Today, I will show you how to add your PHP to default document on IIS (Internet Information Manager).

You can follow this simple steps to add PHP to default document:

Step 1

Double-click on Default Document like below:

Step 2

Select the Change Permissions button. By default, there are 6 default document types. In the event that the directory contained a document called Default.htm and a document called default.aspx, all browsers will load page Default.htm because it is higher in the priority list, see below:

Step 3

Now, you can configure PHP. you would like index.php to have the highest default priority. Using the mouse, select the Add button which has seen above.

Step 4

Type index.php and then select/push the OK button.

Note that index.php has the highest priority.

That's all! Easy, right?

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When you navigate a browser to a folder that contains one of the defined default documents, the default document will automatically load. However, how can you run HTML documents through the file server? Here are the steps to run your HTML documents through the file server on your computer.

Step 1

Using the mouse, double-click on iisstart.htm below:

Step 2

When a web page is run through the file server, file:// can be seen in a navigation bar (if visible).

Step 3

Files that are run through the file server, might be located anywhere on the drive.

That's all!

For your information, web files that contain a middleware language, such as PHP, ASP, JSP, etc. will not run correctly through the File Server and they must be run through the Web Server.

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In this article you'll find out how to assemble a Firewall to support a FTP website in IIS. Through this text we are going to assemble the Firewall so the FTP Server may be enabled to receive a Passive knowledge association type the Firewall.

First of all open your administrative Tools from the start Menu.

Now your Administrator Tools are going to be opened, among these tools you'll find an option named "IIS Manager", double click on this feature to open it.

On the left hand side you'll see that a pane is provided named "Connection pane", during this connection pane your server name are going to be provided. And now click on this Server Name to open it.

Now within the FTP features view an option will be accessible named "FTP Firewall Support", double-click on this feature to open it.

Now the Firewall Support Page is going to be opened, here you'll see that 2 Text Boxes are provided, one for the port and another for the IP Address.

Now offer the range of Ports for the data Channel Port range, however keep in mind that you just cannot offer the range between 0 and 1024 since these ports are reserved ports.

After providing the Port range and IP Address, click on the "Apply" button provided within the connection Pane.

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This article shows you how to install multiple SSL certificates for Server Name Indication using the Management Console on Windows 2012 Server. If you wish to install a single certificate on IIS 8, please refer to the IIS 8 SSL Installation Instructions. Or if you didn't generate a certificate request (CSR) yet, and didn't order a certificate, please see IIS 8 SSL Certificate Request Instructions.

Here are the steps how to install multiple SSL certificate on Microsoft IIS 8:

Step 1

Save the certificate you received to the desktop of your Windows 2012 Server.

Step 2

Open the IIS console by clicking Start, then opening Administrative Tools, then Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

Step 3

Click on your server's name in the left pane.

Step 4

In the center pane, double-click Server Certificates in the IIS section.

Step 5

In the Actions menu in the right pane, click on "Complete Certificate Request" to open the Complete Certificate Request Wizard.

Step 6

Browse for the certificate file you just saved to your desktop. Enter a friendly name to identify the certificate with. This name will not be part of the certificate, but serves to identify the certificate for the server administrator. Use the same domain name you used when requesting your certificate. Select the Web Hosting certificate store. Click OK to store the certificate on the server.

You may encounter a known issue on IIS 8 if you receive the message "Failed to remove the certificate". In that case, click Cancel to exit the dialog, and refresh the server certificates list by pressing F5. If your certificate appears in the list, it installed correctly. However, you may want to check that it was saved to the correct Web Hosting store. If your certificate doesn't appear, you will need to re-issue your certificate with a new CSR.

Step 7

The certificate is now installed on the server, but must be assigned to a web site in IIS. Click on your server name in the left pane to browse the sites, and select the site you wish to assign the certificate to. In the Actions menu in the right pane, click "Bindings" to add a binding.

Step 8

In the Site Bindings window, click "Add" to open the Add Site Binding window.

Step 9

Select https as type. The IP address should be the one your website is listening on. Alternatively, you can leave the dropdown to All Unassigned. Leave the TCP port to 443, and select the correct certificate from the dropdown.

Step 10

Your first SSL certificate is now installed, and the main website is ready to accept SSL connections.

Step 11

Repeat all previous steps for installing your second certificate, up to step 9. In the Add Site Binding window, you should now check the box Require Server Name Indication. This is not required for the first certificate, which is the server's main certificate, but it is for the second and any additional certificates installed.

Step 12

Repeat the steps above for your third and any additional certificates you wish to install.

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This article shows you how to install an SSL certificate, using the Management Console on Windows 2012 Server.

Here are the steps to install a single SSL certificate on Microsoft IIS 8:

1. Save the certificate you received to the desktop of your Windows 2012 Server.

2. Open the IIS console by clicking Start, then opening Administrative Tools, then Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

3. Click on your server's name in the left pane.

4. In the center pane, double-click Server Certificates in the IIS section.

5. In the Actions menu in the right pane, click on Complete Certificate Request... to open the Complete Certificate Request Wizard.

6. Browse for the certificate file you just saved to your desktop. Enter a friendly name to identify the certificate with. This name will not be part of the certificate, but serves to identify the certificate for the server administrator. Use the same domain name you used when requesting your certificate. Select the Personal certificate store. Click OK to store the certificate on the server.

7. The certificate is now installed on the server, but must be assigned to a web site in IIS. Click on your server name in the left pane to browse the sites, and select the site you wish to assign the certificate to. In the Actions menu in the right pane, click Bindings to add a binding.

8. In the Site Bindings window, click Add to open the Add Site Binding window.

9. Select https as type. The IP address should be the one your website is listening on. Alternatively, you can leave the dropdown to All Unassigned. Leave the TCP port to 443, and select the correct certificate from the dropdown.

10. The Site Bindings window should now correctly reflect the addition of the certificate, which is now ready to be used by your website. Congratulations!

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In this tutorial, I will show you how to install PHP and configure IIS to PHP Webpages Server. PHP is a widely used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML. This guide is recommended for IIS 8.0.

Follow this step to configure IIS to PHP Server:

1. You must download PHP for Windows 

Click here to download

2.  Extract the downloaded zip ( C:php )

3.  Download PHP manager for IIS ( it's an extension  for managing PHP from IIS control panel)

Click here to download

These are the some features of PHP Manager:

1.     Register PHP with IIS
2.     Validate and properly configure existing PHP installations
3.     Run multiple PHP versions side by side on the same server and even within the same web site
4.     Check PHP runtime configuration and environment (output of phpinfo() function)
5.     Configure various PHP settings
6.     Enable or disable PHP extensions
7.     Remotely manage PHP configuration in php.ini file.
8.     Easily install, configure, and manage troubleshoot in one or many PHP versions on the same IIS server.

4. Open PHP manager and click on "register new php installation"

5. Choose "php-cgi.exe" then click OK

6. Now, check phpinfo and choose "error reporting"

7. Testing Time: open your favorite code editor and type

For example:

<?php echo "Hello World !" ; ?>

Save this as hello.php ( or anything ) on c:inetpubwwwroot and open http://localhost/hello.php

Then you'll get an output like the picture below:

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In this tutorial, we will perceive how to make a virtual host utilizing IIS Web Server on Windows Server 2012. Virtual Directory or virtual hosting is a procedure for hosting numerous domain names on a single server. This is basically sharing the services of a single server for multiple companies or for multiple websites. Now and again its called Vhost. A Virtual Host is ususally utilized by an organization or association that would like to keep up or buy numerous servers. Virtual Hosting can be supported using IIS Web Server or utilizing Apache Web Server.

1. First, you should Install IIS on your server and then restart it.
2. Open the IIS manager and browse to your site (or choose default site).

3. And then, Choose your site and right-click the mouse and select “Add Virtual Directory“ as you can see on the picture below.

In this window set the alias name and physical path where your website page is put away. Press the OK button so it will make a virtual registry. The alias name is the name to get to this index over the web. For instance with an alias of abc_alias we can get to it utilizing the accompanying URL: www.domain.com/abc_alias/.

Now make the default website page on that "Physical Path index", for instance home.html, default.asp and abc.html. This default site page must be added to the Default Document Set. So it load when the virtual directory is hit over the internet.

Then include the default website page passage into the "Default Document" of the current Virtual Directory. Open it by twofold clicking on the Default Document Icon.

Click Add from the top-right corner and include your default page name with extension. For example homepage.html.

Now test your sub-domain in the web program utilizing IIS or with a URL. Syntax: Host_Name/Virtual_Directory_Name.

Use the same process for creating multiple Virtual Directories. As shown in the preceding image there are three Virtual Directories created that can be accessible using the following URLs.

www.domain.com/aaa/
www.domain.com/bbb/
www.domain.com/subdomain/

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In this article, I will explain you how to Import the Server Authentication Certificate with IIS.

First step, you must select and click on the Start Menu and from there open the Administrative Tools looks on the below picture:

When in Administrative Tools, there is a list of options will be available. And then, click on the IIS Manager and open it.

In IIS Manager Wizard, here on the right hand side the Connections Pane will be available, click on the server name.

In Center Pane an option will be available named Server Certificates, double-click on this option to open it.

When the Page open, All certificates will be shown that are currently working on your system. Right-click on any certificate and choose to Import as you can see on the following picture:

Choosing the Import will open a New Wizard, here first give the name to the Certificate File that you need to import and after that give password for that certificate. After that click on the "Ok" button to import the file.

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Today, I experienced the issue "Unable to launch the IIS Express Web Server" while I was running my Visual Studio 2012. So I considered imparting how to determine that issue.

Since we needed to do a "Get the Latest files from the server". (We are using TFS.) Then when I run my application I was getting this problems. The reason for this error is, somebody has checked in the solution file with his port number (the port number he was using).

When I took the most recent, it was situated in my answer record too. We must take the latest solution file only when it is required. So here I will impart the solution for the first issue.

1. Right-click on your solution and select Properties as indicated in the following picture:

2. Choose “Web” from the left menu.

3. Under the “Use local IIS server” change the port number from http://localhost:58030/ to another one.   

4. In this example, I’ve changed http://localhost:58030/ to http://localhost:58031/

5. Now run again your Apps. The issue will be solved. I Hope it works for you!

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In this post, I will tell you about How to Configure IIS to Run Silverlight Services. When you have been installed the Silverlight, we still need to install/enable IIS using the following steps.

Either we can open it from "Run" - "appwiz.cpl" - "Turn Windows features on or off - by enabling Internet Information Services & Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1" or we can do it from the Control Panel.

Selecting Turn Windows Features on or off

Enabling IIS and .NET Framework

When you preceding has been done you need to add MIME types in IIS.

First step, open the IIS with this command: 
"Run" - "inetmgr"For the first time, it will ask you to connect. When you connect & choose the instance on the right hand side under "Features View" there is IIS. Below the IIS there is "MIME Types"; click on that looks like the picture below.

In MIME Types check whether we have an extension for .SVC since we are using services in our Silverlight project. If we do not have the extension then add a new extension on right hand side at the top there is an add under Action. I already added it in my IIS, That’s why the File Name Extension is showing as un-editable.

Now, must do the same for xaml, xap and xbap extensions.

And now we are going to configure IIS from the command prompt. Since we already installed Framework and Silverlight. It is installed at the following location: c:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\
Next step, Open the CMD with Administrative privileges. And go to the above path.

In my case we’ll need both V3.0 & V4.0.30319, now first we will go to version V4.0.30319 and run the following command:
aspnet_regiis /i

The command above will install the ASP.NET and enables the service for IIS. Now we will go to version V3.0 at the following path: c:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.0\Windows Communication Foundation.

Now, type and run the following command:
ServiceModelReg.exe /i

It’ll install a few things that we require to repare our IIS to publish our SilverlightServices and run. Now our IIS is ready to use Silverlight enable services.

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