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<blockquote data-quote="Tomm" data-source="post: 133869" data-attributes="member: 20901">Right, after helping out a few people setting up their IIS, I thought I'd post my own tutorial here.&nbsp;&nbsp;FIRSTLY;&nbsp;On your virtual server (whether it be a VPS or Dedicated server) open up Server Manager then under the roles section, select Add Roles. Tick the box next to IIS!&nbsp;Make sure you tick all of the following when the appropriate screen appears!:&nbsp;Application Development - (all of the sub-sections of this node should be automatically checked aswell)Static Content Compression - (Under the Performance section)IIS Management Console, IIS Management Scripts and Tools and Management Service - (All under the management section)&nbsp;Click the Install button once you are certain all the above are checked. restart your server if prompted! DO NOT RESTART IF NOT PROMPTED TO DO SO!&nbsp;Now download Microsoft Web Platform Installer here: <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/web/downloads/platform.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.microsoft.com/web/downloads/platform.aspx</a>&nbsp;Now search for the following in the MWPI search box (and press add):&nbsp;PHP 5 (Select any version as long as it is PHP 5.X)MySQL 5 (Select any version as long as it is MySQL 5.X)IIS 7 (Select IIS 7 Recommended Configuration)&nbsp;Once all have been selected, press the install button. You will be prompted to add a password for your MYSQL. It is VERY IMPORTANT YOU REMEMBER THIS for later stages in your retro creation.&nbsp;To check that you have installed IIS correctly, go to <a href="http://localhost" target="_blank">http://localhost</a> on your virtual servers browser. If you are greeted with a welcome page with 'IISX' in the middle, you have configured IIS correctly on your virtual server.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tomm, post: 133869, member: 20901"] Right, after helping out a few people setting up their IIS, I thought I'd post my own tutorial here. FIRSTLY; On your virtual server (whether it be a VPS or Dedicated server) open up [B]Server Manager [/B]then under the [B]roles[/B] section, select [B]Add Roles[/B]. Tick the box next to [B]IIS![/B] [B]Make sure you tick all of the following when the appropriate screen appears!:[/B] [B]Application Development - [/B](all of the sub-sections of this node should be automatically checked aswell) [B]Static Content Compression - [/B](Under the Performance section) [B]IIS Management Console[/B], [B]IIS Management Scripts and Tools [/B]and [B]Management Service - [/B](All under the management section) Click the Install button once you are certain all the above are checked. restart your server [B]if prompted! DO NOT RESTART IF NOT PROMPTED TO DO SO![/B] Now download [B]Microsoft Web Platform Installer [/B]here: [URL]http://www.microsoft.com/web/downloads/platform.aspx[/URL] Now search for the following in the MWPI search box (and press add): PHP 5 (Select any version as long as it is [B]PHP 5.X[/B]) MySQL 5 (Select any version as long as it is [B]MySQL 5.X[/B]) IIS 7 (Select [B]IIS 7 Recommended Configuration[/B]) Once all have been selected, press the install button. You will be prompted to add a [B]password[/B] for your [B]MYSQL[/B]. It is [B]VERY IMPORTANT YOU REMEMBER THIS[/B] for later stages in your retro creation. To check that you have installed IIS correctly, go to [B][url]http://localhost[/url] [/B]on your virtual servers browser. If you are greeted with a welcome page with '[B]IISX'[/B] in the middle, you have configured IIS correctly on your virtual server. [/QUOTE]

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