Setting up a Web server in the Win 2003 environment

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This article describes how to set up a WWW server for anonymous access in a Windows Server 2003 environment.

Install Internet Information Services

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) is a WEB service that is integrated with Windows Server 2003.

To install IIS, add optional components, or remove optional components, follow these steps, XX:

Click Start, point to Control Panel, and then click Add or Remove Programs.

The Add or Remove Programs tool starts.

Click Add/Remove Windows components.

Displays the Windows Components wizard.

In the list of Windows components, click Web Application Server.

Click Details, and then click Internet Information Services (IIS).

Click Details to view the list of IIS optional components.

Select the optional components you want to install. By default, the following components are selected:

Public files

FrontPage 2002 Server Extentions

Internet Information Services snap-in

Internet Information Services Manager

NNTP Service

SMTP Service

World Wide Web Services

Click World Wide Web Service, and then click Details to view a list of IIS optional subcomponents, such as the active Server Pages component and the Remote Administration (HTML) tool. Select the optional sub-components you want to install. By default, the following components are selected:

World Wide Web Services

Click OK until you return to the Windows Components wizard.

Click Next, and then complete the Windows Components wizard.

Configure Anonymous Authentication

To configure anonymous authentication, follow these steps, XX:

Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Internet Information Services (IIS).

Expand * Server name (where the server name is the name of the server), right-click the Web site, and then click Properties.

In the Web Site Properties dialog box, click the Directory Security tab.

Under Authentication and access control, click Edit.

Click to select the Enable Anonymous access check box.

Note: The user account in the User name box is used only for anonymous access through the Windows Guest account.

By default, the server creates and uses the account IUSR_computername. The anonymous user account password is used only in Windows, and anonymous users do not log on with a user name and password.

Under Authenticated access, click the Integrated Windows authentication check box to select it.

Click OK two times.

Basic WEB Site Configuration

Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Internet Information Services (IIS).

Expand Server name (where the server name is the name of the server), and then expand the Web site.

Right-click the Default Web site, and then click Properties.

Click the Web Site tab. If you have assigned more than one IP address to your computer, in the IP address box, click the IP address that you want to assign to this WEB site.

Click the Performance tab. Use the Web Site Properties-Performance dialog box to set properties that affect the memory, bandwidth usage, and number of web connections.

By configuring network bandwidth at a specific site, you have greater control over the traffic at that site. For example, by limiting bandwidth on a low-priority Web site, you can relax restrictions on the amount of access to his site. Similarly, when you specify the number of connections to a Web site, you can release resources for other sites. Settings are site-specific and should be adjusted based on network traffic and usage changes.

Click to select the limit the bandwidth available to this WEB site check box to configure IIS to adjust network bandwidth to the maximum amount of bandwidth selected, in kilobytes per second (KB/S).

Click the Web Service Connection check box to select a specific number or an unqualified number of Web service connections. Restricting connections can make computer resources available to other processes.

Note: Each client that browses a WEB site typically uses approximately three connections.

Click the Home Directory tab.

If you want to use WEB content that is stored on the local computer, click Directory on this computer, and then type the path that you want in the Local Path box. For example, the default path is C:/inetpub/wwwroot.

Note: For added security, do not create a Web content folder under the root directory.

If you want to use WEB content that is stored on another computer, click Shared location on another computer, and then type the location that 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 that you want in the redirect to box. Under Customer Send To, click the appropriate check box to select it.