Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit—Deploying Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

Deploying the Web Server

You must install the Web server before you can install your ASP.NET applications. In addition to installing Windows Server 2003, you must install and configure IIS 6.0 on the Web server. You must also enable ASP.NET so that the Web server can run ASP.NET applications.

Figure 2.2 illustrates the process for deploying the Web server.

Figure 2.2: Deploying the Web Server

Installing Windows Server 2003

The deployment process presented here assumes that you install Windows Server 2003 with the default options. If you use other methods for installing and configuring Windows Server 2003, such as unattended setup, your configuration settings might be different.

For more information about the essential components and services you should enable in Windows Server 2003 see "Enabling Only Essential Windows Server 2003 Components and Services" in "Securing Web Sites and Applications" in this book.

Installing and Configuring IIS 6.0

Because IIS 6.0 is not installed during the default installation of Windows Server 2003, the next step in deploying the Web server is to install and configure IIS 6.0. The deployment process presented here assumes that you install IIS 6.0 with the default options in Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel. If you use other methods for installing and configuring Windows Server 2003, such as Manage Your Server, the default configuration settings might be different.

Install and configure IIS 6.0 by completing the following steps:

Install IIS 6.0 with only the essential components and services.

As with installing Windows Server 2003, the primary concern when installing and configuring IIS 6.0 is to ensure that the security of the Web server is maintained. Enabling unnecessary components and services increases the attack surface of the Web server. You can help ensure that the Web server is secure by enabling only the essential components and services in IIS 6.0.

For more information about how to install IIS 6.0, see "Install IIS 6.0" in "IIS Deployment Procedures" in this book. For more information about the IIS 6.0 components and services that you should enable, see "Enabling Only Essential IIS Components and Services" in "Securing Web Sites and Applications" in this book.

If you want to manage the Web site content by using Microsoft FrontPage, install FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions from Microsoft on the Web server.

For information about how to enable FrontPage Server Extensions after installing them on the Web server, see "Configure Web Service Extensions" in "IIS Deployment Procedures" in this book.

Enabling ASP.NET in the Web Service Extensions List

After you install IIS 6.0, you need to enable ASP.NET. You can enable ASP.NET in Add or Remove Windows Components, which is accessible from Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel. When you enable ASP.NET by using this method, ASP.NET is also enabled in the Web service extensions list. If you enabled ASP.NET in this way, then you can continue to the next step in the deployment process. To continue to the next step in the deployment process, see "Installing ASP.NET Applications" later in this chapter.

For more information about enabling ASP.NET in Add or Remove Programs see "Enable ASP.NET" in "IIS Deployment Procedures" in this book.

ASP.NET might not be enabled in the Web service extensions list if either of the following is true:

You installed a version, other than version 1.1, of the .NET Framework and ASP.NET from a Web download or as part of an application such as the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET development tool.

You disabled ASP.NET in the Web service extensions list because you were not running ASP.NET applications on an existing Web server.

If ASP.NET is not already enabled, view the Web service extensions list in IIS Manager and configure the status of the ASP.NET v1.1.4322 Web service extension to Allowed. For more information about enabling ASP.NET in the Web service extensions list see "Configure Web Service Extensions" in "IIS Deployment Procedures" in this book.