Microsoft IIS 10.0 Cookbook

By Ashraf Khan

About This Book

• Provide a secure, easy-to-manage extensible platform for hosting your websites
• Leverage IIS 10.0 in order to deploy web site in seconds
• Integrate Windows and Nano Server 2016 and automate it with PowerShell
• Recipes to Manage and monitor your IIS 10.0

Who This Book Is For

If you are an administrator or web developer with a basic (or no) knowledge of Microsoft IIS and want to set up your own web server, then this is the book for you.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Release date: Jun 27, 2017
• ISBN: 9781787122727

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Microsoft IIS 10.0 Cookbook

Task-oriented recipes to manage your web server with ease

Ashraf Khan

BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI

Microsoft IIS 10.0 Cookbook

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Credits

About the Author

Ashraf Khan works as the Head Of Network Operating System Unit, with a diverse background in production systems, Network Administration, and Solutions Architecture. He has the MCSE-Server, MCSE-Messaging, MCSE-Cloud, CCNA, ITIL & Prince2 certifications. He has more than 13 years of experience in sectors such as IT infrastructure and private and government sectors located in India and the UAE and remote support for USA and worldwide for physical and virtual server environment IT management, implementation, planning, disaster recovery, testing, and technical support.

I would like to express my gratitude to the many people who saw me through this book and to all those who provided support, talked things over, read, wrote, offered comments, allowed me to quote their remarks, and assisted in the editing, proofreading, and design.

I would like to thank my editors Heramb Bhavsar and Sharon Raj and reviewer, Anwarul Haque, for enabling me to publish this book. Above all, I want to thank my wife, Shama, and the rest of my family, who supported and encouraged me in spite of all the times it took me away from them. It was a long and difficult journey for them.

I would like to thank Sharon Raj for helping me in the process of selection and editing. Thanks to Packt who encouraged me.

Last but not least, I beg forgiveness of all those who have been with me over the years and whose names I have failed to mention.

About the Reviewer

Anwarul Haque has been creating applications professionally since 2004. Haque has worked as a consultant for over 12 years in the enterprise and consumer domains. He is a Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Application Development certified since 2007, Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 C/Side Development certified since 2014, and Microsoft Certified Professional Developer since 2014. He also worked on SharePoint 2010 and 2013 offline premises, online SharePoint Office 365, and IIS Server management with hosting management skills at the administration level. He managed web servers at various platforms and technology applications hosted on Windows IIS Server, Azure Server, and Unix Server. Apart from IIS Server, he also managed and hosted websites on Apache Tomcat Server.

In the development area, he has worked on various IDEs, tools, and technologies, such as Microsoft Office Designer applications for SharePoint development, Microsoft CRM Portal, ASP.Net, VB.Net, ADO.Net, WCF, SSRS, ASP 3.0, Entity Framework, SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2012, 2015, Oracle, Visual Basic 6.0 & VBA macro, VB Script, JavaScript, Ajax, jQuery, dynamic Excel reports and charts, and add-on developers for Microsoft Office products. He has also used subversion control tools such as Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, SVN, and the IBM Rational ClearCase tool.

As a professional, he has worked with small and large enterprises in Matrix InfoSoft, MetaOption LLC, and currently works as a software analyst in GCE Solutions, which is based in New Delhi.

You can follow him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/anwarul-haque-b4824b21/.

I would like to thank my lovely wife, Zeenat Haque, for her patience, support, and understanding!

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Table of Contents

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Sections

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the example code

Downloading the color images of this book

Errata

Piracy

Questions

Integrating IIS 10.0 with Windows Server 2016

Introduction

Understanding IIS 10.0

Basic requirements of IIS 10.0

OS requirements

Hardware requirements

Windows Server 2016

Windows 10

Operating system media

IIS 10.0 architecture

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Introducing the IIS 10.0 architecture's components and modules

Overview of an HTTP request

Details of an HTTP request inside the worker process

Installing IIS 10.0 on Windows Server 2016

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works...

IIS Manager

Getting ready

How to do it...

How to manage remote IIS?

How it works...

Basic configuration of IIS 10.0

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Hosting static web page

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Testing a static-page website

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating an Application Pool in IIS 10.0

Introduction

Understanding application pools in IIS 10.0

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Installation of lower framework version

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating different application pools in IIS 10.0

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Configuration of application pool on IIS 10.0

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Hosting .NET web page

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Hosting different versions of a .NET website

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Testing different versions of a website

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Hosting Multiple Websites on IIS 10.0

Introduction

Hosting multiple websites

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating a website folder

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Configuring websites

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works..

Configuring ports

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works..

Configuring the website IP

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Deploying websites

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Testing websites

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Constructing Virtual Directories in IIS 10.0

Introduction

Constructing a virtual directory in IIS 10.0

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Understanding IIS 10.0 virtual directories

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Configuring virtual directories in IIS 10.0

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Configuring virtual directories with different application pools

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Uploading a .NET web page

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Testing the uploaded web page

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Installing HTTP/2 on IIS 10.0

Introduction

Understanding HTTP/2

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Installing HTTP/2 on IIS 10.0

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Configuring HTTP/2 on IIS 10.0

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Uploading .NET web pages

Getting ready

How it do it...

How it works...

Testing uploaded web pages

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Getting Your Wildcard Host Up and Running

Introduction

Understanding wildcard hosts

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating a wildcard host

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Configuring a wildcard host

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Uploading .NET web pages to a wildcard host

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Testing uploaded website pages

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Deploying IIS 10.0 on Nano Server

Introduction

Understanding IIS 10.0 on Nano Server

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Installing IIS 10.0 on Nano Server

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Managing IIS 10.0 on Nano Server

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating an IIS 10.0 website on Nano Server

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Configuring an IIS 10.0 website on Nano Server

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Uploading website pages

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Testing uploaded web pages

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Configuring IIS Administration with PowerShell Cmdlets

Introduction

IIS administration with PowerShell cmdlets

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating an advanced IIS 10.0 website on Nano Server

Getting ready

How to do it...

How to do it...

Configuring IIS 10.0 websites on Nano Server

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Uploading IIS 10.0 websites to Nano Server

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works....

Testing uploaded web pages

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Enabling ASP.NET Core with IIS on Nano Server

Introduction

Understanding ASP.NET Core with IIS on Nano Server

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Configuring ASP.NET Core with IIS on Nano Server

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating an IIS 10.0 virtual directory on Nano Server

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Configuring a virtual directory in IIS 10.0

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Uploading and testing web pages in a virtual directory

Getting ready

How do to it...

How it works...

Installing and Configuring SSL Websites

Introduction

Understanding SSL websites in IIS 10.0

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Installing SSL

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating an SSL certificate

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Configuring websites with an SSL port and certificate

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Using PowerShell commands to create SSL certificates

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Testing SSL websites

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Extending IIS 10.0 to FTP

Introduction

Understanding FTP

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Installing FTP on IIS 10.0

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating, securing, and configuring an FTP site

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating an FTP user and managing user permissions

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Testing our FTP server

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Securing Your Websites on IIS 10.0

Introduction

Understanding available security on IIS 10.0

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Configuring security on IIS 10.0

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

URL authorization and authentication

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

IP address and domain restrictions

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Testing security on IIS 10.0

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Managing and Troubleshooting IIS 10.0

Introduction

Managing IIS 10.0

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Installing Health, Diagnostics, and Performance features

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Configuring Health and Diagnostics

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Configuring Failed Request Tracing Rules

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Configuring static content compression

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Preface

IIS 10.0 is the latest version of Internet Information Services (IIS), which is an extensible web server developed by Microsoft. IIS 10.0 was introduced with Windows Server 2016 and the Windows 10 operating system. New features of IIS