAdmin and MySQL Server

 

8.  Installing an Apache Web Server in Windows 2008 Server.  Destination as D drive.

9. Default Port for Apache in Windows Server

10.Installation Settings Summary for Zend Server in Windows Server

11. Zend Server was successfully installed in Windows server 2008. Click finish to open Zend Server

12.   End User License Agreement. Add a check mark for the agreement and click next

 

13.  Set a password for your Zend Server Administration Interface

14. Newsletter Registration is optional and click next to access Administration Interface

15. Under Task click on Open phpMyAdmin

16.  By default phpMyAdmin password for Zend Server installation in Windows Server is none. User name is root

user name: root
password: (nothing)

17. Once you login into phpMyAdmin, you will see this message in the bottom of the screen saying root with no password

18.  Click on Privileges in phpMyAdmin and setup a password for Root.

This is how you install Zend Server in Windows 2008 server using phpMyAdmin and MySQL server.  In my next blog, I will speak about how you can install Moodle in Apache server.