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Chapter 8: Internet Information Services

UTF-8 Logging

By selecting this option, you instruct IIS to write HTTP server logs in the UTF-8

character set rather than ASCII and/or the local character set as configured in the

operating system. If you use Unix systems to process logs for your organization,

this might be helpful for you. IIS does not support writing FTP log files in UTF-8

format.

MIME Types

Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) types are mapped to individual

file types and indicate what kinds of documents and data are served by the IIS

machine. The MIME types defined in this box are served globally—that is,

across all sites in the machine. You also can define specific MIME types for a vir-

tual directory, a physical directory, and a specific web site. To configure these

mappings, click the MIME Types button.

Managing Web Services

In this section, I’ll walk through creating a new site, configuring it, modifying its

properties, and securing it using certificates. I’ll also assume you’re creating a new

web site as well, though if you want to use the Default Website already created in IIS,

you can follow along through the explanation, too.

Creating a Site

First, open IIS Manager, and expand the tree in the left pane. Right-click the Web-

sites folder, and from the New menu, select Website. The Website Creation Wizard

appears. Click Next to continue, and then follow the procedure outlined here:

1. On the Website Description screen, enter some helpful text that represents the

purpose or content of the web site you’re creating. This is just for your or

another administrator’s reference. Click Next to continue.

2. The IP Address and Port Settings screen appears. Here, choose the IP address on

which IIS will listen for requests addressed to this web site. You also can select

All Unassigned to indicate to IIS to monitor all IP addresses that aren’t reserved

for the exclusive use of other web sites. Also, enter the TCP port number that

requests to this web site will use. (The default is port 80.) Finally, enter the host

header for this site if needed. I’ll cover port numbers and host headers a bit later

in this chapter. Click Next to continue.

3. On the Website Home Directory page, indicate where the pages you want to

serve are located on your machine. You also can point IIS to a network location

if you want your pages to be served from another machine. Windows by default

creates a directory called C:\Inetpub\wwwroot that you can use as a starting

point. Also, check the anonymous access checkbox if you want anonymous web