IIS (Internet Information Service)

IIS

Internet Information Service (I.I.S.): It is a web server from Microsoft used for administering, managing, controlling websites.

I.I.S. is the server component which provides services like www, http, ftp, nntp, SMTP, FrontPage, .net frame works

WWW: World Wide Web:  enables use of internet.

HTTP: (Hiper text transfer Protocol): Supports file types like text, audio &video

Gopher: used prior to http supported only text.

FTP: (File Transfer Protocol): used for uploading or downloading, huge size files.

NNTP (Network News Transfer Protocol): Used for publishing the same message for a group of people.

SMTP: (Simple mail transfer protocol);   Used by exchange server for sending mails.

Front page: It is a designing tool for WebPages

Win – NT 4.0 had I.I.S. version 2, 3 and 4.

Win 2000 I.I.S. version is 5.0

Win 2003 - 6.0

Port number details are available at c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\services

Port: port is a communication channel through which services of one system communicate with the services of other system each service has one port number allotted

Features of I.I.S. (6.0)

Ø Fully secured

Ø Reliability

Ø Salability

Ø Manageability

Ø Isolation of users.

Ø Backup of websites

Requirements

:

DC or member server

Static IP

NTFS partition

Web pages

DNS and Zones with concerned records.

Installing I.I.S.:

On DC or member server

From Control Panel

Add/rem programs

Add/rem windows components

Select application server

Click on details

Select I.I.S.

Details

Select F.T.P. & www. Services

Ok – next

Requirements of a website

Web content or web pages

Zones with host records

Public IP

Creation of a Website:

(Create the zones in DNS with a host records)

Start  - p – admin tools – I.I.S. right click on websites – new  - website – description ( site name, ex: yahoo)

Select the I.P> (system’s IP)

Specify the host header as www. Sitename.com ex: www.yahoo.com

Browse the WebPages folder

Next

Check the box ‘browse’

Next – finish

Adding the web content:

Right click on the .htm file name concerned

Rename – select copy – right click on the website we’ve created >properties – documents – add - paste – ok – move up the htm we’ve copied. – Apply – ok.

Verification:

Open internet explorer

Type the website you’ve created

Virtual Directory: These are useful for creating child websites or links

Ex: mail servers, chat servers, advertisement servers etc…

Creation of Child websites:

Right click on the parent website we’ve created

New – virtual directory – next – child name - ex: mail- chat etc..

Browse WebPages folder

Check the box browse - next – finish.

Adding Web Contents

Select .htm file

Right click – rename

Copy – select child website – properties – documents – add – paste – ok

Move up – apply – ok

Verification: open Internet Explorer and type website name.”www.yahoo.com\chat

Redirecting a website:

Redirection is useful in various cases.

Case1: renaming of the website where users are unaware of the change.

Case2: when the website is under construction

Case3: when the website hosting server is unavailable, we go for redirection

Implementing redirection or configuring redirection:

Create 2 websites

Select web content create 2 websites

Select web content

Create 2 zones with host records corresponding

Open I.I.S.

Right click on the website we want to redirect

Properties - home directory – select a redirection to url

Ex: http://www.Sitename.com apply – ok

Verification:

Open I.E. type the 1^st website name

It should open second website

Document footer:

Useful for publishing advertisements in a particular websites and seen as a footer for the website

Open I.I.S.

Right click on the website

Properties

Documents

Check the box enable documents footer

Browse webpages folder

Select any .htm file

Apply – ok

Backup of website:

It is a new feature in 2003. We can backup and restore websites.

Open I.I.S.

Right click on the website we want to back up

All tasks-Save configuration to a file

Give filename & select the browse

File where we want to save – ok

Verification:

Delete the website you’ve backed up

Restoring a website:

Open I.I.S.

Right click on the websites

Select website from file

Browse the backup file we have saved

Click on read file

Select the site name – ok