Trying to move an EPI5 site from a server with IIS6 to a server with IIS7.5.
Having problems because of the configuration being set up for IIS6. Ive tried to follow instructions
http://world.episerver.com/en/Documentation/Items/Tech-Notes/EPiServer-CMS-5/EPiServer-CMS-5-R2-SP1/Changes-Between-IIS6-and-IIS7/#Changes in web.config
Does anyone have experience of following this guide or reconfiguring from IIS6 to IIS7.x?
What I've done in this situation (numerous times) is install a fresh (blank/demo) EPiServer 5 site on a server with IIS 7 and use those config files as a template when moving the real site from IIS 6 to IIS 7.
EPiServer 4 on Windows 2008 with IIS7 is not officially supported. You can get it to work though - one key is to run the application pool in Classic mode.
EDIT: You also need to turn on the pool's "32-bit" setting.
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I'm trying to setup Coldfusion to work with IIS on my Windows 8 laptop. I have installed the ISAP filter and extensions along with the CGI extension but when I run the wsconfig and add the web server it then throws the error "Unable to configure IIS Connector". What can I try next? I've made sure they're all enabled in the IIS manager also.
The coldfusion 8 webserver configuration tool states that it is compatible until IIS 7. This is probably why it fails to add the handler mappings for IIS 8.
I found that by uninstalling coldfusion and re installing worked, that way in the setup it was able to identify what web servers were currently running and give me the option to configure coldfusion with IIS. Hope this helps someone else too
Does anyone have any experience with creating URL rewrites in Webmatrix? Because it uses IIS Express instead of IIS 7, there's nowhere for me to create these rules.
I am deploying to IIS 7 on my production server, so if I need to do any rewrites, I need to make them directly in production to test.
Is there any way I can switch to using IIS instead of IIS Express on my local machine?
I have tried a few things to get local IIS working, but to no avail.
You can install IIS on a Windows 7 or Windows 8 machine by going to Control Panel -> Programs and Features -> Turn Windows features on or off. Make sure to install enough of the components to get a WebMatrix site working - ASP.NET & the management console for certain.
You can then create a virtual server for the directory your project is in and use the IIS management console to play around with URL rewriting. You may need to install the UrlRewrite module using the MS Web Platform Installer, available here:
http://www.microsoft.com/web/downloads/platform.aspx
If you need more help getting your local IIS working, give me some more information on how far you've got and I'll try and extend my answer.
I am new to the world of IIS and I wanted to know the following...
I have heard about IIS Express. I run Windows 7 Ultimate and have installed the IIS that comes packaged with Windows 7.
As a developer, is there any major benefit for me if I install IIS Express over the default IIS that comes with Windows 7 for .Net Web projects?
Here are the differences from http://www.mywindowsclub.com/resources/3302-Key-differences-between-IIS-IIS-Developer.aspx.
If you already have IIS installed - its a better product. IIS express would only be used by people who don't have access to IIS or want something that is lighter than IIS but more like IIS than Cassini.
Integrated with OS
IIS 7 ships with the operating system and is tightly integrated to Windows.
IIS developer express is a separate downloadable tool
Targetted users
IIS 7 is for both developers as well as for production purposes.
IIS developer express can be used only for development purposes and not for production.
Supported Windows editions
IIS 7 will work only on Windows Vista and newer editions of Windows. In case of server OS, IIS 7 will work only on Windows 2008.
IIS developer edition will work even on older version - starting from Windows XP and newer.
Process model and activation
In IIS 7, the worker thread is automatically launched and managed by Windows Process Activation Service.
In case of IIS Express, user has to handle this.
FTP support
IIS developer express does not support FTP while IIS 7 supports it.
WCF support
IIS Developer express supports only WCF over HTTP.
IIS 7 supports WCF including over TCP, Named Pipes, and MSMQ.
Multi developer support
IIS 7 is a single user application.
IIS Developer express supports multi developer environment. Configuration files, settings, and Web content are maintained on a per-user basis.
Visual Studio integration
All editions and versions of Visual Studio have built-in support for IIS 7.
Only VS 2010 and future versions will have built-in support for IIS developer express.
Runtime extensions
IIS developer has support for URL Rewrite and FastCGI.
Webmatrix offers support for SEO, database management and Web Deployment. Other extensions that are offered with IIS are not yet tested with IIS Developer express.
Management Tools
IIS 7 is managed using the IIS Manager.
IIS Developer express can be managed using Webmatrix. Also, the express edition has support through system tray.
Port used by IIS
The default website comes with IIS 7 listens to port 80.
The default website part of IIS developer express listens to port 8080 to avoid conflicts with IIS 7 when they are running side by side.
From Scott Gu's post on IIS Express:
Why Not IIS
The downside with using the IIS option today, though, is that some
companies don’t allow full web-servers to be installed on developer
machines. IIS also requires administrator account access to setup and
debug projects. Different versions of Windows also support different
versions of IIS. For example, if you are running on Windows XP you
have to use the IIS 5.1 web-server that comes with it – which doesn’t
support all the new features of IIS 7.x. Configuring a web project
within VS to use IIS also requires some extra installation and
configuration steps.
Why IIS Express
It’s lightweight and easy to install (less than 10Mb download and a
super quick install) It does not require an administrator account to
run/debug applications from Visual Studio It enables a full web-server
feature set – including SSL, URL Rewrite, Media Support, and all other
IIS 7.x modules It supports and enables the same extensibility model
and web.config file settings that IIS 7.x support It can be installed
side-by-side with the full IIS web server as well as the ASP.NET
Development Server (they do not conflict at all) It works on Windows
XP and higher operating systems – giving you a full IIS 7.x developer
feature-set on all OS platforms IIS Express (like the ASP.NET
Development Server) can be quickly launched to run a site from a
directory on disk. It does not require any registration/configuration
steps. This makes it really easy to launch and run for development
scenarios.
After a couple of hours i found one significant reason to use Express over Local IIS : "Edit and Continue" does not work on local IIS.
I have an MVC3 web application - it is a set of controllers and views without any DB access at the moment.
In the properties for the WEB App (in vs2010 Sp1) If I select
Use Visual Studio Development Server defaulting to a port 10905 then the app works great from an f5
If Instead I use local IIS WebServer with Use IIS Express ticked my project url is http://localhost:10905/ and the app works great.
But if I use local IIS WebServer with Use IIS Express NOT ticked my project url is
http://localhost/TunnelRats then f5 does not work - I literally get a browser popping up with no content displayed just the url address populated.
I created the virtual Directory (using the create directory button) and looked in the IIS Manager
The IIS Manager uses pool ASP.NET v4.0 which has enable 32 bit apps set to true and an integrated pipeline mode.
If I browsse directly from the virtual directory I get the same problem.
Its seems my IIS has a problem where my IIS express does not have a problem running my MVC 3 app.
I used aspnet_regiis -iru to reinstal v4 into IIS with no effect.
Any Ideas
thanks
Martin
might be that you do not have dynamic content enabled on you IIS.
Easiest way to set up IIS for asp.net this days is to use Web Platform Installer
I have been trying for over a month now.
Can't find IIS on Windows 7 Home Basic
I have looked around and read a lot of web pages and tried every suggestion possible but haven't been able to find the IIS snap in (inetmgr) on my Windows 7 Home Basic installation.
I first checked IIS in the 'Turn Windows features on or off' and when that didn't work, I got and installed IIS Express and checked if the InetMgr option was turned on in the 'Turn Windows features on or off.' But nothing has worked.
Please help.
I need to do some ASP.NET development. Please also suggest an web server that will work on Windows 7 Home Basic and will support ASP.NET and PHP. Cassini?
You can use WebMatrix (which uses IIS Express Web Server). http://www.microsoft.com/web/webmatrix/
IIS Express runs on Windows 7 home basic and also supports both asp.net and php