Mac OS X Installation

This section describes the process for installing Zend Server Community Edition on Mac OS X using the .dmg Package installer.

Note

If you are upgrading Zend Server Community Edition from an existing installation you must first perform the procedure described in “Upgrading”.

To run Zend Server Community Edition on MAC, you need the following:

Zend Server Community Edition for MAC is available in a Binary distribution that contains a setup program .dmg file that installs everything you need so that you can start immediately.

 

The following procedure describes how to install Zend Server Community Edition on Mac OS X.

 

 

Instructions on how to complete a procedure

To install Zend Server Community Edition :

  1. After downloading the package, locate the downloaded file and double-click it  to reveal the package file ZendServer.pkg . Double-click on it to start the installation process.

  2. Follow the instructions presented by the installer. You should carefully read the Important Information presented during installation process.

  3. If needed, click the “Change Install Location” button to define a different location for installing Zend Server Community Edition .

  4. Zenith will be installed to /Applications/ZendServer. Once the installation is complete use the Finder to open this directory. From there you will be able to:

    1. Open the Administration interface by launching GUI.app or ZendServer.app (depending on the version).

    2. Start the Zend Controller applet by running ZendCorntroller.app

    3. Open the doc folder to view the README which contains additional information on the product's content, capabilities and usage.

When opening the Administration Interface for the first time, you will be prompted with request to set your Zend Server Community Edition password.

This password will be needed for logging-in to the Administration Interface every time you use Zend Server Community Edition . You should set the same password in the Zend Controller configuration when launching it for the first time.

 

You can access your Apache's document root at /Applications/ZendServer/htdocs. Apache is configured to run on port 10088 by default (accessible at http://localhost:10088/).