The big question is Why would you want to change the Log File to another drive or to another location? The simple answer is that we want to manage and control the amount of disk space that Internet Information Services (IIS) log files consume. In this guide, you will learn how to change the log…
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In this article, I will show you the steps to fix “Error 0x80073701: The request to add or remove features on the specified server failed. Reference assembly could not be round on Windows Server”. Please see how to fix the request to add or remove features on the specified server failed, Check .NET Framework version…
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SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) plays a crucial role in establishing trust and ensuring a secure environment for online interactions, especially for sensitive transactions. Among the various web servers, Microsoft’s Internet Information Services (IIS) stands as a robust platform, and understanding how to create a self-signed certificate within its framework is a valuable skill. Note that…
Web traffic to web servers can be easily encrypted using Transport Layer Security (TLS), formerly known as Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates. These TLS/SSL certificates are deployable to Windows virtual machines (VMs) on Azure securely and can be saved in the Azure Key Vault. In this article, you will learn how to Secure a Web…
The Web Server (IIS) role in Windows Server 2019 provides a secure, easy-to-manage, modular, and extensible platform for reliably hosting websites, services, and applications. In this article, I will show you how to install IIS Web Server on Windows Server 2019 operating system. Please see How to install and configure an FTP Server on Windows…
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File Transfer Protocol (FTP) refers to a group of rules that govern how computers transfer files between systems over the internet. Businesses use FTP to send files between computers, and websites use FTP for the uploading and downloading of files from their servers. Kindly refer to this related for how to install and configure FTP…
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FTP functions on a client-server model. The server hosts the files to be shared and the client provides the interface to access, download, or upload files to the file server. The device transferring the files can be within the same network where the FTP server is configured. It could also reside outside the network. As…
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A service principal name (SPN) is a unique identifier of a service instance. SPNs are used by Kerberos authentication to associate a service instance with a service logon account. This allows a client application to request that the service authenticate an account, even if the client does not have the account name.In this article, we shall discuss…
In this article, we shall discuss “How to add an account to the local IIS_IUSRS group”. IIS_IUSRS is the group for IIS Worker Process Accounts. This means the identity that the application pool itself runs under. IUSR is the anonymous user identity. That means the identity that IIS believes to be the user who is accessing the site….
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This article explore how to add and remove IIS web server. Kindly refer to the following related contents: Event ID 5059: Application pool has been disabled or Changing identity user for IIS Application Pooland how to setup and configure Windows server update services (WSUS). The Web Server (IIS) role in Windows Server 2019 provides a…
The HTTP TRACE method is normally used to return the full HTTP request back to the requesting client for proxy-debugging purposes. An attacker can create a webpage using XMLHTTP, ActiveX, or XMLDOM to cause a client to issue a TRACE request and capture the client’s cookies. This effectively results in a Cross-Site Scripting attack. In…
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In this article, we shall discuss “Application pool has been disabled or Changing identity user for IIS Application Pool (Event ID 5059)”. The Internet Information Services (IIS) is an extensible web server software from Microsoft for use with Windows NT family. IIS supports HTTP, HTTP/2, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, SMTP and NNTP. Here are some related…
IIS URL Rewrite enables Web administrators to create powerful rules to implement URLs that are easier for users to remember and easier for search engines to find. By using rule templates, rewrite maps, .NET providers, and other functionality integrated into IIS Manager, Web administrators can easily set up rules to define URL rewriting behavior based…
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