IIS
How to Creating a Web Server Virtual Directory in IIS
You typically create a virtual directory for the Web server that maps to the FTP site so that the Web server can access the files in the FTP root. The Web virtual directory name can be the same as the FTP virtual directory name, but this is not required. To create a Web server virtual [...]
How to configure an FTP folder and virtual root using IIS
After setting up an FTP server, you need to create a folder structure for the server. By default, the FTP server will have a root folder with the following path: C:\inetpub\ftproot. The FTP root folder acts as the root for your FTP server in the same way that C:\inetpub\wwwroot is the root for your Web [...]
How to set up an FTP server using IIS
In addition to acting as a Web server, IIS can act as an FTP server. The FTP service is not installed by default on IIS. Therefore, to use IIS as an FTP server, you must install the FTP service. To set up an FTP server using IIS Click the Start button, click Control Panel, and then click Add or [...]
How to Create Virtual Directories in IIS 5.0
Create Virtual Directories in IIS 5.0 Click Start, point to Programs, click to select Administrative Tools, and then clickInternet Services Manager. Expand the server name. In the left pane, right-click Default Web Site, point to New, and then click Virtual Directory. In the first screen of the Virtual Directory Creation Wizard, type an alias, or name, for the virtual directory (such [...]
How to Create Virtual Directories in IIS 5.1
Create Virtual Directories in IIS 5.1 Click Start, point to Programs, click to select Administrative Tools, and then clickInternet Services Manager. Expand the server name. In the left pane, right-click Default Web Site, point to New, and then click Virtual Directory. In the first screen of the Virtual Directory Creation Wizard, type an alias, or name, for the virtual directory (such [...]
How to Install and Configure SMTP Server on IIS 6.0
The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) service provided by IIS is a simple component for delivering outgoing e-mail messages. Delivery of a message is initiated by transferring the message to a designated SMTP server. Based on the domain name of the recipient e-mail address, the SMTP server initiates communications with a Domain Name System (DNS) [...]
How to set up your first IIS Web site
Internet Information Services (IIS)—formerly called Internet Information Server—is a Microsoft-produced set of Internet-based services for servers using Microsoft Windows. It is the world’s second most popular web server in terms of overall websites, behind Apache HTTP Server. As of June 2008 it served 35.39% of all websites according to Netcraft. The servers currently include FTP, SMTP, NNTP, and HTTP/HTTPS.
How to create a /robots.txt file
Where to put it In the top-level directory of your web server. When a robot looks for the “/robots.txt” file for URL, it strips the path component from the URL (everything from the first single slash), and puts “/robots.txt” in its place. For example, for “http://www.example.com/shop/index.html, it will remove the “/shop/index.html“, and replace it with [...]
IIS 6.0 Security Best Practices
General Best Practices Log on with the least credentials. Log on to your computer using an account that is not in the Administrators group, and then use the Run as command to run IIS Manager as an administrator. Reduce the attack surface. Disable all services you do not need, including IIS services such as FTP, [...]
How to Host Multiple Web Sites Windows 2003
Obtaining and maintaining multiple IP addresses is usually a task reserved for large corporations and Internet service providers (ISPs), while assigning multiple host header names is a fairly simple procedure accomplished through IIS Manager. Your computer or network must be using a name resolution system (typically DNS) in order to use multiple host header names. [...]
How to Redirect Web Sites in IIS 6.0
To redirect requests to another Web site or directory In IIS Manager, expand the local computer, right-click the Web site or directory you want to redirect, and click Properties. Click the Home Directory, Virtual Directory, or Directory tab. Under The content for this source should come from, click A redirection to a URL. In the [...]