Setting up an Intranet Application Server (IIS 6 / Windows 2003 Server)

Hello all,
I have been presented with the task of setting up an Intranet Web
Server using IIS 6.0 on a fresh Windows 2003 Server. I went thought
the "Server Role Wizard" and selected the "Applications Server"
option, but other that that and removing 'anonymous access' in the IIS
Manager, I do not know how to procede.

I initially had the server plugged into the network, but the server
admin came rushing down red in the face telling me to unplug the thing
as it was acting as an external server. sigh.

So my questio is this: How do i set up this server so that it is a
dedicated intranet web development server so just my colleagues can
access it?

Any newbie step-by-step procedures I can follow? Is the difference
between an internet and an intranet web server just shutting down port
80?

Thanks so much for any direction you all could provide.

David

doug
Mon Oct 04 13:40:56 CDT 2004

First off, you don't have a very good server admin if by
just plugging a computer into the network makes it be
seen on the outside of your organization. That's a bad
network design.

Anyways, you need a non-routable ip address. You need to
not allow port 80 traffic from the outside into your
server. You need to go to www.iisfaq.com and start
reading.

doug

>-----Original Message-----
>Hello all,
>I have been presented with the task of setting up an
Intranet Web
>Server using IIS 6.0 on a fresh Windows 2003 Server. I
went thought
>the "Server Role Wizard" and selected the "Applications
Server"
>option, but other that that and removing 'anonymous
access' in the IIS
>Manager, I do not know how to procede.
>
>I initially had the server plugged into the network, but
the server
>admin came rushing down red in the face telling me to
unplug the thing
>as it was acting as an external server. sigh.
>
>So my questio is this: How do i set up this server so
that it is a
>dedicated intranet web development server so just my
colleagues can
>access it?
>
>Any newbie step-by-step procedures I can follow? Is the
difference
>between an internet and an intranet web server just
shutting down port
>80?
>
>Thanks so much for any direction you all could provide.
>
>David
>.
>

Tom
Mon Oct 04 13:37:58 CDT 2004

"mobius" <slaptonos@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:dd628886.0410041019.1290b092@posting.google.com...
> Hello all,
> I have been presented with the task of setting up an Intranet Web
> Server using IIS 6.0 on a fresh Windows 2003 Server. I went thought
> the "Server Role Wizard" and selected the "Applications Server"
> option, but other that that and removing 'anonymous access' in the IIS
> Manager, I do not know how to procede.
>
> I initially had the server plugged into the network, but the server
> admin came rushing down red in the face telling me to unplug the thing
> as it was acting as an external server. sigh.
>
> So my questio is this: How do i set up this server so that it is a
> dedicated intranet web development server so just my colleagues can
> access it?
>
> Any newbie step-by-step procedures I can follow? Is the difference
> between an internet and an intranet web server just shutting down port
> 80?
>
> Thanks so much for any direction you all could provide.

The word "intranet" means that the server is only available on a private
internal network - so you need to talk with your network administrator and
connect this server to the appropriate network connection, typically behind
some kind of router and firewall (that seperates and protects the network
from the public internet).

--
Tom Kaminski IIS MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/community/centers/iis/
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
http://www.iisfaq.com/
http://www.iistoolshed.com/ - tools, scripts, and utilities for running IIS
http://www.tryiis.com

jeff
Tue Oct 05 07:40:43 CDT 2004

On 4 Oct 2004 11:19:05 -0700, slaptonos@hotmail.com (mobius) wrote:

>I have been presented with the task of setting up an Intranet Web
>Server using IIS 6.0 on a fresh Windows 2003 Server. I went thought
>the "Server Role Wizard" and selected the "Applications Server"
>option, but other that that and removing 'anonymous access' in the IIS
>Manager, I do not know how to procede.

Test access from your internal workstation to the server. Create the
web site, then the application. Use a test page to start and verify
that you have full connectivity, then move on.

>I initially had the server plugged into the network, but the server
>admin came rushing down red in the face telling me to unplug the thing
>as it was acting as an external server. sigh.

Then use your admin and have them help you get it connected in your
environment.

>So my questio is this: How do i set up this server so that it is a
>dedicated intranet web development server so just my colleagues can
>access it?

Normally, give it an internal IP address and not route that through
your firewall. But I'm not your adin and can't see yuour network
diagram from my desk.

>Any newbie step-by-step procedures I can follow? Is the difference
>between an internet and an intranet web server just shutting down port
>80?

No. The difference between an "internet" and an "intranet" server is
who accesses it. Internal clients only makes in an intranet, external
client access makes it an internet or extranet.

>Thanks so much for any direction you all could provide.

Start with a decent book on IIS. Maybe a few. And enlist your
admin's help, they'll need to be in on this for at least part of the
security and access portion.

Jeff