I'm running Server 2008 Standard with IIS7 on a Virtual (Hyper-V) Machine. I want the content (inetpub) directory to be on a network attached storage device in our domain. I installed IIS7 and the default site works with no issues. I created a new site, made the home directory point to z:\inetpub (Z: is a mapped drive on the IIS7 server pointing to the share on the NAS). I put an HTML file in the folder, but I get a error 500 when trying to browse to the new site. I've tested authentication to the "z:" drive and I get the following:
cannot verify access to path z:\websitename
details:
The server is configured to use pass-through authentication with a built-in account to access the specified physical path. However, IIS Manager cannot verify whether the built-in account has access. Make sure that the application pool identity has Read access to the physical path. If this server is joined to a domain, and the application pool identity is NetworkService or LocalSystem, verify that <domain>\<computer_name>$ has Read access to the physical path. Then test these settings again.
Any help, or resources available for using IIS7 on remote storage?
*** EDIT ***
Found a setting when you single click on the "Authenticatin" icon under the new website there is an option in the result pane that says, "Advanced settings" in here this is a place to give credentials for the remote path. I gave it a useername/password with full read/write permissions on the remote path, and the error changed. now it says this:
Path might not exist and could not be verified (z:\websitename)
Details:
The path does not exist or environment variables in the path could not be expanded to verify whether it exists.