Use Apache Server on FileMaker 9 Windows
November 1st, 2007 by Stephen K. KnightEnjoy this article by Michael Petrov on how to use Apache Server on Windows!
Up until now, only IIS was the supported server to run the FileMaker Server Advanced Web Publishing
Engine. However, Apache is a very popular web server for both Windows and Mac platforms and
includes a lot of very interesting modules such as mod_rewrite - which are great to use with many
sites to make search engine friendly URLs. Previously using Apache and FileMaker on Windows required
running IIS for the web publishing engine and Apache as a separate process - with the help of this
tutorial, you can eliminate IIS from your system and use only Apache!
Read the Complete Article Here
Enjoy!
* We realize this is not supported by FileMaker and could cause unsafe operation of your server - so apply these changes at your own risk. We’ve written this informative article because there are many individuals that prefer Apache over IIS *
April 9th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Hello:
I’ve installed Apache 2.2 on my Vista box along with FM 9 Pro and the trial of FM 9 server.
Apache serves test PHP pages with no problem so I know it’s working. FM 9 server serves the sample database with no problem so I’m pretty sure that it is working as well.
My problem lies inbetween. When I go to configure web publishing via the browser administrative tool for FM 9 Server, my Apache installation doesn’t show up. In fact, nothing shows up in that field.
I’ve followed the instructions in the pdf to download the connector and modify the conf files — twice!
When I go to http://127.0.0.1/fmi/xml/version.xml, IE displays a page indicating the page cannot be displayed.
When I attempt to restart Apache, I get the following error message:
httpd.exe: Syntax error on line 488 of c:/program files/apache software foundation/apache2.2/conf/httpd.conf: Syntax error on line 1 of c:/program files/filemaker/filemaker server/admin/admin-helper/web-inf/conf/mod_jk.conf: LoadModule takes two arguments, a module name and the name of a shared object file to load it from.
At this point there seems to be a disconnect in my understanding of the relationship between the conf files in the apache folder vs. the conf files in the FM server folder.
Any suggestions are appreciated.
Thanks!
Rick Rose
April 17th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Just following the article and I can’t seem to get the apache service to start after the changes to all the files.
Is anyone else experienceng this as well?