quick question about Apache2

I'm trying to setup Apache 2 on windows XP, when I get this screen, I don't know what to type. Someone said type "localhost" for both Network Domain and Server Name, but after the installation, the server didn't work. I dont have a registered domain name btw, I just want it to be associated with my IP for now. Any ideas on what to put there?

Thanks.

Even if your server name is set to localhost - it should still be accessable via the IP address. So just enter localhost or localhost.localdomain in those boxes.

If the server still fails to start - make sure that IIS isn't already listening on port 80. If it is you'll either have change the port apache listens on or disable IIS.

If the server starts and you can access it through:

http://127.0.0.1/

or

http://localhost/

but not through your WWW IP address, this may be becuase you have firewall software which is blocking incoming connnections to port 80 or your ISP may be blocking port 80.

This is strange, I disabled IIS, I even downloaded a program called Activeports to see if anything else is using port 80, there was nothing. I re-installed Apache, but the server still wont run, it gives a HTTP 500 error. I don't have any firewall software, and nothing else is using port 80. Could this be my ISP blocking port 80?

Did you enter localhost, localhost, [email protected] in the boxes there?

Also, did you configure your httpd.conf file?

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Originally posted by Dude1
This is strange, I disabled IIS, I even downloaded a program called Activeports to see if anything else is using port 80, there was nothing. I re-installed Apache, but the server still wont run, it gives a HTTP 500 error. I don't have any firewall software, and nothing else is using port 80. Could this be my ISP blocking port 80?

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I doubt it is your ISP. It sounds like Apache is failing to bind to port 80.

Did you install Apache as an Administrator?

Try changing the value of the Listen directive in the httpd.conf file to port 8080 and then try to start the server.

You may also want to check the error logs in the apache install directory, as they will give you more useful information on the nature of the error.

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Originally posted by mendhak
Did you enter localhost, localhost, [email protected] in the boxes there?

Also, did you configure your httpd.conf file?

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I entered my real e-mail address, not @localhost - is that a serious error?

No, I didn't configure httpd.conf, what exactly am I suppose to configure in there?

Yes, I'm the admin

Thanks a lot.