HTTP Commander application install at Windows 2003 (IIS 6)
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The HTTP Commander is installed like any other ASP.NET application.
To run the application, you need at least to have IIS and .NET framework 4.0 or 3.5 installed.
IIS and .NET Framework Installation
1. Installation IIS...
- Open Control Panel, navigate to Add or Remove Programs, Add/Remove
Windows Components and select Application Server option.
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- Click Details button and select Internet Information Services (IIS)
option.
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- Click Details button again and check World Wide Web Service option. Click OK
button and apply the changes (Windows installation disk can be required).
2. Installation .NET Framework v4.0 (recommended) or v2.0+3.5.
Note! You should install .NET framework after IIS installed. If you had .NET framework installed before IIS, you need to reinstall .NET framework!
You can choose how to run application: under .NET Framework 2.0+3.5 or 4.0:
- If you prefer to use .NET Framework 4.0 (recommended) then download it and install.
- if you prefer .NET Framework 2.0 + 3.5 then:
- Download 2.0 version of .NET Framework and install it. You can find 2.0 version here.
- Download and install .NET 3.5 (these extensions are for major stand-alone .NET 2.0 Framework). You can get it here.
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HTTP Commander Installation
3. HTTP Commander Installation...
- Place HTTP Commander code on a web server:
- Open IIS server's root folder in Windows Explorer (by default it is c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\)
- Extract the HTTP Commander zip archive to a new HTCOMNET folder inside the root folder. You can use any name for the folder or place it not in the root. In this manual we use such placement and name as default.
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- Create "Application" in IIS:
- Open IIS console: Control panel->Administrative tools->
Internet Information Services->Expand "Web Sites" and then "Default web site"
- Right-click the "HTCOMNET" folder and select "Properties" in the context menu.
In the HTCOMNET properties dialog box, open "Directory" tab and click Create button next to Application name field.
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- Check if .NET 2.0 or 4.0 is enabled for the application:
- In the IIS console, right-clock the "HTCOMNET" node and select "Properties" in the context menu.
In the HTCOMNET properties dialog box, open "ASP.NET" tab, make sure that the value 2.0.xx is selected in the ASP.NET version fileld .
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Make sure that the status of ASP.NET version 2.0 or 4.0 is set to Allowed in the Web service extension list.
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- Check required NTFS permissions.
- Optional: Add Silverlight MIME type if you use Silverlight multiple files uploader:
- Choose your website in IIS.
- Open the context menu and choose "Properties".
- Select the "HTTP-Header" register.
- Click on the button labeled "MIME Types...".
- If .xap has not been listed as a type yet, choose "New" .
- Enter the following description:
Extension: .xap
MIME type: application/x-silverlight-app
Running and configure
- Now you can run HTTP Commander diagnostics page. Open the application URL in your browser, e.g. "http://localhost/HTCOMNET/Diagnostics.aspx". Look if you have something non resolved issues.
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If everything fine you can run HTTP Commander main page "http://localhost/HTCOMNET/Default.aspx" and login as demo/demo or admin/admin user. See folder edit in AdminPanel to setup access to the folders for necessary users and groups. If you can't login or view data or manage files, you need to check NTFS permissions
- We strongly recommend to read NTFS permissions section of the Documentation to be sure that permissions are set correctly for the application .
- For application configuration you need to set parameters at web.config file, also there you can read how to configure advanced features like folders mapping (WebDav), Office edit or online documents editors at IIS.
- Read FAQ section becouse it has answers how to increase perfomance and security of application and some other helpfull solutions.