Portable Server

We can install XAMPP on flash drive or pen drive and can use it as a portable server. We can use it on the go server at our laptop or any other computer at office or home. So there is no need to stick with one computer to use server for the development of your website.

To install XAMPP server on your flash drive, just download the .exe file from URL: https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html. Now connect the pen drive to your computer and click on the XAMPP installer file.

Click on next to continue installation.

Select all the components you want to install on your system.

 

Now create a new folder in you pen drive and give it any name, for example Myserver. Now select the path to install the server files.

 

Click on next.

 

Click on next to continue the installation.

 

After finishing the installation, it will ask to start the XAMPP control Panel. Select the option and click on finish to complete the installation.

The XAMPP control panel looks like:

Start Apache and other components as per your need.

Type http://localhost or 127.0.0.1 in your browser. You will see the default page like:

 

The default index file in the folder D:\xampp\htdocs\ will open. You can keep it or delete/replace it with your own file. Now your portable server is ready to use on any computer. Just plugin your pen drive on which xampp is installed to any computer or laptop and start Apache and other components as per your need. To open XAMPP control panel open the folder Myserver and click on the file xampp-control.