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Introduction

phpVirtualBox requires a web server with PHP >= 5.1.0 installed in order to run. Moreover, some php extensions need to be enabled : php-xml, php-json and php-soap. The following may help you install these on the machine on which you intend to run phpVirtualBox.

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Windows

On Windows, instead of mucking around with IIS, you may install XAMPP or XAMPPLite from [www.apachefriends.org]. The installation is very straight-forward and includes a recent version of PHP (certainly greater than 5.1.0).

After installation, launch the XAMPP control panel and click "Config" next to Apache, then "PHP (php.ini)". It will open the php configuration file "php.ini" in notepad.

Uncomment the following line (E.G. remove the ";") and close the file after having saved the changes.

;extension=php_soap.dll

In the XAMPP control panel, click "Start" next to Apache.

You can copy phpVirtualBox to XAMPP's htdocs folder. Typically C:\xampp\htdocs or C:\xampplite\htdocs.

Linux

The details of installing a web server and PHP differ greatly from distribution to distribution. In most cases, you simply have to install apache2 and the apache2 php module (>=5.1.0) using your distribution's package management system. Please follow the instructions for your Linux distribution as provided by the distribution maintainer(s).

The following gives basic instructions for common Linux distributions, without any warranty.

Note : The following must be done as root user.

Debian based distributions

The following has been tested with Debian 8 "Stretch", Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful" and Mint 18.3 "Sylvia".

  • Install the required packages :
    • apt-get install apache2 libapache2-mod-php php php-soap php-xml
  • The previous command should automatically enable apache php module. If it's not the case, you can run the following commands :
    • a2dismod mpm_event mpm_worker
a2enmod mpm_prefork php7.X

    You have to replace "X" in the last command depending on the php version provided with your Linux distribution (7.0, 7.1, 7.2, ...).

Your web server should be ready for phpvirtualbox installation.

Fedora

The following has been tested with Fedora 27.

  • Install the required packages :
    • dnf install httpd php php-json php-soap php-xml
  • To enable apache php module, you have to edit the file /etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/00-mpm.conf. Comment or uncomment the relevant lines so that this file contains : 
    • LoadModule mpm_event_module modules/mod_mpm_event.so
#LoadModule mpm_prefork_module modules/mod_mpm_prefork.so

Your web server should be ready for phpvirtualbox installation.

CentOS

The following has been tested with CentOS 7.4.

  • Install the required packages :
    • yum install httpd php php-soap php-xml
  • Apache php module should be enabled without any further configuration.

Your web server should be ready for phpvirtualbox installation.

Arch Linux

The following has been tested with up-to-date Arch Linux as of 2017 December.

  • Install the required packages :
    • pacman -S  apache php php-apache
  • Edit the file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf in order to enable apache php module :
    • Comment or uncomment the relevant lines so that this file contains : 
      LoadModule mpm_event_module modules/mod_mpm_event.so
#LoadModule mpm_prefork_module modules/mod_mpm_prefork.so
    • Add the following line after the last "LoadModule" directive : 
      • LoadModule php7_module modules/libphp7.so
    • Add the following line after the last "Include" directive : 
      • Include conf/extra/php7_module.conf
  • Uncomment the following line in /etc/php/php.ini in order to enable required php extension : 
    • ;extension=soap.so

Your web server should be ready for phpvirtualbox installation.

OS X

On OS X, you may install XAMPP or XAMPPLite from [www.apachefriends.org]. The installation is very straight-forward and includes a recent version of PHP (certainly greater than 5.1.0).

After installation, launch the XAMPP control panel and click Start next to Apache. You can copy phpVirtualBox to XAMPP's htdocs folder. Typically /Applications/XAMPP/htdocs/.

Solaris

On Solaris, you may install XAMPP or XAMPPLite from [www.apachefriends.org]. The installation is very straight-forward and includes a recent version of PHP (certainly greater than 5.1.0).

(Assuming you kept the default installation path) After installation, run the following command as root:

  /opt/xampp/xampp startapache

You can copy phpVirtualBox to XAMPP's htdocs folder. Typically /opt/xampp/htdocs/.

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