Installing and Configuring Drupal 6.1

By Michael J. Ross
2008-03-24


System Requirements

To run Drupal, you will need several components: 1) a Web server, 2) a database server, and 3) a Web scripting language (PHP). It is advisable that all of these needed components be installed before installing Drupal itself:

• Drupal dynamically generates Web pages, and thus requires a Web server for doing so. Drupal will work with Microsoft IIS (versions 5 or, even better, version 6), but the preferred Web server is Apache (version 1.3 or later).
• Drupal has to save the site content in an RDBMS (relational database management system), and will work with MySQL (version 5.0 is strongly recommended) or PostgreSQL (version 7.4 or later).
• Drupal is written in PHP, and requires version 4.3.5 or later; version 5.2 is best.

In this tutorial, we will be utilizing the most recent versions (as of this writing): Apache 2.2.8, MySQL 5.0, and PHP 5.2.5. If you are setting up your development environment on a Windows server, then further information is available at DeveloperTutorials.com, with detailed instructions on how to install and configure Apache, MySQL, and PHP.

Tutorial Pages:
» Installing and Configuring Drupal 6.1
» Drupal
» System Requirements
» Downloading Drupal
» Installing Drupal
» Configuring Drupal
» Administering Drupal
» Basic Site Customization
» More Resources

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