SpikeWAMP



SpikeWAMP is a free WAMP stack from SpikeSource. It is a pre-configured single-click installation of the popular open-source stack that contains Apache 2.2 Web server, MySQL 5.0 Database server, and PHP 5.2 runtime. The key features of SpikeWAMP stack include

  • Single-click, quick installation in less than 5 minutes
  • Ability to choose and install popular, pre-configured web applications including Drupal, Moodle, phpBB, and more ...
  • Free updates for the stack to help you stay current with the latest releases of stack components.
  • Configuration protection
    Even if you change standard ports of Apache server or MySQL database, your changes are safe when you update your stack or install add-on applications.
  • More features

SpikeWAMP has been designed so that you can install the stack once and keep receiving updates and new applications that work with your stack right out of the box.

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Add-on Applications

Several popular, open-source AMP applications are available as add-ons on top of the stack. To install the add-on applications, just install the stack first, and then fire-up the add-on installation tool. A list of applications is available for you to choose from.

Available applications include:

Drupal


Drupal Content Management
(Installation how-to)

Joomla!
Joomla! Content Management
(Installation how-to)
Mambo
Mambo Content Management
(Installation how-to)
Moodle
Moodle Course Management
(Installation how-to)
phpBB
phpBB Forums
(Installation how-to)
More coming soon ...


All applications are pre-configured to work with your SpikeWAMP stack. Pre-configuration includes creating database users and setting up the application database. So all you have to do is select an application and click install. Then just browse to http://localhost/appname to finish some final bits of configuration - and the application should be up and running in no time. (Read more)

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Who should use SpikeWAMP?

The SpikeWAMP stack is ideal for web development, hosting small web-sites, and for casual users who want to try out latest technologies in the open-source world.

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Platforms

The SpikeWAMP stack should work on

SpikeWAMP is built for 32-bit Windows systems. It should work fine on 64-bit machines that run 32-bit version of Windows.

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Questions, Issues, Help, Feedback?

Read SpikeWAMP FAQs. If that does not help, head over to SpikeWAMP Discussion Forum.


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