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September 28, 2010 7:39pm
Subscribe [1]#1 / Sep 28, 2010 7:39pm
I am running windows server with php 5 / mysql 5 through iis. the requirements mention apache. is apache truly a requirement for EE, or is it more common for the lamp stack users to be interested in EE? what would stop me from using EE in this kind of environment?
#2 / Sep 28, 2010 7:43pm
Greeetings,
Here are our minimum requirements. Apache is not required and EE will run on IIS. I believe you’re referring to the Requirements page in our User Guide which it mentions a setting for Apache; but that is intended as a note for those running EE on Apache.
We do find that EE tends to run better on *nix hosting. Permissions are more easily handled, and using Apache means you have access to mod_rewrite; which as far as I am aware, is not available on IIS - instead you’d need to use ISAPI if you needed similar functionality.
Please post back if you have any other questions.