Networking Reflective Journal Week 14

Gidday goofballs, how're tings in happy happy land? This week we continued to focus on server installation practicals with a few add-ons to boot. Notes and practical specs are as below.

Remote Website Administration

One aspect of administrating a Web site is supplying the Web pages that make up the site. A number of Web design tools exist; the tools employed and the overall look and feel of the Web site depend on the purpose of the site.
Web content must be placed in the home directory of the site. The default Web site’s local path is c:\inetpub\wwwroot. You place or publish the content for the site in this directory.
You can preview Web content locally using your Web browser and the IP address or NetBIOS name of the server. For example, the content on a Web server named wimpy could be accessed using the command http://wimpy

Administrating the Web Site Remotely
You manage and administer your Web sites using the IIS Manager snap-in. Content can be added to Web directories using Windows Explorer or by selecting Explore from the shortcut menu of any Web site in the IIS Manager. Another option for managing your Web sites is the Remote Administration Web Interface.

To install Remote Administration, follow these steps:
1. Select Start, Control Panel, then Add or Remove Programs
2. In the Add or Remove Programs window, select the Add/Remove Windows Components icon. The Windows Components Wizard appears
3. Selection Applications Server in the Components list and then click Details
4. Click the Internet Information Services (IIS) subcomponent and then click Details.
5. Select World Wide Web Service and then click Details
6. Select the Remove Administration (HTML) check box and then click OK. Click OK two more times to return to the wizard’s main screen.
7. Click Next to begin the installation of the Remote Administration component.
8. Click Finish when the process is complete.

After Remove Administration is installed, you can connect to a remote Web server. Follow these steps:
1. Click the Start button and then select Run
2. In the Run dialog box, type https://server name/ip:8098 (eg. https://192.168.0.1:8098)
3. Then click OK
4. Internet Explorer opens, and a username and password dialog box appears. Enter a username with administrative privileges and an appropriate password.
5. Then click OK
The Web Remote Administration page opens. The Web interface provides links to a number of administrative tasks at the top of the page.
Administration Web Page Tools
Welcome Links are available to set the Administrator password, the server name, and the default page for the server
Status Alerts related to the site are shown on this page. For example, alerts might be related to features not configured, such as email alerts or configuration of a certificate for the server
Sites This page lists the sites on the server and enables you to start and stop the service. You can also create new Web sites from this page
Web Server This page enables you to configure the server’s general settings, such as the root directory and the number of maximum connections. Links to Web and FTP logs are provided. Links to FTP settings include FTP messages and FTP master setting.
Network You can set the server name and domain membership and configure the network interface properties on the server. You can also configure the IP address that will be used for remote administration of the server.
Users This page enables you to manage local users and groups on the server
Maintenance This page enables you to set the date and time on the server, view log files, and set the alert email for the server. You can also shut down or restart the server manually or by creating a schedule
Help This page provides a list of help topics for using the Web interface for Web server administration
Many of the common tasks for managing the Web server are found on the various administration pages. The Administration Web page provides a way to quickly manage some of the basic settings related to your IIS server and your Web sites on the server, but it can not perform all the tasks found in the IIS Manager snap-in.

Practical Task
1. Install Windows Server 2003
2. Set up Client->Server Network
3. Install and Configure Active Directory, DNS and DHCP
4. Create a User Account
5. Install and Test IIS
6. Install and Test FTP
7. Install and Test the Remote Website Administration tool

The install went smoothly enough although I did encounter a few problems along the way (as usual).

Well cheers for now groovers, stay safe and remember to wiggle it, just a little bit.