Practice: Configuring and Managing IIS Settings
In
this practice, you will create Web sites and Web applications on
Server2.contoso.com and test the backup and recovery process for
configuration settings. The steps in the exercise assume that you have
already installed the Web Server (IIS) role on this computer, using the
default role services. The steps in Exercise 2 require you to complete the steps
in Exercise 1 because the new Web site you created will be used for
testing the backup and restore processes.
▸ Exercise 1 Create Web Sites and Web Applications
In
this exercise, you will use IIS Manager to create a new Web site on the
local server. Because the default Web site is already configured to use
the standard HTTP and HTTPS ports, you will specify alternate
site-binding information. You will also create a new Web application
that includes a test Web page to ensure that the server is responding
properly.
1. | Log on to Server2.contoso.com with local administrative credentials.
| 2. | Before
you create a new Web site, you will create content folders within the
file system. Using Windows Explorer, navigate to the %SystemDrive%\Inetpub\wwwroot path on the computer’s system drive.
| 3. | Within the Wwwroot folder, create a new folder called Contoso. Within the Contoso folder, create another new folder called WebApp01.
You will use these folders as the physical paths for the Web site and Web application you will create in later steps.
| 4. | Copy
the Iisstart.htm and Welcome.png files from the Wwwroot folder to the
Contoso folder. Rename the Iisstart.htm file to Default.htm.
| 5. | Within the %SystemDrive%\Inetpub\wwwroot\Contoso\WebApp01
folder, create a new text file named Default.htm. Within the text file,
enter the following text and then save the file:
<html>
<title>Web Application 01</title>
<body>
<h1>Welcome to Web Application 01.<h1>
</body>
</html>
| 6. | Launch Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager from the Administrative Tools program group.
| 7. | If prompted to connect to a server, choose to connect to the local computer.
| 8. | Expand the local computer object and the Sites container to view a list of existing Web sites.
You will see the default Web site that was installed when the Web Server (IIS) role was added to the computer.
| 9. | To create a new Web site, right-click the Sites container, and click Add Web Site. This will open the Add Web Site dialog box.
| 10. | For the name of the new Web site, type Contoso Test Site.
Note that, by default, a new application pool of the same name is
created and selected automatically. For this practice exercise, you
will use this new application pool; however, you can choose an existing
pool by clicking the Select button.
| 11. | For Physical Path, browse to the %SystemDrive%\Inetpub\wwwroot\Contoso
folder that you created earlier. Accept the default security setting of
Pass-Through Authentication, and then click Test Settings. Note that
IIS is able to verify authentication but not authorization because this
information will not be known until a user attempts to access the site.
| 12. | Click Close to return to the Add Web Site dialog box.
| 13. | In the Binding section, choose the following settings:
| 14. | Verify
that the Start Web Site Immediately option is selected, and then click
OK to create and start the new Web site automatically.
| 15. | Click
the newly created Contoso Test Site object in the left pane of IIS
Manager. Note that the Actions pane provides commands for working with
the Web site. To verify that the site is configured properly, click the
Browse *:8000 (http) command. This will launch Internet Explorer automatically and connect to http://Server2:8000.contoso.com. You should see the default IIS start page content in the Web browser. When finished, close Internet Explorer.
| 16. | To create a new Web application, right-click the Contoso Test Site item in IIS Manager and select Add Application.
| 17. | For the Alias of the application, type TestApp. For the physical path, type or browse to the %SystemDrive%\Inetpub\wwwroot\Contoso\WebApp01 physical path. Notice that the DefaultAppPool option is selected for the application pool.
| 18. | Click
the Select button to change the application pool to Contoso Test Site.
Leave all other settings at their defaults, and then click OK to create
the new Web application.
| 19. | In
the left pane of IIS Manager, you will see a new Web application called
TestApp within the Contoso Test Site object. To verify the content of
this application, select the TestApp item, and then click the Content
View button at the bottom of the center pane in IIS Manager. You will
see the default.htm file that you created earlier.
| 20. | To
test the Web application, click the Browse button in the Manage
Application section of the Actions pane. This will launch Internet
Explorer and connect to http://Server2:8000.contoso.com/TestApp/default.htm.
The title bar for the Web browser will read Web Application 01, and the
text will display the welcome message you specified in the HTML file.
When finished, close Internet Explorer.
| 21. | Close IIS Manager.
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▸ Exercise 2 Back Up and Restore the IIS Configuration
In
this exercise, you will perform the steps required to make a backup of
the IIS configuration, using the AppCmd.exe utility. You will then
delete the Contoso Web Site object that you created in Exercise 1,
using IIS Manager. To restore the Web site configuration, you will
again use the AppCmd.exe utility.
1. | Log on to Server1.contoso.com with local administrative credentials.
| 2. | Open a new command prompt window by clicking Start and then Run. Type cmd.
| 3. | Change the current working directory to the location of AppCmd.exe by typing cd %SystemRoot%\Windows\System32\Inetsrv.
| 4. | To create a new backup of the IIS configuration, type the following command at the command prompt:
AppCmd add backup "IISBackup01"
| 5. | To verify that the backup has been created, type the following command:
| 6. | You
should see the IISBackup01 item in the list. (If you have made other
backups of the configuration, they will also appear in the list.)
| 7. | Leave the command prompt window open, and then launch the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager console.
In the next step, you will remove a Web site from the configuration of IIS.
| 8. | Connect
to the local server, and expand the Sites object. Right-click the
Contoso Test Site object, and select Remove. When prompted, select Yes
to confirm the removal. Note that the site and its Web application have
been deleted.
| 9. | Return
to the command prompt window, and type the following command to restore
the IIS configuration from the backup you created earlier:
AppCmd restore backup "IISBackup01"
| 10. | When the command finishes, close the command prompt, and return to the IIS Manager console.
| 11. | To
refresh the display, right-click the Sites object, and choose Refresh.
You will now see the Contoso Test Site object. Note that removing the
Web site did not delete any of the content that was stored in the file
system, so the site should be available for use. In some cases, it
might be necessary to close the IIS Manager console and reload it after
the restore process has been performed.
| 12. | When you are finished, close IIS Manager.
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