Building an anonymous access server with Server 2003

In recent years, with the rapid development of school informatization, many schools have set up their own web site on the Internet, but the day-to-day maintenance and management of Web pages through the remote server, there are many inconvenience, such as finding a page in the wrong word, you have to modify the file, and then uploaded to the remote server to update. So why not consider setting up your own Web server to manage your site more easily? In Microsoft's newly launched Windows Server 2003, the capacity of network services has been greatly enhanced. Here's a brief description of how you can use IIS (Internet Information Services) in Windows Server 2003 to create an anonymous access Web server that provides the WWW service.

Installing IIS

Microsoft's IIS is one of today's popular Web servers, providing a powerful Internet and intranet services, can provide WWW, FTP, gopher and other services, with the necessary conditions to build a Web site. IIS6.0 is integrated in Windows Server 2003, and IIS6.0 offers many new features such as "Server consolidation" to improve the reliability and availability of the Web server, as compared to previous versions, It also makes the configuration and management of Web servers easier and more flexible than ever before.

To install IIS or change its optional components, select Start → control Panel → add or Remove Programs → add/Remove Windows components, click Application Server in Components, and then click Details. Under the subcomponents of the application server, click Internet Information Services (IIS), and then click Details to open the list of IIS optional components, select the World Wide Web Services component, click OK, return to the Windows Components Wizard, and click the Next button. Start installing IIS and exit the Windows Components Wizard after the installation completes.

Enable Anonymous Authentication

Click start → Administrative tools →internet information Services (IIS). Expand the server name, right-click the Web site, select Properties, open the Web Site Properties dialog box, and click the Directory Security tab. Under Authentication and access control, click the Edit button, and select the Enable Anonymous access check box.

By default, the server creates and uses the account IUSR_computername (computer name). Anonymous user account passwords are used only in Windows, and anonymous users do not log on with a username and password.

Under User access requires authentication, click the Integrated Windows Authentication check box to select it, and click the OK button two times. Please see figure 1.

　　

Configure the initial web site

Click start → Administrative tools →internet information Services (IIS), expand the server name, expand the Web site, right-click the Default Web site, click Properties, select the Web Site tab, and in the IP address box, select the IP address that you want to assign to this web site. Please see Figure 2.

　　

Click the Performance tab, which sets properties that affect the memory, bandwidth usage, and number of web connections. Select the limit bandwidth available to this web site check box to adjust network bandwidth to the maximum bandwidth selected, in kilobytes per second (KB/S). Select the Web Service connection check box to select a specific number or an unqualified number of Web service connections. Restricting connections allows computer resources to be used for other processes. Note: Each client browsing the Web site typically uses about three connections.

Set up a Web page directory

Click the Home Directory tab. If you are using Web content that is stored on your local computer, click Directory on this computer, and then type the path to the Web page in the Local Path text box. For example, the default path is C:inetpubwwwroot.

If you are using Web content that is stored on another computer, click Shared location on another computer, and then type the location you want in the Network directory box that appears.

If you want to use Web content that is stored in another Web address, click Redirect to URL, and then type the location you want in the redirect to box. Under customer will send to, click the appropriate check box to select it.

At this point, a Windows Server 2003-based anonymous access Web server with WWW service is set up, and the webmaster can now easily maintain and update the Web pages of the Web by using this server to easily manage the school's online home.