Configuring IIS Tutorial
Installing IIS Tutorial
Background
IIS otherwise known as Internet Information Services (IIS) server is a web server.
You may ask yourself what is a web server?
More specifically, a server is a computer that manages and shares web based applications accessible anytime from any computer connected to the Internet.
When you type http://www.beginner-tutorials.com – you are hitting a web server – this server serves the files that form Web pages to Web users – all web users accessing this site are known as clients.
IIS application has been an optional component of the Windows Server operating systems since Windows NT 4.0. IIS 3.0 was a basic web server released under NT4.0, then came IIS 4.0 this was the first "real" version of IIS to be used as a Web server platform.
IIS 5.0 was included in Windows 2000 in both the server and desktop versions
IIS 5.1 was then released in Windows XP with minor differences to IIS5.0
Windows Server 2003 includes the new IIS 6.0 which was a complete update to 5.0 with increased management, security and performance.
Here are some of the features that are support with IIS 6.0 and greater
Feature |
IIS |
CGI |
Yes |
ASP |
Yes |
Perl |
Yes |
Python |
Yes |
PHP |
Yes |
JSP |
Yes |
.NET Integrated |
Yes |
With IIS you can setup your own website, setup a test website, or develop an intranet for your organization
Installing IIS
You can install IIS, add optional components, or remove optional components for IIS by using the Add/Remove Programs dialog box in Control Panel
From within Add or Remove Programs, click on the Add/Remove Windows Components button on the left panel
On the next screen you will see a window called Windows Components Wizard click on Internet Information Services (IIS) and click on Details.
(Follow the on-screen instructions to install, remove, or add components to IIS. )
Make sure the above components are selected to get started – if you would like to learn about FTP etc select it.
Next select the OK button this window will close, now select Next and Finish buttons.
IIS is now installed and ready to configure.
Launch the Control Panel from START à SETTING à CONTROL Panel. Then double-click on Administrative Tools. You have a new icon there labelled Internet Information Services. Launch it.
Here’s what you get
Now if you want to create an intranet site where everyone can hit your machine just expand Websites and then select Default Web Site.
Next select properties by right clicking on Default Web Site. Next select Home directory and point to the location where your html pages are for example c:\myhomepages
So to hit the site we just enter Http://servername/index.html where servername is equal to folder c:\myhomepages that contains a file called index.html.
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