Brad -
What Erik meant to say was that there are some great manuals out there, and
some great mail lists supporting web server topics. Maybe you should check
them out. O'Reilly is a good start for DNS stuff.
NAT
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Erik Voldengen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 9:04 PM
> To: Fusebox
> Subject: RE: W2K Web Server
>
>
> There are some tutorials (viewlets) coming up at SecretAgents.com
> that cover things like setting up sites on IIS, stuff like that.
>
> I don't know of any white papers out there that describe the caveats
> of starting to host in house, but I'll sum it up the best I can for
> you.
>
> 1) Just use IIS. It works really well, and comes with W2K server
> 2) If you're going to use an enterprise level database, better put that
> on a separate box. Make sure that's running, too. Access is okay
> on the same box, but don't expect enterprise level performance with
> this configuration.
> 3) After IIS is running on the server (Test it) install CF server
> 4) Test your CF installation by setting up your datasources in CF
> Administrator
> (it will be in the start menu)
> 5) Bind as many IP addresses to the NIC as you think you'll need.
> Doing it up front saves you from having to reboot the server
> down the road. You can also set up multiple sites in IIS to
> use a single IP address (there's a viewlet on that coming up @ SA.com)
> 6) Set up your DNS. W2K has a DNS server built in. Hopefully
> someone knows a little about DNS in house. If not, O'Reily
> makes a great book on BIND/DNS. Microsoft also has a very
> in depth white paper on DNS using it's product. I myself just
> installed BIND on NT, but I don't think anyone else would or
> even should do that.
> 7) Set up your web sites in IIS (Also a viewlet for that on the way)
> 8) Don't forget to fudge the site properties for each site you create,
> making sure your usage logs are being put where you want them, and
> they are storing the data you need them to store.
>
> That's about all I can think of right now. Definately send me an
> email (to me, rather than the list) and let me know what you're having
> trouble with. I will write a primer, but I don't remember what
> was and was not obvious when I took the task on myself a few years
> ago.
>
> And one more note - hosting stuff in house is a pain in the ass.
> All of a sudden, someone needs to be able to come into the office
> to reboot the server, etc. And right when you have a deadline to
> hit, the server takes a big crap and you end up having to work on
> it for several agonizing hours. And if I had a nickle for every
> time a client called and said the statistics program was "frozen,"
> I would have about 4 dollars and 75 cents. Not that I'm bitter
> or anything... Just be aware it's not going to be a zero maintanance
> task you are taking on here.
>
> Again, feel free to email me off the list if you get stuck.
>
> Good Luck!
>
> -Erik Voldengen
> http://www.erikv.com
> scumbag independent contractor
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brad Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 6:08 PM
> To: Fusebox
> Subject: OT: W2K Web Server
>
>
> I'm really in need of advice on setting up a web server. In the past I've
> always used an ISP so this is all new. We've got a Dell server with W2K,
> IIS 5, CF 4.5, and a dedicated internet connection to our ISP. I need to
> start hosting our sites in house. Does anyone know of a
> (beginners) step by
> step guide to setting everything up? I don't want to go through
> our ISP to
> set up domain names so I'm guessing we have to configure our server as a
> dns??? I need to transfer around 100 domain names to our server.
> Any help
> would be greatly appreciated.
>
> FWIW, I've already read through the IIS docs with no good starting place.
>
> Brad
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