MRBS quick installation on Windows, using Wamp …...MRBS quick installation on Windows, using Wamp...
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MRBS quick installation on Windows, using Wamp Server
Starting with MRBS zip file and wampserver64 installer, here on a clean I:\ drive, but this could be
whatever drive you like:
Unpack the MRBS zip (here I’ve chosen Explorer explicitly, so I’m not relying upon an installed zip
tool, unpack the zip however you’re comfortable…):
Extract the MRBS zip to the root of the drive, as the zip contains a folder “mrbs-1.5.0”:
Rename the “mrbs-1.5.0” folder to “mrbs” to make life simpler:
Run the wamp server installer:
Configure a different browser if you like:
Same for the next question about text editor (missed a screenshot of this)
Then Wamp Server will attempt to start Apache, which may bring up a Windows firewall prompt.
Allow access on Private networks:
Note the warning about the MySQL database installation using an empty password for the ‘root’
database user:
Wamp Server is installed. You can start it with the Start Menu shortcut “WampServer64”:
Wamp Server is now running, and it should show up in your system tray, if the icon is green
everything is running as it should:
Now you can configure the Apache web server to serve the MRBS PHP application, left-click the
Wamp icon in the sys tray and dig down to add an alias:
Now, setup the MRBS database. First, start phpMyAdmin, left-click Wamp icon and select
phpMyAdmin:
This launches your configured web browser, log in with the ‘root’ MySQL user and a blank password:
Create a new database:
Name the database, here I’ve chosen ‘mrbs’, to match the default configuration in MRBS, I’ve also
chosen the ‘utf8_general_ci’ collation, though this doesn’t matter as the MRBS database tables will
set this anyway:
Now import the MRBS tables:
You have database tables:
Create a database user for MRBS:
Here I’ve only allowed access to the database from ‘localhost’ to keep the installation more secure.
I’ve used the password ‘mrbs-password’ to match the default configuration in MRBS, but use
whatever you like. If you use a different password you need to edit config.inc.php in MRBS’s “web”
directory to specify the password. I’ve also left the default “Grant all permissions on database
“mrbs””:
Go into the MRBS web directory (I:/mrbs/web in this guide) and edit config.inc.php in your favourite
editor. Change the line setting the timezone to the timezone your server runs in, e.g.:
Now you’re set, go to your MRBS installation at http://localhost/mrbs/ :
Make your first admin user by clicking on “User list” in the top-right corner:
Create whatever user you like, and you’re finished, you have a working MRBS installation.