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InstallOnIIS

Questions answered by this recipe

How do I get PmWiki to work using the IIS webserver?

• install Cookbook:PHP
• installation of PmWiki

How do I give PmWiki permissions to write the wiki.d directory?

Installing PmWiki under IIS.

Locate the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager (in Control Panel | Administrative Tools) and open it.

Follow the wizard to set up the website, accept the defaults except as noted below

• provide a description
• specify the host header
• browse to the directory in which the pmwiki.php script resides
• select permissions Read and Execute

Start the website by right mouse clicking on the new website and selecting start

Ensure that pmwiki.php is set as a default document type by right mouse clicking on the Websites folder icon and selecting properties. Choose the Document tab and add pmwiki.php as a content page.

PmWiki writing to wiki.d

To give PmWiki permission to write to wiki.d you have to

1. allow IIS permission to anonymously write to wiki.d directory
2. set directory permissions on wiki.d to allow the IIS user to write to it.

• from IIS
  • choose properties for the wiki.d directory
  • select the directory security tab
  • edit the authentication and access control
  • check the box that enables anonymous access
• from explorer or IIS
  • from explorer choose properties for the wiki.d directory
  • or from IIS choose permissions for the wiki.d directory
  • select the security tab
  • add the Internet Guest account
  • give the internet guest account modify privileges

Problems

• You receive a "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process" error message when you try to start a Web site in the Internet Information Services MMC snap-in
• check the registry for the ListenOnlyList key

Notes

This recipe was written after a frustrating effort to get PmWiki running under IIS when previously it had worked fine under Apache 2.2.

You can now

• install Fast CGI for IIS6 using the Microsoft Web platform installer
• install PHP using the Microsoft Web platform installer

The defaults work out of the box with PmWiki, and this method of installation is recommended.

Comments

Hi I had to edit the Configuration properties of the Virtual Directory of PmWiki to get it to work. The default installation of php under Windows puts it under the c:\Program Files folder, and this means there is a space in the path, which causes problems.

So I had to start IIS Administration, select the PmWiki virtual directory, edit its Properties, then select Virtual Directory, then click on Configuration, and select php in Application Extensions. There the executable path contains tildes ~, which must be the culprit. Simply click Edit, then browse to the directory where your php5isapi.dll is located. After you have selected the file, make sure it is surrounded by double-quotes. Click on Ok on everything to accept the settings. Now it should work.

Christophe Keller, 06 Sept. 2007

QUESTION: Has anyone figured out how to get CleanURLs working under IIS?

-Peter Bowers April 03, 2008, at 01:06 AM

Write Permission under Windows XP

To give PmWiki permission to write to wiki.d under Windows XP & IIS you have to use the security tab in the folder properties. By default, Windows XP users have that security tab hidden. To show it follow the following procedure:

Now you will have the security tab shown in the properties of every folder. Now, to give write access to PHP in order to fopen, copy or upload a file, follow this procedure:

Bernard Haston 28 Sept 2007

See Also

• install Cookbook:PHP PHP windows installation and configuration for PmWiki
• installation Obtaining and installing PmWiki
• Cookbook:InstallOnWindowsHomeServer Install PmWiki on Windows Home Server and IIS6

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