Creating IIS Site

What Is IIS?

IIS is short for Internet Information Services.

It is a service and a component of the Windows 2000 Server series. Different from common applications, IIS is a part of the operating system like a driver. It is started when the system is started.

Creating an IIS Site on a Windows Host

1. Create an application by referring to Creating an Application.
2. On the Deployment Actions page, add this deployment action based on the service scenario.
3. Configure the action using the parameters described in the table below.

   Table 1 Parameters

   Parameter	Description
   Action Name	Custom action name. Enter 1 to 128 characters. Do not start or end with a space. Use letters, digits, spaces, and these special characters: -_,;:./()
   Environment	Deployment object. Select an environment whose resource type is host cluster.
   Application Pool	Application pool of IIS.
   .Net CLR Version	Version of .Net CLR.
   Website Name	Name of the website.
   Port	The (listening) port that is bound.
   Physical Path	Physical path of the application.
   Log Path	Log path of the IIS running site.
   Action Control	Whether to enable the settings. Keep running on failure: Continue the task even if this action fails.

Procedure

1. Select a Windows environment for the application.
2. Check whether the IIS version on the target Windows host is higher than 7.0. If the version is 7.0 or lower, upgrade it.

   The check procedure is as follows:

   1. Press Windows+R to open the Run dialog box, enter the inetmgr command for opening the IIS management window, and click OK.

      

   2. Start the IIS manager, and then choose Help > About Internet Information Services.

      

   3. View the IIS version in the displayed dialog box.

      

3. Enter the physical path and log path of the application.
4. Enter the .Net CLR Version of the target Windows host.
   • Find clever.exe in C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\bin or C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.0A\bin\NETFX 4.0 Tools.

     If clever.exe cannot be found, download and install it.

   • Run the program in the cmd window to obtain the version supported by the .NET CLR.

   

5. Enter the application pool name and website name.
6. Specify a port (the port bound) and deploy the application.

Helpful Links

If you encounter any problem during deployment, see Creating an IIS Site.