Modular Webserver System

(MoWeS), formerly Webserver On Stick (WOS) and makes it possible, to run a webserver based on Apache, MySQL and PHP from an USB Stick or any other writable media (harddrive, flash cards etc.) without installation under Windows. 2 versions are free:

• MoWeS is a WAMP + a number of packages that you can optionally include in the download mixer service. You will get one zip package of variable size
• MoWeS Portable (download). Make sure not to forget to include one (just one) version of Apache, PHP, MySQL and PHPMyAdmin.

Test of WOS Portable II (6 May 2007)

Daniel K. Schneider tried WOS + Apache2_SE, PHP5_SE, MySQL5_SE, MediaWiki, Moodle, PHPMyAdmin, Wordpress. Total download size was 18MB. Once installed the whole package was about 200MB.

• I dezipped the package into a "wos" directory on a memory stick.
• Clicking on f:/wos/wos.exe starts installing all the packages (make sure not interrupt when the WOS install screen is empty after installation of a single component ... it will go on) Memory sticks are very slow in writing thousands of files and the whole the procedure may take much more than an hour!! Install will only be complete when you see a new small administration panel "WOS Portable II - Status.
• Once complete, it will launch the start page and remind you that for all applications installed (e.g. Moodle) login is always: admin and password is password.
• Results: Apache/PHP/MySQL/Moodle/Wordpress installed fine. Install of Mediawiki & PhpMyAdmin failed the first time (maybe a write error ?). After relaunch of wos.exe (and an additional 30 minutes) they were installed and ran fine.
• Note: The Website was a bit confusing on 13:36, 6 May 2007 (MEST) (not clear how to get to the downloads, I found it through Useware-->WOS Portable). Also installation can go badly wrong, if you forget a component (e.g. php or mysql). Totally delete the install dir, kill hanging processes or reboot Windows, download again a good combination and reinstall. With my succesful install I did have a 7z.exe (decompression) error, but ignored it, but then had to install one of the applications again (faulty memory stick ?)
• Conclusion: Do not install this directly on a memory stick. Dezip and install on a harddisk, then transfer. I tried again and again had write errors (with a different memory stick).