Configuring IIS

Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 is installed on Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server by default.

To provide additional security for your Web sites, you should create a new IIS Web site for each site you are planning to install with Commerce Server. By default, Commerce Server installs your site in the IIS Default Web Site. When you use Commerce Server Site Packager to unpack your site, you can specify that it reside in the IIS Web site you created rather than in the Default Web Site.

To create a new IIS Web site

1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Internet Services Manager.

2. In the Internet Information Services dialog box, right-click the name of the computer on which you want to create the new IIS site, point to New, and then click Web Site.

3. In the Web Site Creation Wizard dialog box, click Next.

4. In the Web Site Description dialog box, in the Description box, type a name for the new Web site. This name will appear as the site name in Internet Services Manager. Click Next.

5. In the IP Addresses and Port Settings dialog box, do the following:

   Use this	To do this
   Enter the IP address to use for this Web site	Type or select from the drop-down list the Internet Protocol (IP) address for this Web site. The All Unassigned value on the drop-down list refers to IP addresses that are assigned to a computer but not assigned to a specific site. The Default Web Site uses all of the IP addresses that are not assigned to other sites. Only one site can be set to use unassigned IP addresses.
   TCP port this Web site should use (Default: 80)	Type the port address for this Web site.
   Host Header for this site (Default: None)	Assign the host header name for this Web site. If you are adding additional sites to a single IP address by using host headers, you must assign a host header name.

6. Click Next.

7. In the Web Site Home Directory dialog box, do the following:

   Use this	To do this
   Path	Type the location in your Windows file system for your site root directory.
   Allow anonymous access to this Web site	Allow remote users to connect to that site without a user name or password.

8. Click Next.

9. In the Web Site Access Permissions dialog box, specify the permissions you want to assign to users who access the Web site home directory, specified in the previous step, and then click Next.

10. To close the wizard, click Finish.

Notes

• It is a good idea to install the Domain Name System (DNS) service on a computer on your intranet. If your intranet is small, you can use Hosts or Lmhosts files on all computers in your network. DNS allows users to access your site with text names instead of IP addresses.

• For security purposes, it is recommended that all drives used with IIS be formatted with NTFS.

See Also

Using Commerce Server and IIS

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