Setup Internet Information Server (IIS)

Overview This document describes how to start and stop Internet Information Server (IIS) on the Windows XP systems in our classroom. In addition, it covers how to create a virtual directory and display an html or ASP page from the virtual directory in the browser About IIS IIS is available if you purchase Windows 2000 Professional or Windows XP Professional. Performance is good and IIS is a respectable Web server. Overall, it is a good choice for organizations committed to using Windows only. On This Page Starting Windows XP in the Class Room Starting IIS Stopping IIS Setting Up the Default Web Site Setting Up the Home Directory Creating a Virtual Directory Enable Security Tab back to top Starting Windows XP in the Class Room Note: Do not turn on the power before you select the disk drive. Before turning on the power, press the center button of the drive selectors Turn on the power At the LILO display, select Windows XP After the system is ready, press Ctrl-Alt-Del together to start the login process Login as: User: Administrator Password: password back to top Starting IIS IIS is set to start automatically when the operating system is started To manually start IIS: Open the Computer Management window by clicking the Start menu and then right-clicking on My Computer Select Manage from the popup list Expand the Internet Information Services tree until you see Default Web Sites Right-click on Default Web Sites and select Start from the popup menu After a few seconds, IIS will start. You can verify it is started by looking at the popup menu. If the Stop option is available, then IIS is started. You can verify the server is operating fully by: Open a browser window Type the following in the address bar: localhost/cis164 If a page appears, then IIS is running correctly Otherwise, IIS may not be set up properly and you should try the following: Setting Up the Default Web Site Setting Up the Home Directory Creating a Virtual Directory back to top Stopping IIS IIS will stop automatically when the operating system is stopped To manually stop IIS: Open the Computer Management window by clicking the Start menu and then right-clicking on My Computer Select Manage from the popup list Expand the Internet Information Services tree until you see Default Web Sites Right-click on Default Web Sites and select Stop from the popup menu After a few seconds, IIS will stop. You can verify it is stopped by looking at the popup menu. If the Start option is available, then IIS is stopped. back to top Setting Up the Default Web Site Each Web site must have a name Default web site name is Default Web Site If having problems starting IIS, should verify the default web site is set up properly Open the Computer Management window by clicking the Start menu and then right-clicking on My Computer Select Manage from the popup list Expand the Sevices and Applications folder Expand the Internet Information Services folder Expand the Web Sites folder Right-click on the Default Web Site or [Site #1] item Choose the Properties option Click the Web Site tab Enter the information shown below Click the OK button to apply the changes back to top Setting Up the Home Directory Each Web site must have a home directory Default web site home directory is C:\Inetpub\Wwwroot If having problems starting IIS, should verify the home directory is set up properly Open the Computer Management window by clicking the Start menu and then right-clicking on My Computer Select Manage from the popup list Expand the Sevices and Applications folder Expand the Internet Information Services folder Expand the Web Sites folder Right-click on the Default Web Site item Choose the Properties option Click the Home Directory tab Select the "A directory located on this computer" radio-button option Fill in the Local Path information as shown below Check the Read checkbox as shown below Click the OK button to apply the changes back to top Creating a Virtual Directory Before you can create a virtual directory, you need to create a physical directory to map to. Use Windows Explorer to create a physical directory. I recommend that you create the virtual directories on drive C: under an easy-to-remember subfolder name such as cis164. Create your physical directory at: C:\cis164 Start the Computer Management panel from the Start menu by right-clicking on the My Computer button and selecting Manage You should see something like the following: Select "Default Web Site" in the left window Click on the Action button and select: Action => New => Virtual Directory This will start the Virtual Directory Wizard Enter a name for the Alias, such as "cis164" Enter the Directory to map to: C:\cis164 Set the Access Permissions as shown in the following image Press the Next and Finish buttons to complete the Wizard setup process You can now browse to the virtual directory by entering into the address bar: localhost/cis164 If a directory listing appears, then you added successfully the virtual directory. Your newly created directory is initially empty, but you can add files to the physical directory that will show up in the virtual directory. Note that when IIS is running, you can get access to the documentation by typing into a browser address bar: http://localhost/iishelp/iis/misc/default.asp back to top Enable Security Tab Can set permissions on files and directories so only users you specify can access them If your Windows XP drive is formatted as NTFS Right-click a file or directory and select Properties If the Security tab is not visible, will need to enable it as follows: Open Windows Explorer and choose Folder Options from the Tools menu Select the View tab and scroll down to the bottom Clear (uncheck) the check box next to "Use simple file sharing" Click the OK button to apply the change back to top Home | WebCT | Announcements | Schedule | Expectations | Syllabus | Help | FAQ's | HowTo's | Links Last Updated: 7/16/2003 4:45:33 PM