How to create a virtual Web server by using an ADSI script in IIS (315599)

SUMMARY

This step-by-step article describes how to create a new virtual Web server. The tool that is used to complete this task is MKW3SITE, which is a ADSI script that is located in the AdminScripts directory of IIS. Note that MKW3SITE only creates, and sets some of the properties of, the virtual directory. MKW3SITE does not create the actual Web site files.

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Add the AdminScripts Directory to the System Path

Before you can carry out the steps in this article, you need to add the AdminScripts directory to the Windows environment path. If you have already done this, you can skip this portion of the article.

To add AdminScripts to the Windows environment path, follow these steps:

1. On the Windows 2000 desktop, right-click My Computer and click Properties.
2. In the System Properties dialog box, click the Advanced tab.
3. Click Environment Variables.
4. In the System Variables box, select the line that begins with the word "path."
5. Click Edit.
6. In the Edit System Variable dialog box, place the cursor at the end of the line in the Variable Value box.
7. Type ;C:\Inetpub\AdminScripts to add the path to the sample ADSI scripts.NOTE: Each element in the path variable must be separated by a semicolon.
   
   
8. Click OK two times to close the Environment Variables dialog box.

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Register CScript on the Administration Server

The Adsutil.vbs script that you will run uses CScript. If you register Cscript.exe as your default scripting host, you do not have to type Cscript.exe in front of the scripts to run them. Skip this task if you do not want to register CScript.exe, or if you have already registered CScript as your default scripting host.

To register CScript as your default scripting host, follow these steps:

1. On the administration server, click Start, click Run, type Cmd, and then click OK.
2. At the command prompt, type Cscript /H:Cscript, and then press ENTER.
3. At the command prompt, type Exit, and then press ENTER..

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Create a Virtual Web Server using MKW3Site

After you have set the path, you can create the virtual Web server using WKW3SITE.

To create the virtual Web server, follow these steps:

1. If necessary, create a new folder to which the virtual folder will refer (for example, C:\MyWebs\Accounting).
2. On your administration server, open a command prompt.
3. At the command prompt on the server, type mkw3site -r path --DontStart -t "MyVirtual Site" -o 80 -i xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. The command parameters are as follows:
   
   
   • -r is the root directory of the Web site.
   • path is the path to directory where you want to store the files of the new Web site (for example, C:\MyWebs\Accounting).
   • -DontStart creates the Web site in a stopped state. To start the site, you must activate it through the IIS snap-in, or from the command line by typing net start w3svc.
   • -t defines the title of the Web site.
   • -o defines the port number.
   • -i defines the IP address for the Web site.
   • xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of the Web site as defined in the TCP/IP properties of the network connection (for example, 172.16.100.1).

For additional help with the Administration Script Utility, type mkw3site help at the command prompt.

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