Professional Microsoft IIS 8

Installing IIS 8.0 on Windows 8

Although the scope of this book does not include workstation operating systems, IIS 8.0 does have a place on development workstations. Fortunately, IIS 8.0 is functionally identical on workstations and servers, making it easier to develop on and also easier to work within.

To install IIS 8.0 on Windows 8.0, perform the following steps:

1. Open the Programs and Features window by moving the mouse pointer to the lower-left corner of the desktop and right-clicking to open a context menu.

2. Choose Programs and Features from the menu, then click “Turn Windows features on or off” to open the Windows Features dialog. Expand Internet Information Services, as shown in Figure 4.22.

Figure 4.22

3. You'll notice that the selections are the same as when installing IIS 8.0 on Windows Server 2012. For this installation, select the following features:

4. Web Management Tools

• IIS Management Console

5. World Wide Web Services

• Common HTTP Features
  • Default Document
  • HTTP Errors
  • Static Content
• Health and Diagnostics
  • HTTP Logging
• Performance and Features
  • Static Content Compression
• Security
  • Request Filtering

6. These selections will install enough to serve basic HTML static pages, and, when you click OK, you should be ready to serve a Hello World HTML file. You may need to restart your system to complete the installation.

7. Open the Computer Management ...