just brought a Windows Dedicated Server for your website from nespaceindia ? here are some quick way to manage it.
First thing let me list some of the feature which is included in your server powered by windows 2008 which is most important factor for your website hosted in this server (Please note : we are just listing basic tools only):
1. IIS 7.5 : This release comes with many bug fixes which was there in IIS-7
2 Network Access Protection : Its a new tool also know as (NAP) which enable you to manage control access to your network resources.
3. RDM : This feature enable to manage your server remotely, it give a looks and feel of having access to the machine physically.
4. Windows PowerShell : Trademark by Microsoft, is much link a cron job in linux.
Listed above are just some of the features of Windows 2008 Server R2.
Now for hosting your first web site, in your newly installed server, you need to either manage it from IIS or you can install any Control Panel available.
Managing your site through IIS is the one of the option, Its highly recommend to have your server installed with control panel but if you want to save some money on it, Then you can follow this steps :
But before we guide about hosting a site on your IIS7.5 windows 2008 based Server you need to be familiar with terms like :
a.) SITE : It will tell IIS about the top-level domain name and path of its virtual directories.
b.) Binding : Its a type combination of different protocol which in layman term mean binding your site with FTP,WCF’s and other types of protocol.
c.) Application : Act like a container for your application like php /asp.net.
The best thing about II7.5 is that, it come with a “default web site” which is already configured. Which is actually your localhost, If you enter http://locahost from your RDM it will show up the default site but this will not be accessible from remote PC.
To create your own website from IIS, follow this steps :
1. Login to your server, windows 2008 and goto start >> Administrator Manager >> IIS
2. click on the (+) sign, in front of your server name.
3. You will get a folder icon named “sites”.
4. right click on the icon you will get add website >> a new box will come in which will ask you to enter :
4.a) sitename : (Your domain name, eg: mysite.com), a application pool name will also created for this domain.
4.b) Physical Path : is your actual path of your site file, in which you will store your website files.
4.C) HostName : your actual domain name like mysite.com.
And thats it, you are good to go. Just create a DNS entires and your site should be live. To know how to modify your domain name, name server follow our knowledge base of Changing Name Server
The next method will be getting a control panel downloaded and installed in your server, If you have ordered a server with pre-installed control panel then you dont have to go and manage your IIS every time you want to create a domain name hosting.
In my next post i will explain some of control panel available with “Windows Server 2008″ in more details, So do follow me.
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