Internet Information Server © N. Ganesan, Ph.D. All Rights Reserved

Contributions Edik Magardomyan Fozi Abdurhman Bassem Albaiady Vince Serobyan

Module Installation of IIS and Sample Website Creation

Installation of IIS Access add/remove programs from control panel Choose IIS to install Choose the IIS components to be installed

IIS Select IIS as the component from the list of Windows components to be installed

IIS Components There are several components of the IIS One of the components is the Web Server Other components include SMTP and FTP Choose as indicated in the following slides to include Web Server and its related components

Selection of All the Options

FrontPage Server Extension Provides additional services to interact with the FrontPage software that is used in website development –The ability to automatically connect to the web on the web server as a web folder while developing, managing and improving the web

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Module Hosting a Website in IIS

Accessing IIS MMC

Multiple Services Example

Properties Window The Properties Windows has many tabs The important tabs to launch the websites are the following tabs –Website –Home Directory –Documents

Home Directory Tab Defines the home directory of the website that would be hosted on this web server

Default Document Tab Defines the default document that would accessed in the home directory when someone accesses the website

Defining the Default Document A default document can be added and promoted to the top of the list –The steps are illustrated in the following slides

Default web folder.

Testing the Web There are three ways to test the web by entering the following location in the web address – – local host – –the IP address of the server –ganesan505.calstatela.edu – FQDN of the server or ganesan505, if calstatela.edu is already defined as the prefix

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Module Accessing the Internet Service Manager MMC

Internet Services Manager (ISM) Microsoft Management Console (MMC) provides a console for snap-in for IIS Main Tool for administering and configuring the WWW service on IIS 5.0 To start ISM, choose Start, Programs, Administrative Tools, ISM (see snap shoot below).

Understanding the IIS Service IIS node in scope pane shows on left side window Select locally installed IIS services - (pavilion) Result pane (right side) shows configurable nodes of IIS running on the server (pavilion)

IIS Management Console with Other Services Running

Understanding WWW Services WWW service running (Pavilion in this example) is primarily managed by using property sheet. Each node on the server’s namespace (IIS server itself, default Web site, other virtual servers & virtual directories) is a node in MMC that has its own set of properties.

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Module Configuring a Website Using the Wizard

Activating the Wizard

Start of Wizard

Naming the Site IIS can be configured to have virtually unlimited number of Web sites running on it simultaneously, each responding to its own fully qualified domain name (FQDN).

Website Identification Options IP address Port number Header

Specifying the Home Directory

Website Access Permissions

Completing the Creation of a Website

The New Web Sitewww.fozi.com

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Module Properties of the Website

Web Services Hierarchy Webroot –Root of all the websites Individual website –Default and virtual websites Wed directories –Inside each website Web files –Web sheets in a web directory

Property Sheets Property Sheets for WWW service on IIS 5.0 can be configured at four different levels. – Master property sheets – Site property sheets – Directory property sheets – File property sheets

Master Properties Sheet Select WWW Service and click Edit to bring up the WWW Service Master property sheet. Any setting made to MPS are automatically inherited by the default (root) Web site and by all new virtual Web sites created afterward. To access Master properties, right-click IIS server (Pavilion) in the Microsoft Management Console and select Properties

Site Properties Sheet Selection Site Properties (or virtual server properties) can be configured individually for each Web site running on the IIS server, including the default Web site that is created when IIS is installed To access site properties, right-click the selected Web site node in the MMC and select Properties

Directory Properties Sheet Directory Properties (or Virtual server properties) can be configured individually for each virtual directory defined within a Web site on the server All files will within a directory will inherit the property settings of the virtual directory Any settings made to this property sheet will apply to only the selected virtual directory and they will override any previously made settings in the WWW Master Properties sheets

File Properties sheet Can be configured individually for each Web pages within a virtual directory or Web site Any settings made to this property sheet affect only the selected virtual directory and override any previously made settings in WWW Master Properties and WWW Site Properties sheets

Accessing the Service Master Property Sheet

Configuring Properties Sheets Four different types of property sheets (Master, Site, Directory, or File) have different options (tabs) available to configure options at the Master, Site, Directory, or File level

Web Site Tab (Master, Site, and Directory levels) Configures –site identification –IP address –TCP port, –limit connections –enables and configures logging

Operators Tab (Master and Site levels) Grants operator privileges

Performance Tab (Master and Site levels) Tune server-caching performance Throttles bandwidth for site Enables HTTP Keep-Alives

ISAPI Tab (Master and Site levels) Components Internet Server Application Programming Interface (ISAPI) filters Common Gateway Interface (CGI) Active Server Pages (ASP) Internet Database Connector (IDC)

ISAPI Tab (Master and Site levels)

Direc Configures content location & access permissions Enables indexing Creates FrontPage Web Allows directory browsing Enables logging Configures application Sets execution permissions (at the Directory properties level, it is called Virtual Directory tab; at the File properties level, it is called File tab)

Directory Settings Configure content location & access permissions Enable indexing Create FrontPage Web Permit directory browsing Enable logging Configure application Set execution permissions (at the Directory properties level, it is called Virtual Directory tab; at the File properties level, it is called File tab)

Home Directory Tab (Master, Site, Directory and File levels)

Documents Tab (Master, Site, and Directory levels) Specifies default documents, enables footers.

Directory Security Tab (Master, Site, Directory and File levels) Configures authentication methods Configures SSL, grants or denies access to IP addresses & domain names

HTTP Headers Tab (Master, Site, Directory and File levels) Configures content expiration Specifies custom HTTP headers Configures content ratings Modifies MIME mappings

Custom Errors Tab (Master, Site, Directory and File levels) Configures custom HTTP error messages

Service Tab (Master levels only)

WWW Site Properties Sheet

WWW Site Properties Sheet Directory Security Tab

Anonymous Access and Authentication Control

WWW Site Properties Sheet

site from web browser

FTP By: Bassem Albaiady FTP stands for “ File Transfer Protocol”

How To Create an FTP Site Click start point to programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click internet Information Manger. In the Internet Information Services snap-in, right click your server object, point to New, and then click FTP Site.

When the FTP Site Creation Wizard starts, click Next

SMTP By: Vince Serobyan Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Defines how text messages are forwarded and routed among Internet hosts

Requirements Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server, or Windows 2000 Advanced Server IIS 5.0 with SMTP services installed

Configure Incoming and Outgoing Connections for an SMTP Server Click Start, point Programs, point Administrative Tools, then click Internet Services Manager. In the IIS console tree, click the server that contains the SMTP virtual server that you want to configure, then expand the server node by clicking the plus sign next to the server name. Right-click the SMTP virtual server that you want to configure, and then Properties

Continue….. On the General tab, click Connection to open the Connections dialog box. In the SMTP Virtual Server property sheet, under Incoming, click the Limit Connections to : check box to enable this setting, then set the following options: In the Limit Connections to : text box, type the maximum number of incoming connections allowed by the SMTP server. The default is 1,000 connections. The minimum is 1. In the Time-out : text box, type the maximum number of minutes that an incoming connection can remain inactive before the server closes the connection.

Continue… In the SMTP Virtual Server property sheet, under Outgoing, click the Limit connections to: check box to enable this setting, then set the following options: In the Limit connections to: text box, type the maximum number of outbound connections allowed to all remote domains. The default setting is 1,000 connections and the minimum is 1. In the time-out: text box, type the maximum number of minutes that an outgoing connection can remain inactive before the server closes the connection.

Continue… In the SMTP Virtual Server property sheet, under Outgoing, select Limit connections per domain to: to enable this setting. In the text box provided, type the number of concurrent outgoing connections that each domain is allowed to have. In the TCP Port: text box, type the port to be used by the SMTP server for outgoing connections.

You have now configured the incoming and outgoing connections for your SMTP server.

NNTP Network News Transfer Protocol By: Edik Magardomyan

NNTP What is NNTP Server? How to install NNTP Server? How to configure NNTP Server?

What is NNTP Server? NNTP stands for Network News Transfer Protocol It delivers news to anyone in the company who has access to the NNTP server. NNTP give users the chance to post their reply to posted messages on the server. It is very easy to organize categories or messages with an NNTP server.

How to install NNTP Server? Open Internet Information Services (IIS) Right click on server name / new / NNTP Virtual Server Type the description of the server Assign the default port 119 Point to the location of NNTP Server files Select storage medium to use for NNTP Select location of the messages to be stored NNTP Server is now installed

Open IIS

Right click on server name / new / NNTP Virtual Server

Type the description of the server

Assign the default port 119

Point to the location of NNTP Server files

Select storage medium to use for NNTP

Select location of the messages to be stored

How to configure NNTP Server? Open Internet Information Services (IIS) Click on server name / right click on desired NNTP Server / click on properties Click on each appropriate tab to make the necessary changes Click “OK” to close the properties box

Open Internet Information Services (IIS)

Click on server name / right click on desired NNTP Server / click on properties

Click on each appropriate tab to make the necessary changes (General Tab)

Access Tab

Settings Tab

Security Tab

Any questions? Ask the teacher or take the class over again. (Just kidding, have a great summer everyone)