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InstallingeFront3.6.8onWindowsServer2003andIIS6.0Thissmalltutorialprovidesastepbystepguideoninstallingtheneeded3

rdpartysoftware

andtheeFrontpackageonInternetInformationServer(IIS).Throughoutthistutorialwe

usedafreshinstallationofWindowsServer2003withIEenhancedsecurityturnedoff1and

allsuggestedupdatesfromMicrosoftinstalled(includingIE8).WesuggestavoidingIE6due

tospeedandsecurityconsiderations.eFrontisbeingoptimizedformodernbrowsers

includingIE89,Firefox3.6+,Opera9+,Safari,Chrome.

InstallingeFrontonWindowsServer2003isnotverycomplicatedalthoughattimescanbe

trickyduetobold decisionsregardingsecurityonthisWindowsServerversion.

Stepstofollow:

InstallMYSQLYou

can

download

the

latest

MYSQL

version

from:

http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/

Thisisgenerallystraightforwardbutincaseyouvegotanyissuesyoumayrefertothe

installationinstructionat:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/windowsinstallation.html

Makesureyoucreatearootpasswordandrememberit.Wewillneeditlateronduringthe

eFrontinstallationtocreateanewdb.

InstallPHPYou

can

download

the

latest

PHP

version

from:

http://windows.php.net/download/

Wesuggestusingthewindowsinstallerandnotanysourceorzippedversion.Duringthe

PHPinstallationmakesureyouselecttheFastCGIserveroptionandrelatedinstructions.

ThiswillautomaticallysetupIISsoastousePHPdirectly.Ifforanyreasontheautomatic

installerisnotworkingyoucanfollowthesuggestionsbelowtoinstallFastCGI&PHPonIIS:

http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/247/usingfastcgitohostphpapplicationsoniis60/

UnzipeFrontYouwillalsoneedacopyofeFrontitself.Youcandownloadthecommunityeditionof

eFront

from:

http://www.efrontlearning.com/download/download

efront.html

Wesuggestunzippingitinsidec:/InetpubthedefaultIISfolder.Checkthefollowingpicture

ofhowyourfolderstructureshouldlooklike:

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

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Figure1:FolderstructureCreateanewsiteforeFrontonIISOpenInternetInformationServer,rightclickonWebServeroptionandselectNew

>Website.Followthewizardasisdepictedinthefollowing4pictures.Notethatsinceour

sitewillrunonport80wewillhavetostopfirstthedefaultwebsitethatoccupiesthesame

port.

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SettingsecurityTheinstallationprocessofeFrontwillneedtocreateafewfoldersandfiles.Andsincethe

installationishappeningthroughabrowserwewillhavetogivespecialprivilegestothe

anonymoususerthatIISisgoingtousetoaccesstheeFrontinstallationthroughtheweb.

Tofindtheexactnameofthisuser,rightclickonournewlycreatedsiteinsideIISandselect

properties.ThenfindtheDirectorySecuritytabandclickontheEditoptiononAuthenticationandaccessControlasdepictedonthefollowing2pictures.MakeanoteoftheexactnameoftheanonymoususerIISisgoingtousetoaccessourwebsite.Wewill

needit!

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WewillhavetoaddtheIISanonymoususertothelistofuserswithfullaccesstothisfolder.

Otherwisethesetupprocesswillnotbeabletogetcompletedsuccessfully.Seethe

following3picturesforthefullprocess.

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eFrontInstallationWearereadytoinstalleFront.OpenInternetExplorerandbrowseto thefollowingURL:

http://localhost

Assumingthateverythingworkedokyoushouldseethefollowingscreen.

Installationisa2stepsprocessasdepictedbelow.Thefirststepmakessurethateverything

worksassupposed.IfeFrontfindsaproblemwithyourinstallationyouwillseearelatedred

statusimageandadescriptionoftheproblem.Usuallyyoushouldnotseeandredsignsbut

ispossibletooverridethemandcontinuewiththeinstallation.

http://localhost/http://localhost/http://localhost/

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Thesecondstepasksforadatabasenameanduserforcreatingthedb(hereishandyto

remembertherootpasswordweusedformysql2)andsomeadditionalinfoandemail.

Assumingthatthereisnoproblemtheinstallationshouldprocessandcompleted.

Congrats!YoureFrontisready.Justclickontherelatedlinkonthefinalinstallationsto

removetheinstallationfilesandbrowsethefirsteFrontscreen.

2Asanadditionalsecurityyoushouldconsidercreatingaseconduseronmysqlforusingthisdb