Changes between Version 40 and Version 41 of ConfigureGuide22Windows

Timestamp:

09/01/10 18:26:29 (14 years ago)

Author:

hluo

Comment:

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ConfigureGuide22Windows

@@ -92 +92 @@
 By default, IIS 7 is not turned on under either Windows 7 or Windows 2008 Server. 
 
+How IIS feature is turned on under Windows XP/7 or Windows Server is different. 
+
 To turn on this feature under windows 7, go to Control Panel->Programs->Turn Windows Features On or Off, in the poped up Windows Features, expand Internet Information Services, check WWW Services, click OK to install the selected features. 
 
@@ -98 +100 @@
 ==== Create registry key '''!IniFilePath'''. ====
 
-suppose PHP is installed under c:\php and with all mapguide related extensions copied to folder '''ext''' like what you've done with runing Apache as Web Server. If you've already configured Apache to run mapguide successfully, nothing needs to be done with your PHP installation.
+To configure IIS with PHP, IIS needs to know where "php.ini" is. IIS gets to know the location of this file through a registry entry, which is  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->SOFTWARE->PHP->!IniFilePath with string value '''c:\php\''', suppose PHP is installed under c:\php. If PHP is installed with Windows installer, the registry entry is created automatically, otherwise, this key needs to created manually. 
 
-Suppose you know how to create windows registry key manually, create a registry key to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->SOFTWARE->PHP->!IniFilePath with string value '''c:\php\''', this registry entry is to tell IIS where to find '''php.ini'''.
+==== Open IIS Manager by going to Control Panel->Administrative Tools->IIS Manager ====
 
-==== Configure IIS 7. Open IIS Manager by going to Control Panel->Administrative Tools->IIS Manager ====
-
-'''''Note: Suppose you know how to open the GUI for the following actions, here we only list the values of the fields in GUI'''''
+'''''Note: We won't explain how to open GUI for the following actions here as it might be different under various windows versions, here we only list the values of the fields in GUI'''''
 
  1. Create Application Pool. 
@@ -113 +113 @@
 Start Application Pool Immediately: true
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- 2. IIS configuration has several levels, the topmost levle is Server(or Host), then Sites, Virtual Directory. The configuration of lower level can inherate from its parent layer. For this reason, we only configure Server level. In the left panel, select what every your machine name is, there should be a list of configuration categories in the right panel. The important categories are Handler Mapping, ISAPI and CGI Restrictions
+ 2. IIS configuration has several levels, the topmost levle is Server(or Host), then Sites, Virtual Directory, Applications. The configuration of lower level can inherate from its parent level. For this reason, we only configure Server level. In the left panel, select what every your machine name is, there should be a list of configuration categories in the right panel. The minimum configurations are Handler Mapping, ISAPI and CGI Restrictions
 
  3. Handler Mapping->Add Module Mappings, add the following module mappings