SellerDeck. IIS6 Setup Guide. Detailing the setup Windows 2003 (IIS6) Server

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1 SellerDeck IIS6 Setup Guide Detailing the setup Windows 2003 (IIS6) Server

2 Revision History Version /06/2003 FTP user section enhanced with diagram. 01/06/2003 Physical folder creation, folder creation within IIS, Perl association, server extensions and FTP user details added. 04/12/2003 Added Network settings and improved readability of document. 16/02/2004 Added Defining home page section, network dialogue trouble-shooter 24/02/2004 Expanded on the setting of NTFS permissions and clarified setting up the virtual folders. 08/03/2004 Improved readability of NTFS section, included more screenshots. Added the Web sharing section. Improved Defining website homepage 09/03/2004 Added Installing Perl section. 18/03/2006 Reformatted document and improved instructions on using Actinic with the ISAPI Perl extension.

3 Table of Contents Overview 1 Before You Begin 2 FTP User Setting Up A User...2 Perl Interpreter...2 Perl Checks...2 Setting the Folder Structure 4 Physical Folder Structure...4 Physical Folder Permissions 5 Website Home folder...5 acatalog Folder NTFS Permissions...11 Cgi-bin Folder NTFS Permissions...12 NTFS Permissions Summary...13 Folder Creation within IIS MMC 14 Creating the website in IIS...14 CGI-BIN Folder...16 CGI-BIN Virtual Directory Creation...16 Cgi-bin IIS Check...19 Cgi-bin Perl Association...20 Web Server Extensions 21 Allowing the Perl Extension within IIS...21 FTP User 22 Setting the FTP user Home Folder...22 Defining the Home Page In IIS 23 Changing the Default Page...23 Web Sharing...25 Configuration of SellerDeck 26 Network Settings...26 Troubleshooting 27 Cgi-bin Accessed Denied...27 Network Password Dialog-box...27 Network Test Fails with a 'Invalid Response'...27

4 Overview This document details the setting up SellerDeck on the Microsoft Internet Information Services Server version 6 (IIS6) IS 6 Setup Documentation with SellerDeck Page 1

5 Before You Begin FTP User Setting Up A User SellerDeck requires an FTP user to be set up on the server. This user should be made part of the users group. Please refer to Windows 2003 documentation for more information on creating user accounts. Perl Interpreter Perl must be installed on the server for SellerDeck to run. This can be downloaded from You need to download and install the Windows MSI package on the server. Please note SellerDeck recommend a Perl version the same or higher than Perl Checks The following checks should be made to ensure that Perl is installed on the Server. In a command window check that Perl is installed and will run: C:\> perl v Output should look something like: Also in the command window check the path to Perl: C:\> path IS 6 Setup Documentation with SellerDeck Page 2

6 The output should be something like: Note: If the perl v returns a message along the lines: perl v is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. is displayed then perl is most likely not installed. If Perl is not installed, it can be downloaded from the ActiveState web site: IS 6 Setup Documentation with SellerDeck Page 3

7 Setting the Folder Structure Physical Folder Structure Open Windows Explorer, create a folder within C:\Inetpub\wwwroot on the server. In this instance the folder being created is called devsite. This is known as the root folder for your site. Create a folder called cgi-bin and a folder called acatalog within the root folder; ( devsite in this example.) IS 6 Setup Documentation with SellerDeck Page 4

8 Physical Folder Permissions Website Home folder NTFS permissions must be set on each of the physical folders that you created earlier. This ensures the correct access rights are assigned for the FTP and web users. An example of adding a user to a folder s properties is shown below. Right click on the devsite folder in Windows Explorer, and select sharing and security The Properties window will appear for the devsite folder. Click the Security tab, you will see the Window below. IS 6 Setup Documentation with SellerDeck Page 5

9 Click Add, and a small window called Select Users, Computers, or Groups will appear: Click Locations. If the Enter Network Password box appears, then click Cancel. The Locations box appears. Select your server (in this case the server name is W3K ) and click OK. You will be shown the small Select User or Group ; window again. Click Advanced. IS 6 Setup Documentation with SellerDeck Page 6

10 A large Select Users or Groups window will appear. Click Find Now. Select your FTP user (in this case Develop ) from the list and click OK. IS 6 Setup Documentation with SellerDeck Page 7

11 Click OK in the small Select Users or Groups Window. You will notice that your user has appeared in the window (in this case W3K/Develop ). In the security tab, select the FTP user (in this case Develop ) and set the following permissions: Modify Read & Execute List Folder Contents Read Write IS 6 Setup Documentation with SellerDeck Page 8

12 Click Advanced, and the Advanced Security Settings for devsite window will appear. Uncheck Allow inheritable permissions from the parent to propagate this object. This will need to be carried out when setting up the NTFS permissions for the acatalog folder, (page 11) and the NTFS permissions for the cgi-bin (page 12). Click Copy in the window shown below. Then click OK The Security settings for devsite will be displayed again. You may need to add an Internet Guest account user ( IUSR_HOSTNAME account where HOSTNAME is the name of the server in this case W3K ) to the list of users for the deviste folder. If this is the case, please return to page 5 and IS 6 Setup Documentation with SellerDeck Page 9

13 follow the steps for assigning the FTP user permissions, except the FTP user will be substituted for the Internet Guest Account. Once the IUSR_HOSTNAME account is shown under the Security tab for devsite, (remember, you will need to set the following permissions for the IUSR_HOSTNAME account. Modify Read & Execute List Folder Contents Read Write See the devsite properties window below. In this case, the Internet Guest Account is called IUSR_ACTINIC-W3K. Make sure that there are no 'Deny' permissions set for the 'IUSR' account. If there are, click 'Advanced', locate 'Internet Guest Account' in the list and click 'Edit'. Uncheck all of the properties in the 'Deny' column. Click 'OK' and then 'OK' again. There should not be any users shown in the Security tab in the devsite properties window other than: Administrators FTP User (in this case Develop ) Internet Guest Account (in this case IUSR_ACTINIC- W3K ) System Please highlight any users that do not appear above in turn and click Remove. IS 6 Setup Documentation with SellerDeck Page 10

14 acatalog Folder NTFS Permissions The same permissions should be applied to the acatalog folder as the Website Home folder. The IUSR_HOSTNAME (in this case IUSR_ACTINIC-W3K ) should have the following permissions checked in the Allow column: Modify Read & Execute List Folder Contents Read Write The FTP user ( Develop is this example) should have the following permissions checked in the Allow column: Modify Read & Execute List Folder Contents Read Write If there are Users in this list other than Administrators, the FTP User (in this case Develop ), The Internet Guest Account (IUSR_ACTINIC-W3K in this example) and System then they must be removed. IS 6 Setup Documentation with SellerDeck Page 11

15 Cgi-bin Folder NTFS Permissions NTFS permissions also need to be set up for the cgi-bin folder. Please note that these are different to the acatalog and website home folders. If you need further assistance with assigning user permissions, please revisit page 5. This shows the FTP user being added to the website home folder. The IUSR_HOSTNAME (in this case IUSR_ACTINIC-W3K ) should have the following permissions checked in the Allow column: Read & Execute List Folder Contents Read The FTP user ( Develop is this example) should have the following permissions checked in the Allow column: Modify Read & Execute List Folder Contents Read Write You may need to add the Everyone user. See page 5 for more information on adding user permissions. Read & Execute List Folder Contents Read IS 6 Setup Documentation with SellerDeck Page 12

16 NTFS Permissions Summary Please see below for a summary of the permission settings on the website folders: Folder Users NTFS Permissions Devsite Administrator Full control Develop (FTP user) Modify Read & Execute List Folder Contents Read Write Internet Guest Account Modify Read & Execute List Folder Contents Read Write System Full control Folder User Permissions acatalog Administrator Full control Develop (FTP user) Modify Read & Execute List Folder Contents Read Write Internet Guest Account Modify Read & Execute List Folder Contents Read Write System Full Control Folder User Permissions cgi-bin Administrator Full Control Develop (FTP user) Modify Read & Execute List Folder Contents Read Write Internet Guest Account Read & Execute List Folder Contents Read Everyone Read & Execute List Folder Contents Read System Full Control IS 6 Setup Documentation with SellerDeck Page 13

17 Folder Creation within IIS MMC Creating the website in IIS Right click on the Web Sites folder in IIS and select New Web site. The Web Site Creation Wizard appears: IS 6 Setup Documentation with SellerDeck Page 14

18 Click the Next button Enter a descriptive name for the site, in this case W3K. Click the Next button Select the IP Address to use for this Web Site from the drop-down list. Change the Port Number if a port other than 80 is to be used. If Host Headers are to be used, enter the Host Header for this site. Click the Next button. On the next screen, click on the Browse button and browse to the Home Directory to be used for this website. In this example, devsite. IS 6 Setup Documentation with SellerDeck Page 15

19 Click OK. You will see the window below containing the path to your website root folder. ( C:\Inetpun\wwwroot\devsite in this example) Make sure that Allow anonymous access to this Web site is ticked. Click Next and set the following permissions: Click the Next button and then finish. CGI-BIN Folder The cgi-bin folder has to exist on two levels: 1. The physical level actually on the hard disk we created this on page 2 2. The Virtual level within IIS CGI-BIN Virtual Directory Creation For SellerDeck to be able to access the perl script files on the host server, a cgi-bin must be enabled as a Virtual Directory within IIS. Right click on the website root (W3K in this case) and select New Virtual Directory. IS 6 Setup Documentation with SellerDeck Page 16

20 The Virtual Directory Creation Wizard will appear: Click Next Enter cgi-bin in the directory alias box: Click Next On the next screen, browse to the cgi-bin folder that you created on page 5. In this example, it is C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\devsite\cgi-bin IS 6 Setup Documentation with SellerDeck Page 17

21 Click Next. On the next screen, check Read, Run Scripts and Execute in the Access Permissions. Then click Next. You can then click Finish when the You have successfully completed the Virtual Directory Creation Wizard appears. You may see two cgi-bin folders if you do, refreshing the IIS folder structure by pressing highlighting the website name (in this case W3K ) and pressing F5 should remove it. IS 6 Setup Documentation with SellerDeck Page 18

22 Cgi-bin IIS Check In IIS, right click on the cgi-bin under your Web Site and select properties. The site is W3K in this example. In the screen that follows, set the following: Select A directory located on this computer Local Path: C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\devsite\cgi-bin Select Read and Log visits Application Name: cgi-bin Select Index this resource Execute Permissions: Scripts and Executables Application Pool: DefaultAppPool IS 6 Setup Documentation with SellerDeck Page 19

23 Cgi-bin Perl Association Whist still in the cgi-bin Properties window, click Configuration. Select Mappings, and look in the list to see if there is an extension of '.plx': If there is, select it and click 'Edit'. Make sure the settings are as follows: Executable: C:\Perl\bin\perlis.dll Verbs limited to GET, HEAD, POST 'Script Engine' and 'Verify that file exists' checked Failure to assign the perl correctly will result in a 'Page cannot be displayed' error when you attempt to run a perl script. Click OK on the Add/Edit Application extension mapping window, click OK application configuration window, then click OK on the cgi-bin properties window to accept the changes. If the 'plx' extension is not in the list, you will need to add it. Use the settings as shown above. IS 6 Setup Documentation with SellerDeck Page 20

24 Web Server Extensions Allowing the Perl Extension within IIS IIS 6 allows you to allow or disallow web server extensions. As a default, perl is not permitted to run on the server. If you attempt to run perl with configuring the extensions, you will receive a Page Cannot be Displayed Error. Left click on the 'Web Service Extensions' on the left hand side of the IIS MMC and select 'Perl ISAPI Extension' from the list on the right. Click the 'Allowed' button. IS 6 Setup Documentation with SellerDeck Page 21

25 FTP User Setting the FTP user Home Folder In the IIS MMC, select the Default FTP Site or the site associated with Actinic, right click and select Properties, then click on the Home Directory tab. Check that your have Read, Write and Log Visits selected. Also have UNIX selected as the Directory listing style. You should have the path to your Website home folder in the Local path textbox. The home directory for the Default FTP account in this instance it is C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\devsite IS 6 Setup Documentation with SellerDeck Page 22

26 Defining the Home Page In IIS Changing the Default Page The default home page in IIS is set to default.htm or default.asp, but Catalog uses index.html as the home page. To add index.html open up the IIS MMC, right click on the Web Site (in this case W3K) and select Properties: The Web Site Properties box appears: IS 6 Setup Documentation with SellerDeck Page 23

27 Select the Documents tab: Click the Add button and add index.html : Click OK. Use the Move Up button to move index.html up to the top of the list. IS 6 Setup Documentation with SellerDeck Page 24

28 Click OK. Web Sharing Open up Explorer and drill down to the cgi-bin folder you created on page 2, right click on it, and select sharing and security, then click the Web sharing tab. If there are multiple Web Sites, then there will be a drop down list associated with Share on, select the website you created on page 14, (in this case W3K ). The settings should be as follows: Checked Share this folder. Aliases - cgi-bin Then click the OK button. IS 6 Setup Documentation with SellerDeck Page 25

29 Configuration of SellerDeck Network Settings The Network settings should be as follows: Note: SellerDeck should be able to function with the 'Path to the Perl Shell' set as '/usr/bin/perl'. If it does not, change the path to be wherever the Perl.is file is installed on the server, e.g. 'C:\Perl\bin\perl.is' IS 6 Setup Documentation with SellerDeck Page 26

30 Troubleshooting Cgi-bin Accessed Denied There are occasions when access to the cgi-bin directory is denied after following the above guidelines. It may become necessary to delete the cgi-bin virtual directory in IIS and then the cgi-bin directory in Windows Explorer, and then re-create both and reapply the necessary permissions. Network Password Dialog-box If an Enter Network Password dialog-box appears after clicking on the Add To Cart button: The Internet Guest Account does not have Read & Execute permissions on the cgi-bin directory. See page 5 for more details. Network Test Fails with a 'Invalid Response' When running the network test, you may see a dialogue like the one below: IS 6 Setup Documentation with SellerDeck Page 27

31 If this occurs, upgrade your copy of Actinic to version 8.50 for v8 users and version 7.07 for v7 users. IS 6 Setup Documentation with SellerDeck Page 28