Applicable for: Windows 7, Windows 10, Windows Server 2012 R2
 
Arsenij, Anton 27.11.2014

You can find the latest version of XAMPP (for Windows) here.

If you choose the destination folder C:\ the xampp setup will create a folder at C:\xampp and install the application there. Select all default values during setup. At the end start the XAMPP control panel.

Edit the file C:\xampp\php\php.ini. Change the settings according to the Configuring PHP (php.ini) instructions. After saving php.ini (re-)start the Apache and MySql servers from the XAMPP control panel.

Start your browser and enter "http://localhost". Choose your language and enter the "Security" section. Set a new MySql root password under http://localhost/security/xamppsecurity.php - after that, restart MySql from the control panel.

Create a folder c:\tools. Download the latest version of zip and unzip from http://www.info-zip.org (try their ftp server at ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/win32/ and look for latest zip...xn.zip and unzip..xn.exe files) and save/extract them to this folder.

ILIAS 3 needs ImageMagick to create and show graphics and thumbnails. You can find it here: http://www.imagemagick.org/script/binary-releases.php Download the file ImageMagick-6.5.4-Q16-windows-dll.exe and start the file. Install it to C:/tools/ImageMagick. After installation you may check the existence of convert.exe in the installation path.

If you plan to use SCORM validation you can optionally download the latest java version from http://www.java.com/en/download/download_the_latest.jsp and install it to C:/ProgramFiles/Java.

Create a folder C:\iliasdata and an empty file C:\iliasdata\iliaslog.txt.

Download the latest version of ILIAS from http://www.ilias.de. Save and unzip the file under C:\xampp\htdocs\. Remove the .htaccess file in the ilias / ilias3 folder.

Open your browser and enter http://localhost/ilias3/ (for ILIAS version 3.x.x) or http://localhost/ilias/ (for ILIAS 4.x.x). Follow the instructions and enter:
- Path to data directory: C:/iliasdata
- Path to logfile: C:/iliasdata/iliaslog.txt
- Path to Convert: C:/tools/ImageMagick/convert.exe
- Path to Zip: C:/tools/zip/zip.exe
- Path to Unzip: C:/tools/unzip/unzip.exe

Optional:

- Path to Java: C:/Program Files/Java/jr6/bin/java.exe (depends on your java version)

Finish the installation and enter ILIAS with user 'root' and password 'homer'.