WampServer is a Windows web development environment. It allows you to create web applications with Apache, PHP and the MySQL database. It also comes with PHPMyAdmin and SQLiteManager to easily manage your databases.
A virtual host allows your web server to serve multiple websites from a unique shared IP address. Apache in this case, knows which website to serve based on the domain name requested by the web browser.
This is the second post from this series on How To Install Your Own Web Server. This time we'll see how to install MySQL 5 on your Windows home computer.