Penn foster Graded Project 402083 Windows Server and Internet Information Services

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Penn foster Graded Project 402083 Windows Server and Internet Information Services

OVERVIEW
After installing IIS, you’re now ready to configure it for your website!
Throughout this and future graded projects, you’ll be creating a fictional website, configuring it in various web server environments and then uploading it to the Penn Foster web server. There’s no better way to apply your knowledge than completing a common real-world task!

PROJECT SCENARIO
You’re now asked to test the fan club website on a local installation of IIS. You should have completed the previous graded assignment and have the following files:
• index.html—Contains the band name, current lineup, and a brief history of the band.
• music.html—Contains their music catalog and upcoming tour dates.
• fanclub.html—Contains a form to sign-up for the band’s fan club.
• signup.pl—This script handles the form data from fanclub.html.
If not, go back to the previous graded project and create the required files and folders.

INSTRUCTIONS
In this graded project, you’ll need to have installed ActivePerl from the previous study unit and installed IIS as directed in the current study unit.
In the first section, you’ll configure IIS for your website using its administrative console. In the second section, you’ll test to see if the website works. To make configuration simpler, you may want to move the band_fan folder with all of its content to the C:\ drive to shorten its path if you haven’t done so
already.

CONFIGURATION
1. Determine the location of the band_fan folder. You can do this through the GUI by right-clicking the folder and choosing the Properties option from the context menu. The folder in which it’s located is the value for the Location field. You can either copy-and-paste the location or write it down. Click the OK button to dismiss the dialog (Figure 7).
2. Open the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager console. This can be accessed using the command inetmgr. To launch the console, click on the Start Menu, type inetmgr in the Search textbox, and hit the ENTER key.
3. Add a new web application to the default website. In the left pane labeled Connections, expand COMPUTERNAME > Sites, right-click on the Default Web Site node
and choose Add Application in the context menu (Figure 8).
4. In the Add Application dialog, type BandFan in the Alias textbox and the location of the band_fan folder in the Physical path textbox. Click the OK button to
dismiss the dialog (Figure 9)
5. Open IIS handler mappings. With the BandFan node still selected in the left-pane, double-click on Handler Mappings in the center pane.
6. Double-click on the CGI-exe handler mapping in the disabled section of the center pane. In the Edit Module Mapping dialog, set the Request path textbox to *.pl and the Executable (optional) textbox to C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe “%s” %s. The %s switch is a placeholder for the actual Perl script filename (Figure 10).
7. Click the OK button to dismiss the Edit Module Mapping dialog. An information message will appear, asking whether you want to enable the extension. Click
the Yes button to dismiss the message dialog (Figure 11). To complete the CGI configuration, you must restart IIS. To restart IIS, you must be running the command line as an administrator.
8. To launch the Windows command line in administrator mode, click on the Start Menu, type cmd in the Search textbox, right-click cmd.exe, and choose the Run as
administrator option from the context menu (Figure 12)
9. Click Yes to dismiss the User Account Control dialog. FIGURE 10—Setting the Request Path FIGURE 11—Click Yes to allow the ISAPI Extension.
10. To restart IIS, type iisreset and hit the ENTER key.
You should get the following output:
Attempting stop…
Internet services successfully stopped
Attempting start…
Internet services successfully restarted

TESTING
1. Type the URL http://localhost/BandFan in your browser. You should see the homepage index.html for the band fan club. Click on the links for the other two
pages and verify that they work. FIGURE 12—Launching the Windows Command Line in Admin Mode
2. Test the fanclub.html page by typing in values for the HTML form controls and then clicking the Join button.
3. You should get a resulting page that displays as follows:

PROJECT SUBMISSION
GUIDELINES
To submit your project, you must provide the applicationHost.config file. This file contains all of the configuration settings you made in IIS to host the website. The applicationHost.config file should be copied (not moved) from the default location C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\config. Submit this file for grading.

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Penn foster Graded Project 402083 Windows Server and Internet Information Services

OVERVIEW
After installing IIS, you’re now ready to configure it for your website!
Throughout this and future graded projects, you’ll be creating a fictional website, configuring it in various web server environments and then uploading it to the Penn Foster web server. There’s no better way to apply your knowledge than completing a common real-world task!

PROJECT SCENARIO
You’re now asked to test the fan club website on a local installation of IIS. You should have completed the previous graded assignment and have the following files:
• index.html—Contains the band name, current lineup, and a brief history of the band.
• music.html—Contains their music catalog and upcoming tour dates.
• fanclub.html—Contains a form to sign-up for the band’s fan club.
• signup.pl—This script handles the form data from fanclub.html.
If not, go back to the previous graded project and create the required files and folders.

INSTRUCTIONS
In this graded project, you’ll need to have installed ActivePerl from the previous study unit and installed IIS as directed in the current study unit.
In the first section, you’ll configure IIS for your website using its administrative console. In the second section, you’ll test to see if the website works. To make configuration simpler, you may want to move the band_fan folder with all of its content to the C:\ drive to shorten its path if you haven’t done so
already.

CONFIGURATION
1. Determine the location of the band_fan folder. You can do this through the GUI by right-clicking the folder and choosing the Properties option from the context menu. The folder in which it’s located is the value for the Location field. You can either copy-and-paste the location or write it down. Click the OK button to dismiss the dialog (Figure 7).
2. Open the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager console. This can be accessed using the command inetmgr. To launch the console, click on the Start Menu, type inetmgr in the Search textbox, and hit the ENTER key.
3. Add a new web application to the default website. In the left pane labeled Connections, expand COMPUTERNAME > Sites, right-click on the Default Web Site node
and choose Add Application in the context menu (Figure 8).
4. In the Add Application dialog, type BandFan in the Alias textbox and the location of the band_fan folder in the Physical path textbox. Click the OK button to
dismiss the dialog (Figure 9)
5. Open IIS handler mappings. With the BandFan node still selected in the left-pane, double-click on Handler Mappings in the center pane.
6. Double-click on the CGI-exe handler mapping in the disabled section of the center pane. In the Edit Module Mapping dialog, set the Request path textbox to *.pl and the Executable (optional) textbox to C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe “%s” %s. The %s switch is a placeholder for the actual Perl script filename (Figure 10).
7. Click the OK button to dismiss the Edit Module Mapping dialog. An information message will appear, asking whether you want to enable the extension. Click
the Yes button to dismiss the message dialog (Figure 11). To complete the CGI configuration, you must restart IIS. To restart IIS, you must be running the command line as an administrator.
8. To launch the Windows command line in administrator mode, click on the Start Menu, type cmd in the Search textbox, right-click cmd.exe, and choose the Run as
administrator option from the context menu (Figure 12)
9. Click Yes to dismiss the User Account Control dialog. FIGURE 10—Setting the Request Path FIGURE 11—Click Yes to allow the ISAPI Extension.
10. To restart IIS, type iisreset and hit the ENTER key.
You should get the following output:
Attempting stop…
Internet services successfully stopped
Attempting start…
Internet services successfully restarted

TESTING
1. Type the URL http://localhost/BandFan in your browser. You should see the homepage index.html for the band fan club. Click on the links for the other two
pages and verify that they work. FIGURE 12—Launching the Windows Command Line in Admin Mode
2. Test the fanclub.html page by typing in values for the HTML form controls and then clicking the Join button.
3. You should get a resulting page that displays as follows:

PROJECT SUBMISSION
GUIDELINES
To submit your project, you must provide the applicationHost.config file. This file contains all of the configuration settings you made in IIS to host the website. The applicationHost.config file should be copied (not moved) from the default location C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\config. Submit this file for grading.

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