How to install IIS server

Internet Information Server (IIS Server) is a Web Server running on the Windows NT 4.0 platform launched by Microsoft. It not only integrates Internet services such as WWW and FTP, it is also closely integrated with Windows NT 4.0 and makes full use of many features of Windows NT, for example, the security of IIS server is based on the NTFS Security Mechanism of Windows NT ).

The early launch of IIS Server 2.0 was bundled with Windows NT Server 4.0, which is relatively simple. Later, IIS Server 3.0 was launched, which was designed for Microsoft's Active Server PageASP.

The latest IIS Server 4.0 is a fully functional Web Server, which provides an easy-to-use management tool-Microsoft Management Console MMC, making IIS Server management easy. This article briefly introduces how to install and manage IIS Server 4.0, and focuses on how to use MMC to create a Web site and FTP site, as well as settings of relevant properties.

IIS Server 4.0 Installation

On Windows NT Server 4.0, you must install the following three software in sequence to successfully install IIS Server 4.0:

① Service Pack Server 3SP3 for NT): this software is provided by Microsoft to correct some errors in Windows NT Server 4.0. It also provides support for the latest Internet technology, it has two versions: English version and Chinese version.

② Internet Explorer e 4.0IE4.0): Microsoft released the latest WWW browser. Because IIS Server 4.0 documents use Web pages, many new features that are only supported by IE4.0 are used on these pages. Therefore, you must install them.

③ Option Pack: This is the software package containing the iisserver 4.0. execute the Installation File setup.exe). Follow the Installation Wizard to complete the step-by-step operation.

The above three software can be downloaded from www.microsoft.com for free. After the above three software are successfully installed, a Windows NT 4.0 option pack item is added to the "program" group of Windows NT, and a Management Console (MMC) is provided ), used to manage the entire Web Server. Next we will introduce how to use MMC to create Web sites and FTP sites and set relevant properties.

In Windows NT, click Start -- program -- Windows NT 4.0 option pack -- Microsoft Internet Information Server -- Microsoft Management Console to start MMC. For more information about IIS servers, see here.