Migrating a Web Server to IIS 5.0

Basic Steps to Migrate a Web Server

Once you’ve completed the planning and preparatory steps described in the previous section, you’re ready to begin migrating your Web server to IIS 5.0. This section describes the basic steps required to migrate from almost any type of Web server. Later sections provide details about migrating from Apache HTTP Server and Netscape Enterprise Server, as well as upgrading from IIS 4.0 to IIS 5.0 or replicating settings and content from one IIS 5.0 Web server to another.

The following steps are discussed:

Assessing Hardware Requirements. Assessing hardware requirements and acquiring any new hardware needed for deployment.
Preparing the Destination Server. Preparing the destination computer by creating partitions, installing Windows 2000 Server with IIS 5.0, and structuring directories.
Using the IIS Migration Wizard.
Migrating Web and FTP Sites. Migrating Web and File Transfer Protocol (FTP) sites by replicating their content to the destination computer, correcting any problems with the files, and implementing special features.
Replicating and Configuring Applications. Replicating Web application files to the destination server, configuring the applications, and installing and configuring any necessary script interpreters. Additional steps that might be required to migrate CGI applications to IIS 5.0 are discussed in Migrating Web Applications.
Migrating log files.
Migrating Configuration Settings. Migrating Web server configuration settings.
Securing the Server. Securing the new Web server by importing user and group information, setting permissions, installing security certificates, and configuring other security parameters.

Note You can use the IIS Migration Wizard, included on the Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server Resource Kit companion CD, to replicate Web site content and migrate Web server settings from Netscape Enterprise Server 3.5 or Apache HTTP Server 1.3. You can also use the wizard to upgrade a server running IIS 4.0, or to replicate a server running IIS 5.0.