IV. Performance, Optimization, and Maintenance
by William R. Stanek
Microsoft® IIS 6.0 Administrator's Pocket Consultant
- Microsoft® IIS 6.0: Administrator’s Pocket Consultant
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- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- I. Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Administration Fundamentals
- 1. Overview of Microsoft Web Services
- 2. Core IIS Administration
- II. Web Server Administration
- 3. Configuring Web Sites and Servers
- 4. Customizing Web Server Content
- Configuring Web Service Extensions
- Managing Web Content
- Redirecting Browser Requests
- Customizing Web Site Content and HTTP Headers
- Customizing Web Server Error Messages
- Using MIME and Configuring Custom File Types
- Additional Customization Tips
- 5. Running IIS Applications
- Essentials for Working with IIS Applications
- Managing Custom IIS Applications
- Creating Applications
- Configuring Application Mappings and Caching
- Managing Session State
- Controlling Application Buffering
- Setting Parent Paths, Default ASP Language, and ASP Script Time-Out
- Enabling and Disabling Application Debugging
- Configuring Application Error Messages
- Unloading IIS 5 Isolated Applications
- Deleting IIS Applications
- Managing Custom ISAPI Filters
- 6. Managing ASP.NET, Application Pools, and Worker Processes
- Managing ASP.NET
- Working with Application Pools
- Configuring Multiple Worker Processes for Application Pools
- Configuring Worker Process Recycling
- Maintaining Application Health and Performance
- 7. Managing Web Server Security
- Managing Windows Security
- Managing IIS Security
- More Tips for Enhancing Web Server Security
- Using Firewalls
- Renaming the Administrator Account
- Disabling the Default Web Site
- Disabling Remote Administration from the Web
- Disabling Directory Browsing
- Creating Legal Notices
- Applying Service Packs, Hot Fixes, and Templates
- Checking for Malicious Input in Forms and Query Strings
- Removing Unused Application Mappings
- 8. Managing Microsoft Certificate Services and SSL
- Understanding SSL
- Working with Microsoft Certificate Services
- Understanding Certificate Services
- Installing Certificate Services
- Accessing Certificate Services in a Browser
- Starting and Stopping Certificate Services
- Backing Up and Restoring the CA
- Configuring Certificate Request Processing
- Approving and Declining Pending Certificate Requests
- Generating Certificates Manually in the Certification Authority Snap-In
- Revoking Certificates
- Reviewing and Renewing the Root CA Certificate
- Creating and Installing Certificates
- Working with SSL
- Managing Site Certificates in the IIS Snap-In
- III. Essential Services Administration
- 9. Managing FTP Servers
- Understanding FTP
- Managing Global FTP Service Properties
- Creating FTP Sites
- Managing FTP Sites
- Configuring an FTP Site’s Home Directory
- Configuring Ports and IP Addresses Used by FTP Sites
- Restricting Incoming Connections and Setting Time-Out Values
- Creating Physical Directories for FTP Sites
- Creating Virtual Directories for FTP Sites
- Redirecting Requests to a Network Share
- Setting the Directory Listing Style
- Setting Banner, Welcome, Exit, and Maximum Connections Messages
- Managing FTP User Sessions
- Managing FTP Server Security
- 10. Configuring and Maintaining E-Mail Services
- Using Mail Services
- Starting, Stopping, and Pausing E-Mail Services
- Core SMTP Administration
- Configuring SMTP Service Domains
- Core POP3 Administration
- 11. Advanced E-Mail Service Configuration Options
- 12. Administering the Indexing Service
- Getting Started with the Indexing Service
- Core Indexing Service Administration
- Managing Catalogs
- Viewing Catalog Properties and Directories Being Indexed
- Adding Physical Directories to a Catalog
- Forcing Full and Incremental Directory Rescans
- Starting, Stopping, and Pausing Individual Catalogs
- Merging Catalogs
- Specifying Web or NNTP Sites to Include in Catalogs
- Testing Catalogs with Queries
- Finding and Resolving Catalog Problems
- Limiting or Preventing File and Directory Indexing
- 9. Managing FTP Servers
- IV. Performance, Optimization, and Maintenance
- 13. Performance Tuning and Monitoring
- 14. Tracking User Access and Logging
- Tracking Statistics: The Big Picture
- Understanding Logging
- Configuring Logging for HTTP, SMTP, and FTP
- 15. IIS Optimization and the Metabase
- 16. IIS Backup & Recovery
- Backing Up the IIS Configuration
- Understanding IIS Configuration Backups
- Understanding IIS Metabase History
- Creating IIS Configuration Backups
- Restoring IIS Server Configurations
- Rebuilding Corrupted IIS Installations
- Restoring Site Configurations
- Restoring Virtual Directory Configurations
- Restoring Application Pool Configurations
- Deleting Server Backup Configurations
- Backing Up and Recovering Server Files
- Backing Up the IIS Configuration
- About the Author
- Index
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Part IV covers administration tasks you’ll use to enhance and maintain Internet Information Services (IIS). Chapter 13 provides the essentials for monitoring IIS and solving performance problems related to the operating system and hardware configuration. Chapter 14 provides an essential background on IIS logs and then details how to configure server logs. Chapter 15 explores IIS optimization. You’ll learn how to update registry settings for IIS and how to work with the IIS metabase. Chapter 16, the final chapter, discusses procedures for backing up and recovering the IIS configuration. Standard system backup procedures are examined as well.
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