Yours is the first reply - thanks for your help. I did as you suggested, and created a file (just some text in a file called test.html) in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\DrupalTest.

From the server desktop http://localhost/DrupalTest/test.html - works

http://localhost/DrupalTest/install.php - does not work

From my own desktop: http://drupal.domain.tld/test.html - does not work

http://drupal.domain.tld/DrupalTest/test.html - works I then got a bit inspired, and more closely examined c:\Program Files\PHP\v5.3, and I found two .reg files in it. One (pws-php5cgi.reg) mentions php.exe, and the other (pws-php5isapi) mentions php5isapi.dll. However, there is no php5isapi.dll anywhere on the system. So, I edited pws-php5cgi.reg and merged it, stopped and started the w3svc, and am having the same problem. Kurt On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 06:44, Joel Willers <joel.willers@sigler.com> wrote:

Strange problem.  It seems like you might be having issues with your host setup file.  I'm not exactly a Guru on this, but I hadn't seen any responses (maybe they directly mailed you).  It seems that your browser isn't actually finding the files themselves, so might you be pointing to the wrong area?  It seems that you SHOULD be getting database errors if Drupal was installed incorrectly, but the virtual host was set correctly.  I hope that helps some and leads you in the right direction.

Try putting a normal .html file in the same place as your install.php file (test.html, for example) and throw some simple code in there.  Then try to browse there.  If you can pull it up (localhost/DrupalTest/test.html), then your host is working.  Otherwise, you have a problem with your non-Drupal settings, like vhost, Apache, etc.  Something isn't configured correctly to point at your files, from the sounds of it.

Joel

-----Original Message----- From: support-bounces@drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org] On Behalf Of Kurt Buff Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 5:36 PM To: support@drupal.org Subject: [support] Drupal 7 installation on Win2k3 R2 SP2 fully patched - no joy

All,

Just joined the list - I've been tasked with installing this for and evaluation against DNN with the winner being selected for both our internal and external web presence.

I followed the directions at http://drupal.org/node/1130898 on a fresh VM from scratch, as noted in the subject line. The only variance I introduced in the install process is that I installed SQL Server Express 2008 R2 beforehand.

However, when I visit http://localhost/DrupalTest on the machine, I get a 404 error. Nothing I've tried seems to work, including an explicit browse to http://localhost/DrupalTest/install.php, stopping and starting both the web site and the w3svc, among other things.

I don't see anything in the event logs showing installation errors, and my my google-fu may be weak, because I'm turning up nothing in my searches on teh intarwebs. I also checked the web log, and it shows a 404 for the attempts as well.

The only things that I note that might provide clues (I'm not an IIS guru) are that:

    o- PHP is not referenced for either the site or the virtual directory under Properties/Home Directory/Configuration/Mappings as an extension, nor is there an ISAPI filter of any sort for the web site.

and

    o- Browsing to http://drupal.domain.tld from my own desk produces an "Under Construction" page, vs. http://drupal.domain.tld/install.php, which produces a 404 error.

Can anyone point me in the right direction on this?

Thanks,

Kurt -- [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ] -- [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ]

OK. It's interesting that the install process from the URL I posted installs PHP. If you're correct, I'm thinking that the install package is fubared in some way. I'll put on my google eyes and see what I can come up with. Kurt On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 10:55, Joel Willers <joel.willers@sigler.com> wrote:

I'm 99% sure that this is not a Drupal issue.  Install.php should return with, "Site under construction - if you are the admin, here are some specific error messages."  I don't think php is configured correctly, as it's not even hitting the database.  My server mojo isn't great, so I'd attack the problem using your Google-fu and this new tactic of getting php to run correctly.  Good luck!

Joel

-----Original Message----- From: support-bounces@drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org] On Behalf Of Kurt Buff Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 11:41 AM To: support@drupal.org Subject: Re: [support] Drupal 7 installation on Win2k3 R2 SP2 fully patched - no joy

Yours is the first reply - thanks for your help.

I did as you suggested, and created a file (just some text in a file called test.html) in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\DrupalTest.

From the server desktop     http://localhost/DrupalTest/test.html  - works

    http://localhost/DrupalTest/install.php - does not work

From my own desktop:     http://drupal.domain.tld/test.html - does not work

    http://drupal.domain.tld/DrupalTest/test.html - works

I then got a bit inspired, and more closely examined c:\Program Files\PHP\v5.3, and I found two .reg files in it. One (pws-php5cgi.reg) mentions php.exe, and the other (pws-php5isapi) mentions php5isapi.dll.

However, there is no php5isapi.dll anywhere on the system.

So, I edited pws-php5cgi.reg and merged it, stopped and started the w3svc, and am having the same problem.

Kurt

On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 06:44, Joel Willers <joel.willers@sigler.com> wrote:

...

Strange problem.  It seems like you might be having issues with your host setup file.  I'm not exactly a Guru on this, but I hadn't seen any responses (maybe they directly mailed you).  It seems that your browser isn't actually finding the files themselves, so might you be pointing to the wrong area?  It seems that you SHOULD be getting database errors if Drupal was installed incorrectly, but the virtual host was set correctly.  I hope that helps some and leads you in the right direction.

Try putting a normal .html file in the same place as your install.php file (test.html, for example) and throw some simple code in there.  Then try to browse there.  If you can pull it up (localhost/DrupalTest/test.html), then your host is working.  Otherwise, you have a problem with your non-Drupal settings, like vhost, Apache, etc.  Something isn't configured correctly to point at your files, from the sounds of it.

Joel

-----Original Message----- From: support-bounces@drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org] On Behalf Of Kurt Buff Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 5:36 PM To: support@drupal.org Subject: [support] Drupal 7 installation on Win2k3 R2 SP2 fully patched - no joy

All,

Just joined the list - I've been tasked with installing this for and evaluation against DNN with the winner being selected for both our internal and external web presence.

I followed the directions at http://drupal.org/node/1130898 on a fresh VM from scratch, as noted in the subject line. The only variance I introduced in the install process is that I installed SQL Server Express 2008 R2 beforehand.

However, when I visit http://localhost/DrupalTest on the machine, I get a 404 error. Nothing I've tried seems to work, including an explicit browse to http://localhost/DrupalTest/install.php, stopping and starting both the web site and the w3svc, among other things.

I don't see anything in the event logs showing installation errors, and my my google-fu may be weak, because I'm turning up nothing in my searches on teh intarwebs. I also checked the web log, and it shows a 404 for the attempts as well.

The only things that I note that might provide clues (I'm not an IIS guru) are that:

    o- PHP is not referenced for either the site or the virtual directory under Properties/Home Directory/Configuration/Mappings as an extension, nor is there an ISAPI filter of any sort for the web site.

and

    o- Browsing to http://drupal.domain.tld from my own desk produces an "Under Construction" page, vs. http://drupal.domain.tld/install.php, which produces a 404 error.

Can anyone point me in the right direction on this?

Thanks,

Kurt -- [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ] -- [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ]

-- [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ] -- [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ]

It's been a while since I've worked with IIS, but there were two things i had to do. Go into security settings and set the directories to publicly available and find a program that got mod-rewrite to work correctly. It's much easier running apache, not to mention the directory and file level security is better. or at least was. -Don- On 7/21/2011 2:35 PM, Earnie Boyd wrote:

Kurt Buff wrote:

...

All,

Just joined the list - I've been tasked with installing this for and evaluation against DNN with the winner being selected for both our internal and external web presence.

I followed the directions at http://drupal.org/node/1130898 on a fresh VM from scratch, as noted in the subject line. The only variance I introduced in the install process is that I installed SQL Server Express 2008 R2 beforehand.

While it is likely possible SQL Server please note that MySql is the stronger suit since that is what has been extensively tested.

...

However, when I visit http://localhost/DrupalTest on the machine, I get a 404 error. Nothing I've tried seems to work, including an explicit browse to http://localhost/DrupalTest/install.php, stopping and starting both the web site and the w3svc, among other things.

I don't see anything in the event logs showing installation errors, and my my google-fu may be weak, because I'm turning up nothing in my searches on teh intarwebs. I also checked the web log, and it shows a 404 for the attempts as well.

The only things that I note that might provide clues (I'm not an IIS guru) are that:

Can you get a phpinfo() script to run on the server?

<script name="pinfo.php"> <?php phpinfo(); </script>

Most of us use Apache and MySql so help maybe slim. The install.php script will actually display a page with questions for you to answer primarily regarding your database. A 404 error indicates you've not configured IIS to recognize the localhost/DrupalTest as the "Root Directory" of the web site but I don't know how to configure IIS so good luck.

Kurt Buff wrote:

On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 11:35, Earnie Boyd <earnie@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:

...

Kurt Buff wrote:

...

All,

Just joined the list - I've been tasked with installing this for and evaluation against DNN with the winner being selected for both our internal and external web presence.

I followed the directions at http://drupal.org/node/1130898 on a fresh VM from scratch, as noted in the subject line. The only variance I introduced in the install process is that I installed SQL Server Express 2008 R2 beforehand.

While it is likely possible SQL Server please note that MySql is the stronger suit since that is what has been extensively tested.

Yah - I knew that, but there's a preference here for IIS/MSSQL, since that's the strength of the IT staff.

I would argue that the strength of an IT staff is its ability to learn new things and not what it knows already. I would make the pitch toward Apache/MySql/PHP for Windows (WAMP) server. I'm no server guru and managed to set up my first site in less than a day and that wasn't even Drupal.

...

...

However, when I visit http://localhost/DrupalTest on the machine, I get a 404 error. Nothing I've tried seems to work, including an explicit browse to http://localhost/DrupalTest/install.php, stopping and starting both the web site and the w3svc, among other things.

I don't see anything in the event logs showing installation errors, and my my google-fu may be weak, because I'm turning up nothing in my searches on teh intarwebs. I also checked the web log, and it shows a 404 for the attempts as well.

The only things that I note that might provide clues (I'm not an IIS guru) are that:

Can you get a phpinfo() script to run on the server?

<script name="pinfo.php"> <?php phpinfo(); </script>

Ran just fine, with lots of output. Shall I post the whole thing, or are there bits of it that you deem more relevant than others.

Give us the PHP installed modules. We'll start there.

Note that I've deleted the directory "C:\Program Files\PHP\v5.3" that came with the WPI installation, and have installed 5.6 from an MSI package download on the php.net web site. This newer install offers to use IIS with either CGI or FastCGI - I chose the former. However, it does not offer MSSQL, only MySQL, Postgresql and a couple of others.

I hear FastCGI may have been the better choice but I've no experience either way.

...

Most of us use Apache and MySql so help maybe slim.

Understood.

...

The install.php script will actually display a page with questions for you to answer primarily regarding your database.

Which it did, and I answered, and it seemed to be happy.

...

A 404 error indicates you've not configured IIS to recognize the localhost/DrupalTest as the "Root Directory" of the web site but I don't know how to configure IIS so good luck.

I don't believe this to be the case because of the following:

Per an earlier message, I created test.html, and placed it in the virtual directory that the install package created, which is located at C:\Intepub\wwwroot\DrupalTest. A browse to http://localhost/DrupalTest/test.html brings up the file, but http://localhost/DrupalTest/install.php brings up the 404.

I'm thinking here you need to tell IIS about .php files. It's not able to translate how to serve the file extension. You might want to take your questions to http://php.iis.net/ and see if they might help you. -- Earnie -- http://progw.com -- http://www.for-my-kids.com