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Howto switch from ISAPI to FastCGI PHP on IIS6

NipponBill — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:54:20 GMT

I have a Windows 2003 server (SP2) running PHP 4.4.1 as ISAPI. I wanted to try using the Microsoft Web Platform Installer to update PHP, but I heard that it has problems updating setups that run ISAPI. I am assuming that I'll need to convert to FastCGI first. Are there any guides that might point me in the right direction?

Real Life Scenario, would WebDeploy Help?

argon0 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:41:32 GMT

We have a live web site which has to be live 24x7.... We are currently going through a large rebuild program, and are trying to decide on the best ongoing deployment solution. We regularly have changes which require the site to "recompile" - leading to up to 10 minutes downtime during an update - this is unacceptable. So we need a deployment solution which will lead to a maximum of 1 minutes downtime. So far we think the best way to do this is: 1) set up a 2nd site on the Live IIS 2) Upload all new code to the 2nd site 3) Allow DFS to synchronise all web servers 4) Run recompile on all web servers 5) Test new code/site 6) Manually change IIS to point to the new code rather than the old one. And repeat for each deployment. I can see that webdeploy could help in points 2 & 3 (sync rather than dfs), and possibly 6 to switch over. Are there any other ways that WebDeploy could help, and/or any better/other tools. BTW all running on IIS 6.0 Thanks Argon0

Re: steps to setup iis 7.5 smtp and ftp ~~ win 2008 server R2 web edition

gerryLowry — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:32:15 GMT

follow up:

found this useful link:

http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/310/what-is-new-for-microsoft-and-ftp-75/

quote (edited):

... brand-new FTP service that is available as a separate download for Windows Server® 2008 ... robust, secure solution for FTP in a Windows environment. ... written specifically for Windows Server 2008 ... enables Web authors to publish content more easily and securely than before, and offers both Web administrators and hosters better integration, management, authentication and logging features.

... there are two FTP services available for IIS 7.0:

The new Microsoft FTP service for IIS 7.0 is provided as a download from the Web for Windows Server 2008.
The other FTP service ships on the Windows Vista™ and Windows Server 2008 DVD. ( .. essentially the same FTP service from IIS 6.0.)

There are two separate downloadable packages for the new FTP server; you will need to download the appropriate package for your version of Windows Server 2008:

32-bit Installation Package:
- FTP 7.5 for IIS 7.0 (x86)
64-bit Installation Package:
- FTP 7.5 for IIS 7.0 (x64)

MSDeploy: Deploy to server and create virtual directory

michael.it — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:56:59 GMT

Is there a way to deploy the contents of a local folder to a remote server and at the same time create a new virtual directory for the content on the remote server using MSDeploy?

For example, I'd like to use MSDeploy to deploy the contents of "C:\MyWebFolder" to "http://myserver/MyWebApp" (with a local path for the virtual directory of "C:\ServerWebFolder"). The source machine does not run IIS and the source folder is not part of a website; it is just a windows directory with content for deployment.

Currently, I can sync the content of the source and destination folders using MSDeploy, and I can change the local path of an existing virtual directory (thanks, ninatang).

The problem is that I don't know how use MSDeploy to create a new virtual directory on the remote server that will map to the destination content path. Is there a way to do this using MSDeploy? Or maybe someone sees a better way to use MSDeploy to do what I'm proposing?

Anonymous user

CedricBoivin — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:08:20 GMT

How with msdeploy i can specify the new AnonymousUser and password when i migrate my website from IIS 6.0 to IIS 7.0.
My servers are not in a domain so it's not the same anonymous user.
Thanks a lots.

How to run msdeploy with elevated privileges (as administrator)

DeanMajor — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:36:16 GMT

Hello,

I am currently working on a deployment web app, which wraps msdeploy. I have run successfully from my local machine. However, when deployed to our dev server, the deployment app doesn't work. Files are not copied and I get the following event log entry:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: (100)
Event ID: 1000
Date: 12/1/2008
Time: 4:48:23 PM
User: N/A
Computer: DWEBAPP01.xxxx.Com
Description:
Faulting application msdeploy.exe, version 7.1.300.0, faulting module 490650db, version KERNEL32.dll, fault address 0x6.0.6001.18000.

I'm using IIS7 on our dev server (running Windows Server 2008), and my web development is using VS2008. In my deployment web app, I create a process and start it, using the following code:

mDeployProcess = new Process
{
    StartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo
    {
        FileName = cDeployCommandPath,
        Arguments = DeployParameters(),
        UseShellExecute = false,
        CreateNoWindow = true,
        UserName = cBuilder,
        Password = GetSecurePassword(cBuilderPassword)
    }

};
mDeployProcess.Start();

The FileName parameter points to msdeploy.exe, and the Arguments parameter ends up as follows:

-verb:sync -source:contentPath=\\builderpc\TeamCityBuildArtifacts\xxx.EnterpriseServices\xxx.EnterpriseServices_Release\405\ -dest:contentPath=\\dwebapp01\c$\inetpub\wwwroot\xxx.EnterpriseServices,computerName=DWEBAPP01,username=builder,password=builder

I can run msdeploy from a command prompt on the dev server using these parameters successfully, if I select "Run as administrator" when opening the command prompt. How do I make my web app run msdeploy as an administrator? I've read some posts about the need to use elevated privileges, but I don't know how to do this, or even if that is the correct solution. Any help much appreciated.

Thanks,
Dean

Re: Fatal: Object reference not set to an instance of an object

Sader — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:50:26 GMT

I fixed this error by disable the 'script source acces' on the home directory tab.

But the following error appears at the next stap:

Action: Adding child metaProperty (/lm/w3svc/1017621628/root/AccessFlags)
Fatal: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Debug: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of
an object.
   at Microsoft.Web.Deployment.MigrateAnonymousUserRuleHandler.Update(Deployment
SyncContext syncContext, DeploymentObject destObject, DeploymentObject& sourceOb
ject, Boolean& proceed)
   at Microsoft.Web.Deployment.MigrateAnonymousUserRuleHandler.AddChild(Deployme
ntSyncContext syncContext, DeploymentObject destParentObject, DeploymentObject&
sourceObject, Boolean& proceed)
   at Microsoft.Web.Deployment.DeploymentSyncContext.HandleAddChild(DeploymentOb
ject destParent, DeploymentObject sourceObject, Int32 position)
   at Microsoft.Web.Deployment.DeploymentSyncContext.SyncChildrenNoOrder(Deploym
entObject dest, DeploymentObject source)
   at Microsoft.Web.Deployment.DeploymentSyncContext.SyncChildren(DeploymentObje
ct dest, DeploymentObject source)
   at Microsoft.Web.Deployment.DeploymentSyncContext.HandleAddChild(DeploymentOb
ject destParent, DeploymentObject sourceObject, Int32 position)
   at Microsoft.Web.Deployment.DeploymentSyncContext.SyncChildrenNoOrder(Deploym
entObject dest, DeploymentObject source)
   at Microsoft.Web.Deployment.DeploymentSyncContext.SyncChildren(DeploymentObje
ct dest, DeploymentObject source)
   at Microsoft.Web.Deployment.DeploymentSyncContext.ProcessSync(DeploymentObjec
t destinationObject, DeploymentObject sourceObject)
   at Microsoft.Web.Deployment.DeploymentObject.Sync(DeploymentObject sourceObje
ct, DeploymentSyncConfig syncConfig)
Change count: 22
Fatal count: 1

IIS 6.0 to IIS 7.0 migration issues

nvr8981 — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:56:33 GMT

Hi,

I'm having issues migrating websites and AppPools from IIS 6.0 to IIS 7.0. Right now I'm using the following script:

msdeploy -verb:migrate -source:metakey=lm/w3svc/1,computerName=10.2.1.120 -dest:metakey=lm/w3svc/1 -whatif > msdeploymigrate.log

This gets the Default AppPool to the destination server, however we have another folder on the webserver that is not in the Inetpub folder. What script can I use to get the rest of the websites transfered over to the new server?

Sync the metabase and site content

jedatu — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:28:36 GMT

I must be missing something. When I run the following code from the "Archiving and Restoring" walkthrough the only thing that is synced is the metabase.

msdeploy.exe -verb:sync -source:metakey=LM/W3SVC/1031013737/ -dest:archivedir=F:\IISArchive\MySIte > F:\IISArchive\MySite.log

Shouldn't it be archiving the content as well or do you have to run it multiple times like so:

msdeploy.exe -verb:sync -source:metakey=LM/W3SVC/1031013737/ -dest:archivedir=F:\IISArchive\MySIteMetabase > F:\IISArchive\MySite.log

msdeploy.exe -verb:sync -source:dirPath="F:\Clients\Web\MySite" -dest:archivedir=F:\IISArchive\MySIteContent > F:\IISArchive\MySite.log

etc.

Intuitively, this doesn't seem right to me, which is why I think I must be missing something.

Any direction would would be much appreciated.

Thanks!