I'm building a website and it runs well on the server (IIS5.1) but I can't get the permissions right on IIS7.0 (which happens to be my dev PC). I've added the IIS_USRS group to the folder and still nothing from the outside. I can connect to it via localhost but nothing from other computers on the LAN.
Don't tell me to move to Apache.
I'm a noob when it comes to setting up websites. I need to RTFM but I'm being pushed to get it working before I have time to do it the proper way. I'm not worried about security or logins at the moment just getting it working.
Is it worthwhile even bothering with upgrading to IIS7.0 or should I leave IIS5.1 on the server? It's very low volume traffic (probably 1 or 2 connections at a time). What are the actual benefits of IIS7.0?
With IIS 6.0 and later, you have to go to Web Service Extensions and make sure that ASP.NET is allowed. This catches a lot of new IIS users out, so you may want to check that.
I'm used to working with IIS 6.0 (Server 2003) though, not sure how to do it in IIS 7.0.
Thanks Ron. IIS5.1 is so simple you just drop the app into the wwwroot folder and create an application and it runs from the get go (on the public IP). Ideal for learning on but I don't think it's very secure.
AFAIK, IIS 5.1 is the version with Windows XP. Like you said, it's great for learning on, but you'll find that it has limitations that make it unsuitable for a production environment.
Well, the last client of ours who ended up trying to run their entire intranet on an XP box ended up eating their words indeed. Your mileage may vary though.
No, this is only going to be accessible by 2 or 3 top engineers concurrently (this is the design spec). It graphs some data collected by remote monitoring stations (embedded units - I also wrote that). I actually got a really nice dynamic (client-side) professional graphing package in the end. Will only be about 6 or 7 pages total when it's finished and when I say 5 people, at the moment it's only 1 guy who uses it, so 5 is exaggerating slightly. Will definitely not be accessible to the entire company (10s of 1000's of people).
If really need more traffic, we'll get a separate web server and connect it to the data source with a fat pipe.
