Configuring a Web Server

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In Commerce Server Manager, the Commerce Web server objects contain properties needed by the Data Warehouse in order to import log files. When you add a Web server to an application, these properties are automatically populated from Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 and stored in the Administration database.

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  • When the Web servers in this application are running IIS box in the Application Properties dialog box is selected, you can only use either the New log file period or Log file mask property; you cannot use both properties.
  • If the Synchronize the log file name and location box on the Application Properties dialog box is selected, the value in Log file directory box in the Web Server Properties dialog box is overwritten with the value in IIS.
  • The Synchronize Values button is activated only when Web servers in the application are using IIS option is selected on the General tab in the Applications Properties dialog box, and you have made changes using the IIS user interface. You can then use the Synchronize Values button to synchronize Commerce Server Manager with IIS.

To configure a Web server

  1. Expand Commerce Server Manager, expand Commerce Sites, and then click the site you want to administer.
  2. Expand Applications, then expand the application that contains the Web server you want to configure, right-click the Web server object, and then click Properties.
  3. In the <web server> Properties dialog box, on the Identities tab, do the following:
    Use this To do this
    Server name Type the name of the computer on which the Web server is installed. Change the name only if you have renamed your server.
    Identities This box displays the Internet Protocol (IP) address for the Web server, the TCP port, and the host header name. These values are initially read from IIS.
    SSL Identities This box displays the IP address and SSL port for the Web server. These values are initially read from IIS.
  4. On the Log Files tab, do the following:
    Use this To do this
    New Log Time Period Specify how long the IIS Web site writes to a log file before it creates a new file. This value is initially read from IIS.
    Log file mask If needed, specify a custom log file rotation, indicating how long the IIS Web site writes to a log file before it creates a new file. For more information, including examples of what to type in this box, see Specifying a Web Server Log File Mask.
    Log file directory Type the log file path to which the IIS Web site writes events (for example, C:\Winnt\System32\LogFiles\Log1). This value is initially read from IIS. However, you may want to specify a different directory if you copy the Web log files from the Web server to a central location before you run the import DTS tasks.
    Log file code page This box displays the code page used by the entire file.

    IIS 5.0 supports System code pages. Future releases of IIS will support UTF-8.
    URL encoding code page This box displays the code page used for all URLs.

    IIS 5.0 supports System code pages. Future releases of IIS will support UTF-8.
  5. Click OK.

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