Windows IIS Internet Information Service Server Installation
Internet
Information Service (IIS)
Formerly known as Internet
Information Server, IIS was essentially created by Microsoft as an extensible
web server for use with Windows NT family.
Protocols supported by IIS
include HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, SMTP and NNTP, making IIS an integral part of
the Windows NT family since Windows NT 4.0.
The platform is not active by
default however and was absent in some Windows editions such as XP Home.
Variations of
Microsoft Internet Information Service (IIS)
Microsoft’s web server first
started as a research project at the European Microsoft Windows NT Academic
Center (EMWAC) in Edinburgh, Scotland. However since the EMWAC server had a
handicap of handling large volumes of web traffic going through Microsoft.com,
the company was forced to develop its own web server IIS.
Below are versions of
IIS with their corresponding Windows editions;
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IIS 1.0 – Initially released as a free add-on package for Windows
NT 3.5.1
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IIS 2.0 – Included with Windows NT 4.0
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IIS 3.0 – Deployed with Service Park 2 of Windows NT.40, a new feature
called Active Server Pages dynamic scripting
environment was introduced.
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IIS 4.0 – Released as part of the “Option Pack” for Windows NT 4.0,
the new MMC-based administration was introduced.
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IIS 5.0 – Deployed with Windows 2000 with additional authentication
methods, support for the WebDAV protocol and enhancements to ASP. Support for
Gopher protocol was dropped in IIS 5.0
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IIS 5.1 – Shipped with Windows XP Professional, this is version
identical to IIS 5.0 in Windows 2000
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IIS 6.0 – Included with Windows Server 2003 and Win XP Pro x64,
support for IPv6 and a new worker process model that increased reliability as
well as security.
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IIS 7.0 – Complete redesign and rewrite of IIS shipped with Windows
Vista and Server 2008. A new modular design increased performance and reduced
attack surface. Other features such as simpler site deploys using hierarchical
configuration system, new command line management and support for .NET
Framework were also introduced.
IIS 7.0 on Vista does not
limit the number of allowed connection requests as seen in Windows XP.
Concurrent requests are limited to 10 in Vista Ultimate, Business and
Enterprise Editions or 3 in Vista Home Premium.
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IIS 7.5 – WebDAV and FTP modules were improved in this version as
well as command-line administration in PowerShell. Support for TLS 1.1, TLS
1.2, and Best Practices Analyser tool and process isolation for application
pools were introduced.
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IIS 8.0 – This version is only available in Windows Server 2012 and
Windows 8. Several new features such as Application Initialization, Centralized
SSL certificate, SNI (binding SSL to hostnames rather than IP addresses) and
multicore scaling on NUMA hardware were introduced.
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IIS 8.5 – Shipped with Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8.1, this version
includes Dynamic Site Activation, Idle worker-Process page-out, Enhanced
Logging, ETW logging and Automatic Certificate Rebind.
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IIS 10 – The latest version of IIS comes with Windows Server 2016
and Windows 10 with support for HTTP/2.
All versions of
Microsoft IIS prior to 7.0 running on client operating systems support only 10
simultaneous connections and a single website.
Installing Internet Information Service IIS 8.5 on Windows Server 2012
R2
Building on from our WindowsServer 2012 R2 installation, this chapter will explore the processes involved
to install and IIS 8.5 server which may be used for hosting websites running
applications.
1. Begin by launching Server
manager > Click Manage > Add Roles and Features.
2.
Read
the installation wizard information and click Next.
3. Select
the Role-based or feature-based installation and Click Next.
4.
Select
you destination server, should be the only option available in the windows and
click Next.
5. Select
Web Server (IIS) in the server roles windows and click Next.
6.
You’ll
get a prompt about other features or tools required to run Web Server (IIS).
Add Features and Click Next.
7. Leave
default selections under Features and Click Next.
8. Read
about the enhanced functions available in IIS 8.5 and click Next.
9. Leave
default settings under Role Services and click Next.
10. Confirm
the installation selections and click Install.
11. Once
installation is complete, clock Close to Finish.
12. Notice
the IIS server which now shows up in Server Manager Dashboard.
Configuring
IIS 8.5 on Windows Server 2012 R2
13. Now
we have our IIS server installed, we can proceed with basic configuration of
the server. To do this Click on Tools > Select Internet Information Services
(IIS) Manager.
14. The
IIS Manager interface should launch with a Start Page and information about the
server.
15. Expand
the server tree to reveal features and information displayed in the panel. Spend
some time to familiarize yourself with the Home interface as we dive deeper
into IIS configurations in later lessons.
16. Click
on Sites and locate Add Website on the right pane. A pop up window will appear
where your very first site will be created and managed.
Final Thoughts
Well done
for installing your first IIS Server in Windows Server 2012 R2 and hopefully,
the origins of the program along with its variations over the years are more familiar
after walking through this article.
Join us
again as we go further with IIS advanced configurations and how to take
advantage of some of the new features introduced in IIS 8.5. Thank you for
investing your time with us.
By:codexploitcybersecurity.com
Credits to all organisations and development teams at
Microsoft Corporation
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