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Added www/server/windows/none.md server setup article

wyoung 2019-08-19 04:57 server-docs

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203	203	<td class="doc">❌</td>
204	204	</tr>
205	205
206	206	<tr>
207	207	<th class="host">Windows</th>
208		- <td class="doc">❌</td>
	208	+ <td class="doc"><a href="windows/none.md">✅</a></td>
209	209	<td class="doc">❌</td>
210	210	<td class="doc"><a href="windows/stunnel.md">✅</a></td>
211	211	<td class="doc"><a href="windows/cgi.md">✅</a></td>
212	212	<td class="doc">❌</td>
213	213	<td class="doc">❌</td>
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258	258	"none", "inetd", "stunnel", "CGI", "SCGI", "althttpd", "proxy", "service"
259	259	];
260	260	const matrix = {
261	261	"any OS": [ YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, NO, NO ],
262	262	"Debian or Ubuntu": [ IFA, IFA, IFA, IFA, IFA, IFA, "nginx", NO ],
263		- "Windows": [ NO, NO, YES, YES, NO, NO, "IIS", NO ],
	263	+ "Windows": [ YES, NO, YES, YES, NO, NO, "IIS", NO ],
264	264	}
265	265	const osNames = Object.keys(matrix).sort((e) => {
266	266	return e.toLowerCase()
267	267	}).map((longName, i) => {
268	268	var shortName = longName.toLowerCase().split(' ')[0];
269	269
270	270	ADDED www/server/windows/none.md

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203	<td class="doc">❌</td>
204	</tr>
205
206	<tr>
207	<th class="host">Windows</th>
208	<td class="doc">❌</td>
209	<td class="doc">❌</td>
210	<td class="doc"><a href="windows/stunnel.md">✅</a></td>
211	<td class="doc"><a href="windows/cgi.md">✅</a></td>
212	<td class="doc">❌</td>
213	<td class="doc">❌</td>
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258	"none", "inetd", "stunnel", "CGI", "SCGI", "althttpd", "proxy", "service"
259	];
260	const matrix = {
261	"any OS": [ YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, NO, NO ],
262	"Debian or Ubuntu": [ IFA, IFA, IFA, IFA, IFA, IFA, "nginx", NO ],
263	"Windows": [ NO, NO, YES, YES, NO, NO, "IIS", NO ],
264	}
265	const osNames = Object.keys(matrix).sort((e) => {
266	return e.toLowerCase()
267	}).map((longName, i) => {
268	var shortName = longName.toLowerCase().split(' ')[0];
269
270	DDED www/server/windows/none.md

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203	<td class="doc">❌</td>
204	</tr>
205
206	<tr>
207	<th class="host">Windows</th>
208	<td class="doc"><a href="windows/none.md">✅</a></td>
209	<td class="doc">❌</td>
210	<td class="doc"><a href="windows/stunnel.md">✅</a></td>
211	<td class="doc"><a href="windows/cgi.md">✅</a></td>
212	<td class="doc">❌</td>
213	<td class="doc">❌</td>
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258	"none", "inetd", "stunnel", "CGI", "SCGI", "althttpd", "proxy", "service"
259	];
260	const matrix = {
261	"any OS": [ YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, NO, NO ],
262	"Debian or Ubuntu": [ IFA, IFA, IFA, IFA, IFA, IFA, "nginx", NO ],
263	"Windows": [ YES, NO, YES, YES, NO, NO, "IIS", NO ],
264	}
265	const osNames = Object.keys(matrix).sort((e) => {
266	return e.toLowerCase()
267	}).map((longName, i) => {
268	var shortName = longName.toLowerCase().split(' ')[0];
269
270	DDED www/server/windows/none.md

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	1	+# Serving as a Standalone Servertandalone Server on Windows
	2	+
	3	+On Windows, this method works more or less identically to how it’s
	4	+documented in [the generic instructions](../any/none.md).
	5	+
	6	+...but only while `fossil.exe` is actually running, which is the source
	7	+of much trouble on Windows. There problem has two halves:
	8	+
	9	+
	10	+## No App Startup without Desktop
	11	+
	12	+The easy methods for starting a program in Windows at system start all
	13	+require an interactive desktop. There is no way to start an arbitrary
	14	+program on Windows at boot before anyone has logged in. In Unix
	15	+terms, Windows has no simple equivalent to the `/etc/rc.local` file `/etc/rc.local` file][rcl].
	16	+
	17	+You can partially get around the first problem by setting your `fossil
	18	+server` call up as one of the user’s interactive startup items. Windows
	19	+10 has its own [idiosyncratic way of doing this][si10], and in older
	20	+systems you have [several alternatives to this][si7]. Regardless of the
	21	+actual mechanism, these will cause the Fossil standalone HTTP server to
	22	+start on an interactive desktop login only. While you’re sitting at
	23	+thesi10]: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2944-add-delete-enable-disable-startup-i

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1	# Serving as a Standalone Servertandalone Server on Windows
2
3	On Windows, this method works more or less identically to how it’s
4	documented in [the generic instructions](../any/none.md).
5
6	...but only while `fossil.exe` is actually running, which is the source
7	of much trouble on Windows. There problem has two halves:
8
9
10	## No App Startup without Desktop
11
12	The easy methods for starting a program in Windows at system start all
13	require an interactive desktop. There is no way to start an arbitrary
14	program on Windows at boot before anyone has logged in. In Unix
15	terms, Windows has no simple equivalent to the `/etc/rc.local` file `/etc/rc.local` file][rcl].
16
17	You can partially get around the first problem by setting your `fossil
18	server` call up as one of the user’s interactive startup items. Windows
19	10 has its own [idiosyncratic way of doing this][si10], and in older
20	systems you have [several alternatives to this][si7]. Regardless of the
21	actual mechanism, these will cause the Fossil standalone HTTP server to
22	start on an interactive desktop login only. While you’re sitting at
23	thesi10]: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2944-add-delete-enable-disable-startup-i