Trouble with MS SBS Server 2003 Installation

  • Resolved brisbanefoodie

    (@brisbanefoodie)


    13 years ago

    I am setting up wordpress for the first time on my MS Small Business Server 2003 using MS Web Platform Installer.
    The installation says it was successful and automatically installed all the dependant interfaces such as
    Fast CGI 1.5
    PHP 5.2
    MYSQL Server 5.1
    MYSQL Connector Net 6.2.3
    Windows Cache Extension 1.1 for PHP 5.2

    I have installed this to run as a localhost for now and I have checked IIS to make sure that the localhost service is running and there are no conflicts with the other websites I am currently running.

    When I launch my wordpress website I simply get a Page Not Found 404 error. I have checked the inetpub folder and everything is where it is meant to be. I have also checked the Program Folder to make sure MYSQL & PHP are there, I can not see where the Fast CGI folder is however Add/ Remove Programs shows that it is installed.

    I have rebooted the server incase a service needed to start prior to running the website.

    I have no idea where to go from here and any help would be appreciated.

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  • Thread Starter brisbanefoodie

    (@brisbanefoodie)

    13 years ago

    Not sure if this is helpful to my problem but I checked out the php.ini file to look at some of the suggestions I found from various resources. From what I have researched this all looks as it should

    [WebPIChanges]
    error_log=C:\WINDOWS\temp\php52_errors.log
    upload_tmp_dir=C:\WINDOWS\temp
    session.save_path=C:\WINDOWS\temp
    cgi.force_redirect=0
    cgi.fix_pathinfo=1
    fastcgi.impersonate=1
    fastcgi.logging=0
    max_execution_time=300
    date.timezone=Australia/Canberra
    extension_dir=”C:\Program Files\PHP\v5.2\ext\”

    [ExtensionList]
    extension=php_mysql.dll
    extension=php_mysqli.dll
    extension=php_mbstring.dll
    extension=php_gd2.dll
    extension=php_gettext.dll
    extension=php_curl.dll
    extension=php_exif.dll
    extension=php_xmlrpc.dll
    extension=php_openssl.dll
    extension=php_soap.dll
    extension=php_pdo.dll
    extension=php_pdo_mysql.dll
    extension=php_pdo_sqlite.dll
    extension=php_zip.dll
    extension=php_imap.dll
    extension=php_tidy.dll

    [PHP_WINCACHE]
    extension=php_wincache.dll

    Thread Starter brisbanefoodie

    (@brisbanefoodie)

    13 years ago

    After a very long day yesterday of uninstalling then re-installing and trying all the different ideas I was getting from all the available information via google searches I finally fixed my problem and it was such a simple fix too. For anyone else that is having a similar problem after installing WordPress via Web Platform Installer on Small Business Server 2003 simply do the following.

    1. Copy the PHP folder from C:\Windows\Program Files to teh Root directory of C:\

    2. Using Notepad Open the file C:\Windows\system32\inetsrv\fcgiext.ini and scroll all the way to the bottom of the page where you will read some text like in the following sample

    [Types]
    php:/W3SVC/15725149765/ROOT/BRISBANEFOODIE=PHP52_via_FastCGI

    [PHP52_via_FastCGI]
    ExePath=%PROGRAM%FILES%\PHP\v5.2\php-cgi.exe
    InstanceMaxRequests=10000
    ActivityTimeout=600
    RequestTimeout=600
    EnvironmentVars=PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS:10000,PHPRC:%PROGRAM%FILES%\PHP\v5.2

    3. Change both the ExePath and EnviromentVars so the new path is C:\PHP\v5.2\php-cgi.exe

    It should now look like the following

    [Types]
    php:/W3SVC/15725149765/ROOT/BRISBANEFOODIE=PHP52_via_FastCGI

    [PHP52_via_FastCGI]
    ExePath=C:\PHP\v5.2\php-cgi.exe
    InstanceMaxRequests=10000
    ActivityTimeout=600
    RequestTimeout=600
    EnvironmentVars=PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS:10000,PHPRC:C:\PHP\v5.2

    This fixed my issues

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