How to Install Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) on Windows Server

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Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0772.html

What is IIS (Internet Information Services)?

Internet Information Services (IIS) for Windows® Server is a flexible, secure and manageable Web server for hosting anything on the Web. From media streaming to web applications, IIS's scalable and open architecture is ready to handle the most demanding tasks. - https://www.iis.net/      01. Log into the Windows server with an account with admin privileges    02. Launch Server Manager from the Start menu if it does not automatically load    03. Click Add roles and features    04. Click Next on the Before you begin screen    05. Select Role-based or feature-based installation ≫ Next    06. Leave Select a server from the server pool selected and select the current Windows server ≫ Next    07. Check the Web Server (IIS) box    08. A popup will appear with additional required roles and features, click the Add Features button    09. Click Next    10. Click Next on the Select features screen    11. Click Next on the Web Server Role (IIS) screen    12. Select any additional role services to include in the installation (Common HTTP Features ≫ HTTP Redirection; Security ≫ Windows Authentication are recommended)    13. Click Install on the confirmation screen    14. Leave the installation progress screen open until the install completes    15. Once the Feature installation completes successfully, click the Close button    16. Click the Start menu ≫ Search for IIS ≫ Select Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager    17. In IIS Manager, expand the server name ≫ Expand sites ≫ Right click on Default web Site ≫ Select Explore    18. A File Explorer window will display the wwwroot folder for IIS    19. Right click in the whitespace ≫ New ≫ Text Document ≫ Name the new file default.html    20. Edit default.html in Notepad and paste the following          ≪html≫          ≪body≫          ≪h1≫Hello world≪/h1≫          ≪h3≫Served from IIS≪/h3≫          ≪/body≫          ≪/html≫    21. Save the changes to default.html and close Notepad    22. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP/default.html  

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