Building a Web server in a Win7 system

The main function of LAN Web server is to realize the sharing of resources, and to realize the synchronization of information effectively through the access page of LAN server. With Web servers, we can upload our own information to the server at any time, allowing others to focus on the ideas and dynamics that your users can understand in the first place. The following author on how to build a Web server under the WINDOWS7 system to communicate with you.

Tools/Materials

• Windows7 Operating System

Method/Step

1. 1

   Open Control Panel, select and go to Programs, double-click "Turn Windows Services on or off", and in the Pop-up window Select all the options under "Internet Information Services" and click OK to start updating the service.

2. 2

   After the update is complete, open the browser, enter "http://localhost/", if the IIS7 welcome interface appears, the Web server has been built successfully.

3. 3

   When the Web server is successful, the next step is to install the Web site that we have developed into the directory of the server. In general, when the Web server installation is complete, the path "% system root%inetpub/wwwroot" is created, and the site that we developed is copied to the path. To enable local access to the site.

4. 4

   Set up a firewall to allow local area network resources to be accessed by other computers. How to do this: Open the Control Panel, select "System and Security", click "Allow the program through Windows Firewall", in the Pop-up dialog box, tick "World Wide Web service HTTP" to the right of the two check boxes, and finally click OK to exit.

5. 5

   On the other computer in the LAN, open the browser, enter "HTTP://WEB Server IP Address/" Press ENTER, you can access the resources on the server. After setting up the above steps, other users on the LAN can access your shared Web resources through a browser!

Building a Web server in a Win7 system