Installing Piler on Windows 10 using WAMP Server

Introduction

Piler is an open-source email archiving software that helps organizations store, index, and search their emails. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing and configuring Piler on Windows 10 using WAMP server.

Requirements

Before we start, you need to have the following software installed on your computer:

  • WAMP server: You can download it from here
  • Piler: You can download it from here

Installation

Follow the below steps to install Piler on Windows 10 using WAMP server:

  1. Install WAMP server: Double-click on the downloaded WAMP server setup file and follow the instructions to complete the installation process. Make sure that you have selected Apache, MySQL, and PHP during the installation.

  2. Download Piler: Extract the downloaded Piler zip file to the folder C:\wamp64\www. It will create a folder named piler-<version number>.

  3. Rename the Piler folder: Rename the piler-<version number> folder to piler.

  4. Create a database: Open your browser and navigate to http://localhost/phpmyadmin/. Click on the "New" button to create a new database. Give it a name, for example, piler_db, and click on the "Create" button.

  5. Import the database schema: Navigate to C:\wamp64\www\piler\contrib\mysql\ folder and open the piler.sql file. Copy all its contents.

  6. Import the database schema into the newly created database: Back on the browser, select the newly created piler_db. Click on the "Import" tab and paste the copied piler.sql contents in the SQL query box. Scroll down and click on the "Go" button. The database schema will be imported into the newly created piler_db database.

  7. Configure Piler: Open the C:\wamp64\www\piler\config\config.ini file in a text editor. Modify the below settings as required:

dbtype             = "mysql"
dbname             = "piler_db"
dbuser             = "root"
dbpassword         = ""
siteurl            = "http://localhost/piler"
siteadmin          = "admin@localhost"
criptpassword      = ""

In the above settings:

  • dbtype should be set to mysql.
  • dbname should be set to the name of the newly created database. In our example, it is piler_db.
  • dbuser should be set to the MySQL root user.
  • dbpassword should be set to the MySQL root user's password, if you have set any.
  • siteurl should be set to the URL at which Piler will be accessed. In our example, it is http://localhost/piler.
  • siteadmin should be set to the email address of the Piler administrator. In our example, it is admin@localhost.
  • criptpassword should be set to a random string of characters.
  1. Start Piler: Open your browser and navigate to http://localhost/piler/. You will see the Piler login page. Use the following credentials to login:
  • Username: admin
  • Password: pileradmin

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Piler on Windows 10 using WAMP server. You can now start indexing and searching your emails with Piler.