Wazza’s QuickStart: Windows XP

Setting up a Web Server (IIS)

This document details the following four steps in setting up a Web Server (aka
Internet Information Services -IIS) on Windows XP:

• Configuring the Internet Protocol (IP) on the Server.

• Installing IIS software.
• Testing your server software.
• Adding your own web content to the server.
 1. Configuring the IP settings on your Web Server

1.1. Open Control Panels.

1.2. Click on Network and Internet Connections.

1.3. Click on Network Connections.

1.4. Right-click on your Local Area Connection icon, and choose Properties.

1.5. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).

Click on the Properties button.

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 1.6. Click to Use the following IP address, and enter an IP address and DNS
address compatible with your network.

NSW DET schools should use 10.x.x.30 (or 28, or 29)

Click on OK.

1.7. You can check that the computer is connecting to the network by running a
“ping” test to a known local IP address from Run in the Start menu.

1.8. You can also repeat the ping test from another network computer back to
your web server’s IP address.

If your are unable to ping the server address, and your network is intact,
check that the Firewall on the web server is not enabled to block incoming
requests on Port 80 (Network connections > Properties > Advanced).

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 2. Installing the Web Server software on your computer

2.1. Open Control Panels.

2.2. Click on Add or Remove Programs.

2.3. Click on Add/Remove Windows Components.

2.4. You will see the Windows Components Wizard.

Tick the box next to Internet Information Services (IIS).

Click on the Next button.

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 2.5. You will be asked to insert your Windows XP installer disk.

2.6. The setup Wizard will copy and install the necessary files from the CD.

NOTE: If the Windows XP Installer screen appears (which auto-runs from

the Installer CD), click on the Exit button.

2.7. After a few minutes you will be advised that the IIS components have been
installed.

Click on the Finish button.

2.8. Close the Add/Remove Software window

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 3. Checking that your Web Server is working

3.1. Move to another computer on the network.

3.2. Start a web browser

3.3. Enter the IP address of your Web Server.

You should see the following message:

This indicates that your web server has recognised the request, and that it
has returned a web page to the requesting browser.

Now we need to replace the Under Construction site with a site of our own.

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 4. Setting up your own web site

This document is of an introductory nature only, and explains how to setup a basic
intranet site using Microsoft IIS.

Once your IIS software is installed, a more comprehensive help guide is available
at http://your.server.address/iishelp (eg http://10.38.1.30/iishelp)

You will also need to create some web page content to copy into your web site.

This document does not explain how to create web pages, but only how to setup
and provide access to these pages from a IIS web server. The notes below
assume that you have created some web pages, using MS Frontpage, Mozilla
Composer, etc.

A template for a school Intranet web site is available at:

http://www.wazmac.com/wazza/intranet/

4.1. The Under Construction page we saw previously was coming from a web
site stored on your web server.

This site is stored in the following location:

C:\Inetpub\wwwroot

4.2. Once you have created a new site, copy the site to the C: drive on your web
server.

The folder containing the site must have an internet-savvy name (no spaces,
etc)

In the example below, we have downloaded the SomewherePS template,

renamed the folder to intranet, and copied the folder to the C: drive:

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 4.3. Open the Control Panel from the Start menu

4.4. Click on Performance and Maintenance.

4.5. Click on Administrative Tools.

4.6. Click on Internet Information Services.

4.7. Expand the “tree” in the left column to display the Default Web Site.

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 4.8. Right click on the Default Web Site and choose Properties.

4.9. Click on the Home Directory tab and specify the new location of the default
web folder.

4.10. If your “default” web page, within the Intranet folder, has an “html” extension,
click on the Documents tab.

Add index.html as a default document.

4.11. Click on the Apply button, and the OK button.

4.12. Move to a network computer. Open a browser and enter the IP address of
the web server.

You will see your default web page!

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