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    This small tutorial provides a step-by-step guide on installing the needed 3rd party software and the eFront package on Internet Information Server (IIS) we used a fresh installation of Windows Server 2003 with IE enhanced security turned off 1 and all suggested updates from Microsoft installed (including IE8) we suggest avoiding IE6 due to speed and security considerations.

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    This small tutorial provides a step-by-step guide on installing the needed 3rd party software and the eFront package on Internet Information Server (IIS) we used a fresh installation of Windows Server 2003 with IE enhanced security turned off 1 and all suggested updates from Microsoft installed (including IE8) we suggest avoiding IE6 due to speed and security considerations.

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    Installing Efront On Windows Server 2003 and IIS 6 - 1

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    Installing eFront on Windows Server 2003 and IIS 6

    InstallingeFront3.6.8onWindowsServer2003andIIS6.0
    Thissmalltutorialprovidesastepbystepguideoninstallingtheneeded3rdpartysoftware andtheeFrontpackageonInternetInformationServer(IIS).Throughoutthistutorialwe usedafreshinstallationofWindowsServer2003withIEenhancedsecurityturnedoff 1 and allsuggestedupdatesfromMicrosoftinstalled(includingIE8).WesuggestavoidingIE6due tospeedandsecurityconsiderations.eFrontisbeingoptimizedformodernbrowsers includingIE89,Firefox3.6+,Opera9+,Safari,Chrome. InstallingeFrontonWindowsServer2003isnotverycomplicatedalthoughattimescanbe trickyduetobolddecisionsregardingsecurityonthisWindowsServerversion. Stepstofollow: InstallMYSQL YoucandownloadthelatestMYSQLversionfrom: http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/ Thisisgenerallystraightforwardbutincaseyouvegotanyissuesyoumayrefertothe installationinstructionat: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/windowsinstallation.html Makesureyoucreatearootpasswordandrememberit.Wewillneeditlateronduringthe eFrontinstallationtocreateanewdb. InstallPHP YoucandownloadthelatestPHPversionfrom:http://windows.php.net/download/ Wesuggestusingthewindowsinstallerandnotanysourceorzippedversion.Duringthe PHPinstallationmakesureyouselecttheFastCGIserveroptionandrelatedinstructions. ThiswillautomaticallysetupIISsoastousePHPdirectly.Ifforanyreasontheautomatic installerisnotworkingyoucanfollowthesuggestionsbelowtoinstallFastCGI&PHPonIIS: http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/247/usingfastcgitohostphpapplicationsoniis60/ UnzipeFront YouwillalsoneedacopyofeFrontitself.Youcandownloadthecommunityeditionof eFrontfrom:http://www.efrontlearning.com/download/downloadefront.html Wesuggestunzippingitinsidec:/InetpubthedefaultIISfolder.Checkthefollowingpicture ofhowyourfolderstructureshouldlooklike:

    http://www.brighthub.com/internet/securityprivacy/articles/64685.aspx


    Figure1:Folderstructure

    CreateanewsiteforeFrontonIIS OpenInternetInformationServer,rightclickonWebServeroptionandselectNew >Website.Followthewizardasisdepictedinthefollowing4pictures.Notethatsinceour sitewillrunonport80wewillhavetostopfirstthedefaultwebsitethatoccupiesthesame port.

    Settingsecurity TheinstallationprocessofeFrontwillneedtocreateafewfoldersandfiles.Andsincethe installationishappeningthroughabrowserwewillhavetogivespecialprivilegestothe anonymoususerthatIISisgoingtousetoaccesstheeFrontinstallationthroughtheweb. Tofindtheexactnameofthisuser,rightclickonournewlycreatedsiteinsideIISandselect properties.ThenfindtheDirectorySecuritytabandclickontheEditoptionon AuthenticationandaccessControlasdepictedonthefollowing2pictures.Makeanoteof theexactnameoftheanonymoususerIISisgoingtousetoaccessourwebsite.Wewill needit!

    WewillhavetoaddtheIISanonymoususertothelistofuserswithfullaccesstothisfolder. Otherwisethesetupprocesswillnotbeabletogetcompletedsuccessfully.Seethe following3picturesforthefullprocess.

    eFrontInstallation WearereadytoinstalleFront.OpenInternetExplorerandbrowsetothefollowingURL: http://localhost Assumingthateverythingworkedokyoushouldseethefollowingscreen.

    Installationisa2stepsprocessasdepictedbelow.Thefirststepmakessurethateverything worksassupposed.IfeFrontfindsaproblemwithyourinstallationyouwillseearelatedred statusimageandadescriptionoftheproblem.Usuallyyoushouldnotseeandredsignsbut ispossibletooverridethemandcontinuewiththeinstallation.

    Thesecondstepasksforadatabasenameanduserforcreatingthedb(hereishandyto remembertherootpasswordweusedformysql 2 )andsomeadditionalinfoandemail. Assumingthatthereisnoproblemtheinstallationshouldprocessandcompleted.

    Congrats!YoureFrontisready.Justclickontherelatedlinkonthefinalinstallationsto removetheinstallationfilesandbrowsethefirsteFrontscreen.

    Asanadditionalsecurityyoushouldconsidercreatingaseconduseronmysqlforusingthisdb

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