v155 System Setup needs URL for intranet install?

Have installed v1.5.5a on my localhost (XAMPP on windows 7) and also on our live website. But cannot install it onto our internal server intranet (XAMPP on Windows X).

Am at the System Setup page which resides at:
http://our-server-name/store-name/zc...e=system_setup

Have entered the following:

Admin Server Domain: our-server-name
Storefront HTTP Domain: http://our-server-name
Storefront HTTP URL: http://our-server-name/store-name
etc.

But the System Setup screen keeps coming up with red errors for the Domain and URL fields:
"Enter the domain-part of the URL for your store. eg: http://www.example.com"
"Enter the entire URL for your store. eg: http://www.example.com/zencart/"
etc.

Is there some trick to install on something other than localhost or example.com? Thanks.

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Have entered the following:

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Are the auto-generated values not correct, without entering anything?

It probably won't accept an "our-server-name" that doesn't have a valid suffix on it (ie: .com, .photography, .ca, etc)

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Originally Posted by torvista

Are the auto-generated values not correct, without entering anything?

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No, and that's the problem. When I start at http://our-server-name/store-name/zc_install, it automatically fills in the boxes as listed above, but rejects them. So it seems that the installer expects a url.tld (.com, .org, etc.) format, but allows the use of "localhost" as the only exception.

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Originally Posted by DrByte

It probably won't accept an "our-server-name" that doesn't have a valid suffix on it (ie: .com, .photography, .ca, etc)

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Thanks. So if I'm trying to install Zen Cart on our server from my computer over our intranet, could I use "localhost"? Or, do I need to log onto the server computer itself to use "localhost"?
And either way, will I be able to access it from the networked computers suing the our-server-name/store-name?

I use XAMPP for my local testbeds and zc_install has never had an issue when I set

Code:

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  define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://localhost');
  define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://localhost');

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"localhost" is a special case, and is allowed. It always means "this computer I'm currently on". So that doesn't scale well if you're wanting to access that server from another computer in your office.

You could install it using "localhost", and then change it in your configure.php files after installation is done.

Here is an example of a configure.php file on one of my local development sites (LAMP on Linux Mint 17.3), uses the IP address of this computer. Has worked for me for years.... the site can be accessed by anyone on the same network.

PHP Code:

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<?php
/**
 * @package Configuration Settings
 * @copyright Copyright 2003-2016 Zen Cart Development Team
 * @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
 * @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
 * File Built by Zen Cart Installer on Sun May 01 2016 01:00:18
 */

/*************** NOTE: This file is VERY similar to, but DIFFERENT from the "admin" version of configure.php. ***********/
/***************       The 2 files should be kept separate and not used to overwrite each other.              ***********/

/**
 * Enter the domain for your store
 * HTTP_SERVER is your Main webserver: eg-http://www.yourdomain.com
 * HTTPS_SERVER is your Secure/SSL webserver: eg-https://www.yourdomain.com
 */
define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://192.168.0.20');
define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://192.168.0.20');

/**
 *  If you want to tell Zen Cart to use your HTTPS URL on sensitive pages like login and checkout, set this to 'true'. Otherwise 'false'. (Keep the quotes)
 */
define('ENABLE_SSL', '');

/**
 * These DIR_WS_xxxx values refer to the name of any subdirectory in which your store is located.
 * These values get added to the HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER and HTTPS_CATALOG_SERVER values to form the complete URLs to your storefront.
 * They should always start and end with a slash ... ie: '/' or '/foldername/'
 */
define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/mylocalsite/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/mylocalsite/');

/**
 * This is the complete physical path to your store's files.  eg: /var/www/vhost/accountname/public_html/store/
 * Should have a closing / on it.
 */
define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '/var/www/mylocalsite/');

/**
 * The following settings define your database connection.
 * These must be the SAME as you're using in your non-admin copy of configure.php
 */
define('DB_TYPE', 'mysql'); // always 'mysql'
define('DB_PREFIX', 'zen_'); // prefix for database table names -- preferred to be left empty
define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8'); // 'utf8' or 'latin1' are most common
define('DB_SERVER', 'localhost');  // address of your db server
define('DB_SERVER_USERNAME', 'userwhatever');
define('DB_SERVER_PASSWORD', 'passwordwhatever');
define('DB_DATABASE', 'onefivefive');

/**
 * This is an advanced setting to determine whether you want to cache SQL queries.
 * Options are 'none' (which is the default) and 'file' and 'database'.
 */
define('SQL_CACHE_METHOD', 'none');

/**
 * Reserved for future use
 */
define('SESSION_STORAGE', 'reserved for future use');

/**
 * Advanced use only:
 * The following are OPTIONAL, and should NOT be set unless you intend to change their normal use. Most sites will leave these untouched.
 * To use them, uncomment AND add a proper defined value to them.
 */
// define('DIR_FS_SQL_CACHE' ...
// define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD' ...
// define('DIR_FS_LOGS' ...

// End Of File

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It's not uncommon for ip-address-only to fail to set cookies properly, causing login problems.
I do NOT recommend using an IP address in HTTP_SERVER or HTTPS_SERVER.

(I'm glad it's worked for frank18, but it usually runs into issues with most folks.)