Discipulus++ is right, for light to medium load, a Perl-based web server should be sufficient.

Another option is to use XAMPP. It has its own set of odds, but you get a working set of Apache, MariaDB (MySQL fork), PHP, Perl, Mercury Mail, FileZilla, Tomcat, OpenSLL, and a custom control panel for all of that.

I don't like the fact that it installs all of the bundled software by default, filling the machine with a lot of software that may be a security risk. I also miss any kind of update mechanism. It's quite common to find Windows machines with ancient XAMPP versions full of vulnerable software versions. Also, I think that MySQL is one of the worst RDBMS, right after MS SQL Server.

Nevertheless, XAMPP is a very quick way to get a working web environment on a Windows PC, similar to what you would get at a shared hosting service (Apache, MySQL, PHP, Mail, FTP, and maybe Perl). And unlike some shared hosting services, XAMPP uses quite recent versions.

Alexander

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In reply to Re: Redistributable Apache Web Server with Strawberry Perl - Practical? by afoken
in thread Redistributable Apache Web Server with Strawberry Perl - Practical? by whiteperl051

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