Na that’s a mouth full

I post this information for two reasons. First, the instructions might help somebody installing IIS and second I am working on my own personal Web Platform Installer for Wordpress and other PHP and MYSQL based applications on IIS 7.5. I use this blog post to document the steps that I am going to automate. That will keep me honest.

Let’s get started

Right click on your Computer Icon and select Manage.

Figure 1: Manage your computer

This will open the Server Manager.

Note: There is a Server Manager PowerShell module for Windows 2008 R2.

Figure 2: Server Manager Console

Next click the Add Roles link on the right to start the Add Roles Wizard.

Figure 3: Add Roles Wizard

Select the Application Server and Web Server (IIS) Roles.

Note: Explicitly selecting the Web Server (IIS) role at this point is not strictly necessary, since the Application Server role implicitly selects it as a dependency.

Click Next and a dialog box pops up telling you about the required features for the Application Server role. Click the Add Required Features button.

Figure 4. Click Add Required Features

The following pane gives you some additional information about the Application Server Role.

Figure 5: Additional Information about the Application Server Role

Next the wizard asks you to Add Required Role Services for the Application Server and Web Server IIS Role

Figure 6: Adding Required Role Services

In the next step you can see the Role Services that are pre-selected. You can now add others, if you need. Then click Next.

Figure 7: Selecting Role Services

Now you get a dialog showing you some additional information about the IIS Web Server Role.

Figure 8: Additional information about the Web Server (IIS) role

Now pick your Role Services that are required or optional for the Web Server (IIS) role.

Figure 9: Default Web Server (IIS) Role Services Part 1

Figure 10: Default Web Server (IIS) Role Services Part 2

Figure 10: Default Web Server (IIS) Role Services Part 3

If your IIS 7.5 installation requires to be compatible with IIS 6 features then select the IIS 6 Management Compatibility node.

Figure 11: IIS 6 Management Compatibility

Finally you get to the summary step of the Add Roles Wizard that shows you the options that you selected and lets you share them using the “Print, e-mail, or save this information” link.

Click Install to start the deployment of the Application Server and Web Server (IIS) roles.

Figure 12: Wizard Summary

 

Installation Report

The next section has the installation report that the “Print, e-mail, or save this information” link generated

<Informational>: This server might need to be restarted after the installation completes.

Application Server

.NET Framework 3.5.1

Web Server (IIS) Support

Windows Process Activation Service Support

HTTP Activation

Web Server (IIS)

<Informational>: Find out more about Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM) and how it can help optimize CPU usage

Web Server

Common HTTP Features

Static Content

Default Document

Directory Browsing

HTTP Errors

HTTP Redirection

Application Development

ASP.NET

.NET Extensibility

ISAPI Extensions

ISAPI Filters

Health and Diagnostics

HTTP Logging

Logging Tools

Request Monitor

Tracing

Security

Basic Authentication

Windows Authentication

Digest Authentication

Client Certificate Mapping Authentication

IIS Client Certificate Mapping Authentication

URL Authorization

Request Filtering

IP and Domain Restrictions

Performance

Static Content Compression

Dynamic Content Compression

Management Tools

IIS Management Console

IIS Management Scripts and Tools

Management Service

IIS 6 Management Compatibility

IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility

IIS 6 WMI Compatibility

IIS 6 Scripting Tools

IIS 6 Management Console

.NET Framework 3.5.1 Features

WCF Activation

HTTP Activation

Windows Process Activation Service

Process Model

.NET Environment

Configuration APIs