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InstallOnIIS

Questions answered by this recipe

How do I get PmWiki to work using the IIS webserver?

The defaults work out of the box with PmWiki, and this method of installation is recommended.

• IIS 6 and 5.1: install Fast CGI using the Microsoft Web platform installer
• IIS 7.0 and 7.5: Fast CGI is bundled with IIS 7, enable Fast CGI
  • for IIS 7.0 install the Fast CGI update
  • see also Using FastCGI to Host PHP Applications on IIS 7 and Set Up FastCGI for PHP
• install PHP using the Microsoft Web platform installer

Installing PmWiki under IIS.

Locate the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager (in Control Panel | Administrative Tools) and open it.

• select Web Sites > New > Web Site ...

Follow the wizard to set up the website, accept the defaults except as noted below

• provide a description
• specify the host header
• browse to the directory in which the pmwiki.php script resides
• select permissions Read and Execute

Start the website by right mouse clicking on the new website and selecting start

Ensure that pmwiki.php is set as a default document type by right mouse clicking on the Websites folder icon and selecting properties. Choose the Document tab and add pmwiki.php as a content page.

PmWiki writing permissions

• PmWiki requires write permissions to the wiki.d directory to allow page editing.
• PmWiki requires write permissions to the uploads directory to allow attachments to be uploaded.

1. allow IIS permission to anonymously write to wiki.d directory
2. set directory permissions on wiki.d to allow the IIS user to write to it.

• from IIS
  • choose properties for the wiki.d directory
  • select the directory security tab
  • edit the authentication and access control
  • check the box that enables anonymous access
• from explorer or IIS
  • from explorer choose properties for the wiki.d directory
  • or from IIS choose permissions for the wiki.d directory
  • select the security tab
  • add the Internet Guest account
  • give the internet guest account modify privileges

Problems

• You receive a "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process" error message when you try to start a Web site in the Internet Information Services MMC snap-in
• check the registry for the ListenOnlyList key

See Also

Contributors

• Simon