RyanzRetros
Developer of ChakCMS
- Jan 14, 2015
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Hey DevBest, here is my tutorial on how to setup IIS 8. You MUST have a VPS/Dedicated server running Windows 2012 (R2) Server...
To setup IIS you will need to follow this tutorial. As most hotel's use IIS 7.5 (because Windows 2012 is fairly new), just use 2012. It should look like this:
Click 'Manage' and then the 'Add Roles and Features' dropdown where it should bring you up with a box like this:
Click next and next again. Then scroll down until you see 'Web Server (IIS)'. Of course, yours will not already be installed...
Tick that box and click next twice. Then you should get to a page where you have to choose which parts of the web server you wish to install. Make sure the below are included, if not, include them!
All of the 'Performance' category;
All of 'Application Development';
Under the 'Management Tools' make sure that 'IIS Management Console',
'IIS Scripts and Tools' and 'Management Service' are all ticked.
Then click next and then install. Wait for it to have finished installing before closing server manager. I recommend a reboot now but it is not required. If you choose not to reboot your VPS/Dedicated Server, download and install
Now when that opens up, click Server only. Then follow through the process, choose Development machine and choose a password for root. Make the server automatically start up on VPS startup! Then keep going through until it installs. When that has done close it. Then download and open
Once opened, it should look like this:
Search the below on Microsoft Web Platform Installer and click add next to them:
Ok, now let all of that install. Then close Microsoft Web Platform Installer.
To test if it worked, go to
To setup IIS you will need to follow this tutorial. As most hotel's use IIS 7.5 (because Windows 2012 is fairly new), just use 2012. It should look like this:
You must be registered for see links
Click 'Manage' and then the 'Add Roles and Features' dropdown where it should bring you up with a box like this:
You must be registered for see links
Click next and next again. Then scroll down until you see 'Web Server (IIS)'. Of course, yours will not already be installed...
You must be registered for see links
Tick that box and click next twice. Then you should get to a page where you have to choose which parts of the web server you wish to install. Make sure the below are included, if not, include them!
All of the 'Performance' category;
All of 'Application Development';
Under the 'Management Tools' make sure that 'IIS Management Console',
'IIS Scripts and Tools' and 'Management Service' are all ticked.
Then click next and then install. Wait for it to have finished installing before closing server manager. I recommend a reboot now but it is not required. If you choose not to reboot your VPS/Dedicated Server, download and install
You must be registered for see links
Now when that opens up, click Server only. Then follow through the process, choose Development machine and choose a password for root. Make the server automatically start up on VPS startup! Then keep going through until it installs. When that has done close it. Then download and open
You must be registered for see links
Once opened, it should look like this:
You must be registered for see links
Search the below on Microsoft Web Platform Installer and click add next to them:
PHP 5.x
Application Request Routing 2.5
Web Farm Framework 1.1
SQL Server Express 2012 R2
IIS 8 Express
Web Deployment Tool 2.1
Microsoft .NET Framework 4
URL Rewrite 2.0
PHP Manager for IIS
MySQL Windows 5.1
IIS Recommended Configuration
If they are already installed, just move on.
Application Request Routing 2.5
Web Farm Framework 1.1
SQL Server Express 2012 R2
IIS 8 Express
Web Deployment Tool 2.1
Microsoft .NET Framework 4
URL Rewrite 2.0
PHP Manager for IIS
MySQL Windows 5.1
IIS Recommended Configuration
If they are already installed, just move on.
Ok, now let all of that install. Then close Microsoft Web Platform Installer.
To test if it worked, go to
You must be registered for see links
and if you see
You must be registered for see links
, then you know it has worked. Now we must open the ports. Go to Server Manager> Tools> Windows Firewall with Advanced Security and click inbound rules. On the right, click add new and when it comes up with a popup, choose port, click next, put the ports3306,30000,30001,3306 in as TCP and click next. Make sure it is always allow and then name it retro. Then go to outbound rules and do the same.
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