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IIS Settings for WSUS 3.0 SP2 Web Services

 

Applies To: Windows Server Update Services, Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1

This topic discusses the Internet Information Services (IIS) settings that are used with Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 3.0 SP2. It introduces the adsutil.vbs utility, which you can use to find the paths for the WSUS 3.0 SP2 web services on your computer and to check the properties of a web service.

A WSUS 3.0 SP2 web service may have stopped working correctly because one of these settings was changed by another installation or application. Troubleshooting the WSUS 3.0 SP2 web services may be simplified if you compare your current IIS settings for the WSUS web services with those listed in this topic, which are set by WSUS setup.

The values of these IIS settings are sometimes represented with variable names instead of actual values. This is because the actual value may vary from one installation to another. The variable names that are used in the IIS settings and in the following instructions are:

  • windir
    The standard environment variable for the Windows directory (usually C:\WINDOWS).

  • InetpubDir
    The IIS inetpub directory (usually C:\Inetpub).

  • WSUSInstallDir
    The directory where WSUS is installed (usually C:\Program Files\Update Services).

  • WebSiteID
    The number that IIS uses to identify websites (1 is the ID of the default website, but other websites are assigned random numbers).

IIS vroots

The following virtual directories (vroots) are created in IIS (in the default website) for client-to-server synchronization, server-to-server synchronization, reporting, and client self-update.

Vroot in IIS Properties
ClientWebService Directory: %ProgramFiles%Update Services\WebServices\ClientWebService

Application Pool: WsusPool

Security: Anonymous Access Enabled

Execute Permissions: Scripts Only
Content Directory[the location of the WSUS content directory]

Security: Anonymous Access Enabled

Execute Permissions: None
DssAuthWebService Directory: %ProgramFiles%Update Services\WebServices\DssAuthWebService

Application Pool: WsusPool

Security: Anonymous Access Enabled

Execute Permissions: Scripts Only
Inventory Directory: %ProgramFiles%Update Services\Inventory

Application Pool: WsusPool

Security: Anonymous Access Enabled

Execute Permissions: Scripts Only
ReportingWebService Directory: %ProgramFiles%Update Services\WebServices\ReportingWebService

Application Pool: WsusPool

Security: Anonymous Access Enabled

Execute Permissions: Scripts Only
ServerSyncWebService Directory: %ProgramFiles%Update Services\WebServices\ServerSyncWebService

Application Pool: WsusPool

Security: Anonymous Access Enabled

Execute Permissions: Scripts Only
SimpleAuthWebService Directory: %ProgramFiles%Update Services\WebServices\SimpleAuthWebService

Application Pool: WsusPool

Security: Anonymous Access Enabled

Execute Permissions: Scripts Only
ApiRemoting30 Directory: %ProgramFiles%Update Services\Administration

Application Pool: WsusPool

Security: Integrated Windows Authentication, Digest Authentication

Execute Permissions: Scripts Only
SelfUpdate Directory: %ProgramFiles%Update Services\SelfUpdate

Security: Anonymous Access Enabled

Execute Permissions: Scripts Only

The adsutil.vbs IIS administration utility

The adsutil.vbs IIS administration utility can be found on your server in the Inetpub\AdminScripts directory. You can use this utility to find the paths for the WSUS 3.0 SP2 web services on your computer and to check the properties of a web service. For more information about using adsutil.vbs, see Using the Adsutil.vbs Administration Script.

Finding web service paths with adsutil.vbs

You can use adsutil.vbs to find the paths for the WSUS 3.0 SP2 web services on your computer with the following procedure:

To find the paths of web services
  1. Open a Command Prompt window.

  2. Navigate to the directory where adsutil.vbs is located: cd %Inetpubdir%\AdminScripts.

  3. Type the following command: adsutil.vbs find path

  4. If you have WSUS installed, you should see output like the following:

Property path found at:

W3SVC/ WebSiteID /ROOT

W3SVC/ WebSiteID /ROOT/ApiRemoting30

W3SVC/ WebSiteID /D/ROOT/ClientWebService

W3SVC/ WebSiteID /ROOT/Content

W3SVC/ WebSiteID /ROOT/DssAuthWebService

W3SVC/ WebSiteID /ROOT/Inventory

W3SVC/ WebSiteID /ROOT/ReportingWebService

W3SVC/ WebSiteID /ROOT/Selfupdate

W3SVC/ WebSiteID /ROOT/ServerSyncWebService

W3SVC/ WebSiteID /ROOT/SimpleAuthWebService

Note

If you have installed WSUS on the default website, WebSiteID will be 1, but if you have installed it on another website, WebSiteID will be a random number.

Checking the properties of a web service

You can also use adsutil.vbs to find the properties of a given web service. You will use one of the web service paths listed previously to specify the web service that you want to check. For example, if you want to check the properties of the Reporting web service, you use the path W3SVC/WebSiteID/ROOT/ReportingWebService, where WebSiteID represents the number of the WSUS website.

To check the properties of a web service
  1. Open a Command Prompt window.

  2. Navigate to the directory where adsutil.vbs is located: cd Inetpubdir**\AdminScripts**.

  3. Type the following command: adsutil.vbs enum WebServicePath
    where WebServicePath represents the path of the web service that you want to check.

  4. Compare the output to the standard values given in the tables that follow.

Global properties

These global properties can be retrieved with the following adsutil.vbs command:

adsutil.vbs enum W3SVC

Note

The properties in the following table comprise a partial list.

Property Value
KeyType (STRING) "IIsWebService"
MaxConnections (INTEGER) 4294967295
AnonymousUserName (STRING) "IUSR_<machinename>"
ConnectionTimeout (INTEGER) 120
AllowKeepAlive (BOOLEAN) True
DefaultDoc (STRING) "Default.htm,Default.asp,index.htm"
CacheISAPI (BOOLEAN) True
CGITimeout (INTEGER) 300
ContentIndexed (BOOLEAN) True
DownlevelAdminInstance (INTEGER) 1
AspBufferingOn (BOOLEAN) True
AspLogErrorRequests (BOOLEAN) True
AspScriptErrorSentToBrowser (BOOLEAN) True
AspScriptErrorMessage (STRING) "An error occurred on the server when

processing the URL. Please contact the system administrator"
AspAllowOutOfProcComponents (BOOLEAN) True >
AspScriptFileCacheSize (INTEGER) 500
AspDiskTemplateCacheDirectory (EXPANDSZ) "%windir%\system32\inetsrv\ASP

Compiled Templates"
AspMaxDiskTemplateCacheFiles (INTEGER) 2000
AspScriptEngineCacheMax (INTEGER) 250
AspScriptTimeout (INTEGER) 90
AspSessionTimeout (INTEGER) 20
AspEnableParentPaths (BOOLEAN) False
AspAllowSessionState (BOOLEAN) True
AspScriptLanguage (STRING) "VBScript"
AspExceptionCatchEnable (BOOLEAN) True<br>
AspCodepage (INTEGER) 0
AspLCID (INTEGER) 2048
AspQueueTimeout (INTEGER) 4294967295
AspEnableAspHtmlFallback (BOOLEAN) False
AspEnableChunkedEncoding (BOOLEAN) True
AspEnableTypelibCache (BOOLEAN) True
AspErrorsToNTLog (BOOLEAN) False
AspProcessorThreadMax (INTEGER) 25
AspTrackThreadingModel (BOOLEAN) False
AspRequestQueueMax (INTEGER) 3000
AspEnableApplicationRestart (BOOLEAN) True
AspQueueConnectionTestTime (INTEGER) 3
AspSessionMax (INTEGER) 4294967295
AppAllowDebugging (BOOLEAN) False
AppAllowClientDebug (BOOLEAN) False
PasswordChangeFlags (INTEGER) 6
AuthChangeUnsecure (BOOLEAN) False
AuthChangeDisable (BOOLEAN) True
AuthAdvNotifyDisable (BOOLEAN) True
DirBrowseFlags (INTEGER) 1073741886
EnableDirBrowsing (BOOLEAN) False
DirBrowseShowDate (BOOLEAN) True
DirBrowseShowTime (BOOLEAN) True
DirBrowseShowSize (BOOLEAN) True
DirBrowseShowExtension (BOOLEAN) True
DirBrowseShowLongDate (BOOLEAN) True
EnableDefaultDoc (BOOLEAN) True
AuthFlags (INTEGER) 1
AuthBasic (BOOLEAN) False
AuthAnonymous (BOOLEAN) True
AuthNTLM (BOOLEAN) False
AuthMD5 (BOOLEAN) False
AuthPassport (BOOLEAN) False
InProcessIsapiApps (LIST) (6 Items)

"%windir%\system32\inetsrv\httpext.dll"

"%windir%\system32\inetsrv\httpodbc.dll"

"%windir%\system32\inetsrv\ssinc.dll"

"%windir%\system32\msw3prt.dll"

"%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_isapi.dll"
LogOdbcDataSource (STRING) "HTTPLOG">
LogOdbcTableName (STRING) "InternetLog"
LogOdbcUserName (STRING) "InternetAdmin"
WAMUserName (STRING) "IWAM_<machinename>">
AuthChangeURL (STRING) "/iisadmpwd/achg.asp"
AuthExpiredURL (STRING) "/iisadmpwd/aexp.asp"
AuthNotifyPwdExpURL (STRING) "/iisadmpwd/anot.asp"
AuthExpiredUnsecureURL (STRING) "/iisadmpwd/aexp3.asp"
AuthNotifyPwdExpUnsecureURL (STRING) "/iisadmpwd/anot3.asp"
AppPoolId (STRING) "DefaultAppPool"
IIs5IsolationModeEnabled (BOOLEAN) False
MaxGlobalBandwidth (INTEGER) 4294967295
MinFileBytesPerSec (INTEGER) 240
LogInUTF8 (BOOLEAN) False
AspAppServiceFlags (INTEGER) 0
AspEnableTracker (BOOLEAN) False
AspEnableSxs (BOOLEAN) False
AspUsePartition (BOOLEAN) False
AspKeepSessionIDSecure (INTEGER) 0
AspExecuteInMTA (INTEGER) 0
CentralBinaryLoggingEnabled (BOOLEAN) False
AspRunOnEndAnonymously (BOOLEAN) True
AspBufferingLimit (INTEGER) 4194304
AspCalcLineNumber (BOOLEAN) True
ApplicationDependencies (LIST) (6 Items)

"Active Server Pages;ASP"

"Internet Data Connector;HTTPODBC"

"Server Side Includes;SSINC"

"WebDAV;WEBDAV"

"ASP.NET v1.1.4322;ASP.NET v1.1.4322"
WebSvcExtRestrictionList (LIST) (8 Items)

"0,*.dll"

"0,*.exe">

"0,<windir>\system32\inetsrv\asp.dll,0,ASP,Active Server Pages">

"0,<windir>\system32\inetsrv\httpodbc.dll,0,HTTPODBC,Internet Data

Connector"

"0,<windir>\system32\inetsrv\ssinc.dll,0,SSINC,Server Side Includes"

"0,<windir>\system32\inetsrv\httpext.dll,0,WEBDAV,webDAV">

"1,<windir>\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_isapi.dll,0,ASP.NET

v2.0.50727,ASP.NET v2.0.50727"
AspMaxRequestEntityAllowed (INTEGER) 204800
[/w3svc/1] n/a
[/w3svc/AppPools] n/a
[/w3svc/Filters] n/a
[/w3svc/Info] n/a

Global properties of the World Wide Website

These properties can be retrieved with the following adsutil.vbs command:

adsutil.vbs enum W3SVC/ WebSiteID

Note

The properties in the following table comprise a partial list.

Property Value
KeyType (STRING) "IIsWebServer"
ServerState (INTEGER) 2
ServerComment (STRING) "Default Web site"
ServerSize (INTEGER) 1
ServerBindings (LIST) (1 Items) ":80:" (or 8530)
SecureBindings (LIST) (1 Items) ":443:" (or 8531)
ConnectionTimeout (INTEGER) 180
DefaultDoc (STRING) "Default.htm,Default.asp,index.htm,iisstart.htm"
AspBufferingOn (BOOLEAN) False
LogPluginClsid (STRING) "{FF160663-DE82-11CF-BC0A-00AA006111E0}"
Win32Error (INTEGER) 0
AppPoolId (STRING) "DefaultAppPool"

Properties of the API Remoting web service

Property Value
KeyType (STRING) "IIsWebVirtualDir"
AppRoot (STRING) "/LM/W3SVC/webSiteID/ROOT/ApiRemoting30"
AppFriendlyName (STRING) "ApiRemoting30"
AppIsolated (INTEGER) 2
Path (STRING) "<WSUSInstallDir>\WebServices\ApiRemoting30"
AccessFlags (INTEGER) 513
AccessExecute (BOOLEAN) False
AccessSource (BOOLEAN) False
AccessRead (BOOLEAN) True
AccessWrite (BOOLEAN) False
AccessScript (BOOLEAN) True
AccessNoRemoteExecute (BOOLEAN) False
AccessNoRemoteRead (BOOLEAN) False
AccessNoRemoteWrite (BOOLEAN) False
AccessNoRemoteScript (BOOLEAN) False
AccessNoPhysicalDir (BOOLEAN) False
AspScriptErrorSentToBrowser (BOOLEAN) False
AspEnableParentPaths (BOOLEAN) False
AuthFlags (INTEGER) 21
AuthBasic (BOOLEAN) False
AuthAnonymous (BOOLEAN) True
AuthNTLM (BOOLEAN) True
AuthMD5 (BOOLEAN) True
AuthPassport (BOOLEAN) False
AppPoolId (STRING) "WsusPool"

Properties of the Client web service

Property Value
KeyType (STRING) "IIsWebVirtualDir"
AppRoot (STRING) "/LM/W3SVC/WebSiteID/ROOT/ClientWebService"
AppFriendlyName (STRING) "ClientWebService"
AppIsolated (INTEGER) 2
Path (STRING) "<WSUSInstallDir>\WebServices\ClientWebService"
AccessFlags (INTEGER) 513
AccessExecute (BOOLEAN) False
AccessSource (BOOLEAN) False
AccessRead (BOOLEAN) True
AccessWrite (BOOLEAN) False
AccessScript (BOOLEAN) True
AccessNoRemoteExecute (BOOLEAN) False
AccessNoRemoteRead (BOOLEAN) False
AccessNoRemoteWrite (BOOLEAN) False
AccessNoRemoteScript (BOOLEAN) False
AccessNoPhysicalDir (BOOLEAN) False
AspScriptErrorSentToBrowser (BOOLEAN) False
AspEnableParentPaths (BOOLEAN) False
AuthFlags (INTEGER) 1
AuthBasic (BOOLEAN) False
AuthAnonymous (BOOLEAN) True
AuthNTLM (BOOLEAN) False
AuthMD5 (BOOLEAN) False
AuthPassport (BOOLEAN) False
AppPoolId (STRING) "WsusPool"

Properties of the Downstream Server Authentication web service

Property Value
KeyType (STRING) "IIsWebVirtualDir"
AppRoot (STRING) "/LM/W3SVC/WebSiteID/ROOT/DssAuthWebService"
AppFriendlyName (STRING) " DssAuthWebService "
AppIsolated (INTEGER) 2
Path (STRING) "<WSUSInstallDir>\WebServices\DssAuthWebService"
AccessFlags (INTEGER) 513
AccessExecute (BOOLEAN) False
AccessSource (BOOLEAN) False
AccessRead (BOOLEAN) True
AccessWrite (BOOLEAN) False
AccessScript (BOOLEAN) True
AccessNoRemoteExecute (BOOLEAN) False
AccessNoRemoteRead (BOOLEAN) False
AccessNoRemoteWrite (BOOLEAN) False
AccessNoRemoteScript (BOOLEAN) False
AccessNoPhysicalDir (BOOLEAN) False
AspScriptErrorSentToBrowser (BOOLEAN) False
AspEnableParentPaths (BOOLEAN) False
AuthFlags (INTEGER) 1
AuthBasic (BOOLEAN) False
AuthAnonymous (BOOLEAN) True
AuthNTLM (BOOLEAN) False
AuthMD5 (BOOLEAN) False
AuthPassport (BOOLEAN) False
AppPoolId (STRING) "WsusPool"

Properties of the Inventory Collection web service

Property Value
KeyType (STRING) "IIsWebVirtualDir"
AppRoot (STRING) "/LM/W3SVC/WebSiteID/ROOT/Inventory"
AppFriendlyName (STRING) "Inventory"
AppIsolated (INTEGER) 2
Path (STRING) "<WSUSInstallDir>\WebServices\Inventory"
AccessFlags (INTEGER) 513
AccessExecute (BOOLEAN) False
AccessSource (BOOLEAN) False
AccessRead (BOOLEAN) True
AccessWrite (BOOLEAN) False
AccessScript (BOOLEAN) True
AccessNoRemoteExecute (BOOLEAN) False
AccessNoRemoteRead (BOOLEAN) False
AccessNoRemoteWrite (BOOLEAN) False
AccessNoRemoteScript (BOOLEAN) False
AccessNoPhysicalDir (BOOLEAN) False
AspScriptErrorSentToBrowser (BOOLEAN) False
AspEnableParentPaths (BOOLEAN) False
AuthFlags (INTEGER) 1
AuthBasic (BOOLEAN) False
AuthAnonymous (BOOLEAN) True
AuthNTLM (BOOLEAN) False
AuthMD5 (BOOLEAN) False
AuthPassport (BOOLEAN) False
AppPoolId (STRING) "WsusPool"

Properties of the Reporting web service

Property Value
KeyType (STRING) "IIsWebVirtualDir"
AppRoot (STRING) "/LM/W3SVC/WebSiteID/ROOT/ReportingWebService"
AppFriendlyName (STRING) " ReportingWebService "
AppIsolated (INTEGER) 2
Path (STRING) "<WSUSInstallDir>\WebServices\ReportingWebService"
AccessFlags (INTEGER) 513
AccessExecute (BOOLEAN) False
AccessSource (BOOLEAN) False
AccessRead (BOOLEAN) True
AccessWrite (BOOLEAN) False
AccessScript (BOOLEAN) True
AccessNoRemoteExecute (BOOLEAN) False
AccessNoRemoteRead (BOOLEAN) False
AccessNoRemoteWrite (BOOLEAN) False
AccessNoRemoteScript (BOOLEAN) False
AccessNoPhysicalDir (BOOLEAN) False
AspScriptErrorSentToBrowser (BOOLEAN) False
AspEnableParentPaths (BOOLEAN) False
AuthFlags (INTEGER) 1
AuthBasic (BOOLEAN) False
AuthAnonymous (BOOLEAN) True
AuthNTLM (BOOLEAN) False
AuthMD5 (BOOLEAN) False
AuthPassport (BOOLEAN) False
AppPoolId (STRING) "WsusPool"

Properties of the Selfupdate web service

Property Value
KeyType (STRING) "IIsWebVirtualDir"
Path (STRING) "<WSUSInstallDir>\WebServices\ServerSyncWebService"
AccessFlags (INTEGER) 513
AccessExecute (BOOLEAN) False
AccessSource (BOOLEAN) False
AccessRead (BOOLEAN) True
AccessWrite (BOOLEAN) False
AccessScript (BOOLEAN) True
AccessNoRemoteExecute (BOOLEAN) False
AccessNoRemoteRead (BOOLEAN) False
AccessNoRemoteWrite (BOOLEAN) False
AccessNoRemoteScript (BOOLEAN) False
AccessNoPhysicalDir (BOOLEAN) False

Properties of the Server Synchronization web service

Property Value
KeyType (STRING) "IIsWebVirtualDir"
AppRoot (STRING) "/LM/W3SVC/WebSiteID/ROOT/ServerSyncWebService"
AppFriendlyName (STRING) " ServerSyncWebService "
AppIsolated (INTEGER) 2
Path (STRING) "<WSUSInstallDir>\WebServices\ServerSyncWebService"
AccessFlags (INTEGER) 513
AccessExecute (BOOLEAN) False
AccessSource (BOOLEAN) False
AccessRead (BOOLEAN) True
AccessWrite (BOOLEAN) False
AccessScript (BOOLEAN) True
AccessNoRemoteExecute (BOOLEAN) False
AccessNoRemoteRead (BOOLEAN) False
AccessNoRemoteWrite (BOOLEAN) False
AccessNoRemoteScript (BOOLEAN) False
AccessNoPhysicalDir (BOOLEAN) False
AspScriptErrorSentToBrowser (BOOLEAN) False
AspEnableParentPaths (BOOLEAN) False
AuthFlags (INTEGER) 1
AuthBasic (BOOLEAN) False
AuthAnonymous (BOOLEAN) True
AuthNTLM (BOOLEAN) False
AuthMD5 (BOOLEAN) False
AuthPassport (BOOLEAN) False
AppPoolId (STRING) "WsusPool"

Properties of the Simple Authorization web service

Property Value
KeyType (STRING) "IIsWebVirtualDir"
AppRoot (STRING) "/LM/W3SVC/WebSiteID/ROOT/SimpleAuthWebService"
AppFriendlyName (STRING) "SimpleAuthWebService"
AppIsolated (INTEGER) 2
Path (STRING) "<WSUSInstallDir>\WebServices\SimpleAuthWebService"
AccessFlags (INTEGER) 513
AccessExecute (BOOLEAN) False
AccessSource (BOOLEAN) False
AccessRead (BOOLEAN) True
AccessWrite (BOOLEAN) False
AccessScript (BOOLEAN) True
AccessNoRemoteExecute (BOOLEAN) False
AccessNoRemoteRead (BOOLEAN) False
AccessNoRemoteWrite (BOOLEAN) False
AccessNoRemoteScript (BOOLEAN) False
AccessNoPhysicalDir (BOOLEAN) False
AspScriptErrorSentToBrowser (BOOLEAN) False
AspEnableParentPaths (BOOLEAN) False
AuthFlags (INTEGER) 1
AuthBasic (BOOLEAN) False
AuthAnonymous (BOOLEAN) True
AuthNTLM (BOOLEAN) False
AuthMD5 (BOOLEAN) False
AuthPassport (BOOLEAN) False
AppPoolId (STRING) "WsusPool"