IIS Local Testing Server

[ShoobieRat]

Not sure if this is the right channel for this, but I'm sure it can be changed if not...
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I've been trying to setup an IIS local testing server (phantom test server) on my machine for testing ASP scripts, doing database web-work, etc. (FYI, I use Dreamweaver MX, and the databases are small so I use MS-Access, through a ASP-VBScript connection.)

I've never used IIS for doing this, so I haven't a clue on how to go about it and I'm running into problems (specifically 500 errors when i try to view ASP pages). The setup is confusing, and there's a lot of doco but it's just too much for my time. All I want is to be able to setup a local testing website to run ASP scripts to connect to a database and do stuff (passwords, searches, etc) before I publish to my site.

Anyone done this before? I could use a good step-by-step (for XP-Pro).

 

[killians45]

what version of IIS? sounds like a coding issue. make sure you remove the check from "show friendly http error"... or its something like that.

 

[ShoobieRat]

IIS 5.1

I don't really know how to setup IIS, let alone how to setup a website to run on it. All I know is some random bits I've gotten from Dreamweaver's manuals and the Internet.

 

[killians45]

well, setup IE to NOT show friendly HTTP errors, that way if its in the code written, it will show you were the blow out is.

 

[ShoobieRat]

I removed the "show friendly HTTP messages" but I still run into this: "Server Application Error"

The event logs for my machine's system throws up the following warnings:

(Fuse is the name of the virtual directory I created.)

Warning:
"The server failed to load application '/LM/W3SVC/1/Root/Fuse'. The error was 'The server process could not be started because the configured identity is incorrect. Check the username and password."

Error:
"DCOM got error "Logon failure: the user has not been granted the requested logon type at this computer. " and was unable to logon .\IWAM_XXXXXX in order to run the server:"

Okay. Identity problem in DCOM. I've gone to RUN: "inetmgr" to open the IIS manager, navigated to Web Sites->Dafault Web Site->Fuse

Now what?

 

[killians45]

try running synciwam.vbs using wscript and cscript... my thinking is that the IWAM_machine is not associated properly

 

[ShoobieRat]

Got it!

The problem was I had an error in the ASP script. Since I don't know much ASP myself, I've been using Dreamweaver's ASP modules, and during the testing I accidentally didn't cleanly remove one and some legacy code was hanging out. Once I made up a clean ASP script, it worked like a dream...

 

[killians45]

what version of IIS? sounds like a coding issue. make sure you remove the check from "show friendly http error"... or its something like that.

heh, thats what this comment I wrote here was for, coding issue. glad it worked out