Category: Servers
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Windows Server 2008 R2 IIS 7 and SMTP explained, with basic setup How-To
Intro: When first getting into IIS 7 on Windows Server 2008 R2, one thing that seems get a little bit confusing is SMTP. Simple Mail Transfer protocol (SMTP) is an absolute must for your server if your applications are going to send mail. As most things in Server 2008 it is not enabled by default,…
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IIS 7 404 file not found, when the file really does exist
What the heck? I recently ran into an issue on an IIS 7.5 Server where I had uploaded a file to the server for a site, but when I went to view the file I received a 404 File not found error. Now I knew that the file did indeed exist, I even double checked…
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DIY – 8GB Solid State Drive for $35
Introduction: For my lab setup I run a VMWare ESXi 4 server based on a Intel Core 2 Quad setup. The ESXi server software has a relatively light foot print and doesn’t require much space at all for the OS install. Because of this, installing it on a hard drive is usually a waste of…
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How-To: Windows Server 2008 IIS 7 Part 2 – Secure FTP Setup
IIS 7 FTP Setup: This is the follow up to my Basic IIS 7 Setup Video. In this clip I’ll show how to setup FTP, configure and connect from a client over SSL, and view an uploaded PHP file on the web server from the client machine. With these two videos together, you can have…
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How-To: Windows Server 2008 IIS 7 Part 1 – Quick IIS Setup
IIS Basic HTTP Setup: I have been spending a lot of time with IIS 7 on Windows Server 2008 lately, and I had a spare VM available, so I threw a quick video together on setting up IIS 7. The install is pretty straight forward through the GUI, and you can have the server up…
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