Using TZO with Windows 2000 Web and FTP Server

	Using TZO with Windows 2000 Web and FTP Server
	(IIS 5.0 - Windows 2000 Server only)

	Many users with Cable and xDSL broadband connections have Windows 2000 Professional or Server installed in their home or small office. Windows 2000 includes IIS 5.0, complete with a Web Server, FTP Server, NNTP News Server, and more, depending on your version of Windows 2000. Windows 2000 Advanced Server also includes clustering and other services. This tutorial explains how to quickly configure your Windows 2000 SERVER EDITION with IIS 5.0. We will show you Web and FTP examples to get you going, add sites, and use Host Header names to direct the web users to the proper websites, all on one IP address. One main issue is security, and since we do not know Windows 2000 inside and out, and individual setups may vary, we cannot guarantee your system will be 100% secure. You should consult the Windows 2000 Manuals, and also visit some of the resources at the bottom of this tutorial.

	Windows 2000 Professional and Server offer an integrated Web and FTP server from the install. If IIS 5.0 is not installed, please follow the following Instructions. First, check to see if IIS is installed or not. Go to the CONTROL PANEL, select ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS, then select ADD/REMOVE WINDOWS COMPONENTS. Once you are in the components list, scroll down and look for INTERNET INFORMATION SERVER (IIS) as shown in the screenshot below. There should be a checkmark next to the component, if not, check it, and install the IIS component. Once you reboot, continue below. Please note the tutorial below is only for Windows 2000 Server. IIS 5.0 is included with Professional edition, but you cannot create a new website as described below. Consult your Windows 2000 Professional documentation for instructions on configuring IIS 5.0 in Windows 2000 Professional.

	Configuring the Web Server: Click CONTROL PANEL and then select ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS as shown in the screenshot below.



	The Control Panel on Windows 2000 Advanced (click for larger image)

	You can manage the server properties through the IIS console, or through Computer Management which you’ll find in the Administrative Tools folder. We will show you how to use the Internet Services manager, via the Administrative tools group. Open the IIS console, by clicking the INTERNET SERVICES MANAGER as shown below.



	The INTERNET SERVICES MANAGER in Administrative Tools (click for larger image)

	Once you get into the IIS or Internet Services Manager, you will see a screen that looks like the screenshot below. This is the IIS ADMIN INTERFACE.



	The INTERNET INFORMATION SERVICES MANAGER (click for larger image)

	The first thing you should do is configure master properties for Web sites. On the Left Pane, under the TREE Tab, highlight the server name (in this case, this server name is Win2kAdvanced. (Keep in mind that this has NOTHING to do with the domain name of your server/websites) Now, right click your mouse once you have clicked on the server name as shown above, and select PROPERTIES.

	Select WWW Service from the MASTER PROPERTIES drop-down list and click the EDIT button. The changes you configure here will be a template for all other sites you create. You can change the properties of any site after you create it. Select your default properties carefully, and please see the Microsoft IIS 5.0 documentation/website for more detail on the individual components and settings. If you cause a problem or configure something incorrectly, you may need to reinstall the IIS 5.0 component on the server.

	The first thing to do is to set the default document to what you want. Most web servers will look for the Default.htm or the Index.htm or Index.html file in the root directory of the website. In order to use Index.ht* files with IIS, you need to add the file extensions to the IIS Propeties. You should also take the time to remove Frontpage extensions if you are not using them. See the IIS documentation for info on removing/disabling Frontpage server extensions. If you do not want to add the index.htm* files to the master properties, you can simply call your main page default.htm

	We will start out by configuring the DEFAULT WEBSITE, since this is needed for admin and Internet Printing purposes. The Default Web Site responds to WEB requests on the server for all unassigned IP addresses. This default site acts as an error or a main index page of all sites that are on the server. It really depends on what you want to put here.

	** PLEASE NOTE: By Default, Windows 2000 Web Server does not include a DEFAULT.HTM page in the root of the default website. When browsing to your domain name or IP address, you or all external Internet visitors will see this ERROR PAGE until you define another website as default, or assign a default.htm file within the default site.

	For Example: You could make the default document for the site to include links to each of the other sites hosted on the server, or simply put your company logo on the main page within the default site. The Default Web Site files are located by default in the \Inetpub\Wwwroot folder. Place your defalt.htm file in that folder, and you will then see a different webpage when you or a client try your domain externally. You can always check your server by going to your web browser and typing http://localhost or http://127.0.0.1, which should loopback to your internal server. You can only do this when you are ON THE SERVER itself.

	Once you get your browser test done, you will see that your server is operational, but not handling websites, domain names, and html content properly. This is due to Windows 2000 Web Server does not include a DEFAULT.HTM page in the root of the default website. When browsing to your domain name or IP address, you or all external Internet visitors will see this ERROR PAGE until you define another website as default, or assign a default.htm file within the default site. We will assume you are not going to use the DEFAULT WEBSITE, so we need to create a new website to start with. In this example, we will use three domain names to play with. These domains are: WIN2K.TZO.COM, WIN2K.TZO.NET, and WIN2K.TZO.ORG - If you own your own domain name, and use the TZO Premiere service, you can use YOURNAME.COM, in place of the .TZO.COM names in this example.

	Creating a New Website: You now need to need to create additional sites as needed. In order to get at least one website set up for testing, you need to go to the IIS console, right-click the server in the left pane and choose NEW, WEBSITE. (See screenshot below)



	Creating a NEW WEBSITE in the IIS Manager (click for larger image) IIS will then present a step-by-step wizard to guide you through the process, prompting for the following information: If you do not know this information, don't panic, it can be changed after the initial setup. Here are the things you need to know for a new site: *Description:* (Screenshot)This is the name that appears in the left pane of the IIS console for the site name. You can use any name, but using the URL as the name will help you instantly recognize sites. So, in this case, we typed in WIN2K.TZO.COM, you should also add WWW.WIN2K.TZO.COM *IP address:* (Screenshot) You can specify All Unassigned to have the site respond to all IPs bound on the server not already associated with a site, or you can select a specific IP. Leave this alone unless you are assigning an IP address to each site. In this case, we assume you have one Dynamic or Static IP on your server, so leave this alone and on ALL UNASSIGNED *TCP port:* (Screenshot) The default port for HTTP is port 80. You should change the default only if your clients know the site’s port and include it in the URL, or if you are redirecting clients to the site from another site. Host header: Host headers let you host multiple sites on the same IP address and port. Specify the URL as the host header, such as www.win2k.tzo.com *SSL port:* (Screenshot) Specify the SSL port if the site uses SSL (requires that you have already configured certificates on the server). This option is greyed out if you do not have a certificate installed. The default port is 443. Home directory path: Specify the folder containing the default document for the Web site. WebSite Home Directory: (Screenshot) This is the path of the website root. By default, Windows 2000 IIS 5.0 installs the IIS Web and FTP directories in c:\InetPub\*Root\ where * is FTP or WWW, like (ftproot, wwwroot) Since the default website runs here, we created a folder called MyWebsites. The path we entered is c:\Inetpub\Mywebsites\Website1-com\ We did this since when we add the domains win2k.tzo.net and win2k.tzo.org, they will have their own websites, as well as their own directories for their HTML files, all organized under c:\Inetpub\Mywebsites folder. See this screenshot here for a look at our directory scructure and how we organized our sites. Read: (Screenshot) Allows read access to the site,deselect to restrict reading this folder. (ON By Default) Run Scripts: (Screenshot) Specifies the script access permissions for the site. (ON By Default) Execute: (Screenshot) Specifies the file execution (CGI) access permissions for the site. (Off By Default) Write: (Screenshot) Specifies the writing access permissions for the site. (Off By Default) Browse: (Screenshot) Specifies the browse access permissions for the site. This means users can browse directories that do not have an Index or default.htm page set. (Off By Default) After IIS creates the site, it appears in the IIS console, where you can edit the site properties. See the screenshot below, which shows our domain WIN2K.TZO.COM - This shows the website in the left pane, and the folders and HTML files in the right pane. In this case, we use default.htm as our default webpage to load when visitors hit the site. To make it easy to recognize, it says WIN2K.TZO.COM in the page title, and in bold letters for testing purposes. This makes is easy to see if your HTTP Headers are working properly.



	Examining a NEW WEBSITE after creation in the IIS Manager (click for larger image)

	In order to change the properties of this new website, you can Right Click on the website Win2k.tzo.com and select Properties. These are the same properties you reviewed for the global settings in the beginning of the tutorial, but for the site win2k.tzo.com If you skipped over the section on configuring global WWW properties, jump back to it to get a handle on the properties you should review and modify for the site. At the initial stage, at least you’ll want to verify the default document name, site operator list, and directory security settings. Those will at least let you get the site up and running for testing purposes. After you add the rest of the domain names you want, (in this case we added 3 sites total, WIN2K.TZO.COM, WIN2K.TZO.NET, and WIN2K.TZO.ORG (See the Screenshot below)



	Examining the 3 WEBSITES in the IIS Manager (click for larger image) Modify the HTML for each of the websites, and add new websites by repeating this step. If you want to add www.win2k.tzo.org, then repeat this exact tutorial with that new domain or subdomain. If they are to share the same content, simply point them to the same folder or path, so they share the same HTML root directory. For more detail, see your IIS Documentation, or some of the links/websites at the end of this tutorial

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