IIS 8 Administration: The Personal Trainer for IIS 8.0 and IIS 8.5 (The Personal Trainer for Technology)

Learning IIS 8 administration doesn't have to be a frustrating experience, you can learn everything you need to manage IIS effectively by reading this book. To learn how to manage IIS, you need practical hands-on advice from an expert who has years of experience working with IIS. William Stanek is such an expert.

By reading this book and working step by step through the essential tasks discussed, you can learn to:

Install Web and application servers
Enable and configure remote administration
Perform administration using the command-line and Windows PowerShell
Configure Web sites, servers, and virtual directories
Manage the global IIS configuration settings
Customize Web content, HTTP headers, and error messages
Use included files, custom file types, and caching
Set up logging and track usage statistics

This book is designed for anyone who wants to learn how to manage IIS 8, including those who manage or support computers running Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2. Inside, you'll find comprehensive overviews, step-by-step procedures, frequently used tasks, documented examples, and much more. One of the goals is to keep the content so concise that the book remains compact and easy to navigate while at the same time ensuring that the book is packed with as much information as possible--making it a valuable resource.

Table of Contents

Introduction 19
What’s This Book About? 19
What Do I Need to Know? 19
How Is This Book Organized? 20
What Conventions Are Used in This Book? 20
Other Resources 20
Chapter 1. IIS 8.0 and IIS 8.5 Administration Overview 23
Working with IIS 8: What You Need to Know Right Now 23
Introducing IIS 8 Configuration Architecture 27
IIS and Your Hardware 39
Web Administration Tools and Techniques 41
Chapter 2. Deploying IIS 8 50
IIS 8 Protocols 50
IIS Roles 54
Navigating the IIS Role Services and Features 56
Setting Up IIS 8.0 and IIS 8.5 69
Managing Installed Roles and Role Services 76
Chapter 3. Core IIS 8 Administration 82
Working with IIS and URLs 82
Understanding the Core IIS Architecture 85
Understanding the Services and Processing Architecture 89
Managing IIS Servers: The Essentials 98
Managing IIS Services 108
Chapter 4. Managing IIS 8 from the Command Line 114
Using Windows PowerShell 114
Working with Cmdlets 119
Using the IIS Command-Line Administration Tool 127
Working with IIS Commands 131
Chapter 5. Managing Global IIS Configuration 138
Understanding Configuration Levels and Global Configuration 138
Managing Configuration Sections 143
Extending IIS 8 with Modules 150
Managing Modules 158
Sharing Global Configuration 169
Chapter 6. Configuring Web Sites 173
Coonfiguring IP Addresses and Name Resolution 173
Creating Web Sites 183
Managing Web Sites and Their Properties 190
Chapter 7. Configuring Directories for Web Sites 208
Working with Physical and Virtual Directory Structures 208
Managing Directories and Their Properties 214
Chapter 8. Customizing Web Server Content 221
Managing Web Content 221
Redirecting Browser Requests 223
Customizing Web Site Content and HTTP Headers 229
Customizing Web Server Error Messages 245
Using MIME and Configuring Custom File Types 256
Additional Customization Tips 261
Chapter 9. Tracking User Access and Logging 265
Tracking Statistics: The Big Picture 265
Understanding Logging 281
Configuring Logging 283
Appendix A. Comprehensive IIS Module and Schema Reference 297
Working with IIS 8 Modules 298
IIS Native Module Reference 303
IIS Managed Module Reference 358
About the Author 367


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