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We’ve already seen how you can install IIS (Internet Information Services) on Windows 8.1 for testing purposes. Now, we’ll see how you can install IIS on a server machine, to host your website for production purposes.
There’s no much differences between the two procedures. The installation is quick and easy.
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Step one: Install the Web Server (IIS) role
Open the Server Manager and click Add Roles and Features:
Go on until you reach the Server Roles tab:
Select Web Server (IIS):
Click Add Features:
Ignore the Features tab and go on:
Click Next:
The default configuration will be fine. Click Next:
Click Install:
Installation completed!
Step two: Configure IIS
Go back to the Server Manager. Select Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager from the Tools menu:
Click Add Website:
Specify at least the site name and path. Click Ok:
Your first site is ready to be accessed.
One of the main disadvantages of FTP for file transfer is the lack of protection and encryption means for the transferred data. When connecting to an FTP server username and password are also sent in clear text. To transfer data (especially using public communication channels), it is recommended to use more secure protocols, like FTPS or SFTP. Let’s see how to configure an FTPS server on Windows Server 2012 R2.
FTPS protocol (FTP over SSL/TLS, FTP+SSL) is an extension of the standard FTP protocol, but the connection between a client and a server is protected (encrypted) using SSL /TLS. As a rule, the same 21 port is used for connection.
FTP over SSL support appeared in IIS 7.0 (Windows Server 2008). To make an FTPS server work, you will have to install an SSL certificate on your IIS server.
The installation of the FTP server role in Windows Server 2012 doesn’t cause any problems and has been already described.
Then open the IIS Manager console, select a server and go to the Server Certificates section.
In this section you can import a certificate, create certificate request, update a certificate or create a self-signed certificate. For demonstrative purposes, let’s create a self-signed certificate. (It can also be created using New-SelfSifgnedCertificate cmdlet.) When addressing a service, a warning that the certificate is issued by an untrusted CA will appear. To disable this warning for this certificate, add it to the list of trusted certificates using GPO.
Select Create Self-Signed Certificate.
In the Create Certificate wizard, specify its name and select Web Hosting type of the certificate.
A new self-signed certificate will appear in the list of available certificates. This certificate will expire in 1 year.
Then you have to create an FTP site. In the IIS Manager console, right-click Sites and create a new FTP site (Add FTP).
Specify its name and the path to the root directory of the FTP site (in our case, it is default path C:inetpubftproot ).
In the next window of the wizard, select the certificate you have created in the SSL certificates section.
Now you only have to select the type of authentication and user access permissions.
Click Finish in the wizard window. By default, SSL protection is mandatory and used to encrypt both management commands and transferred data.
When using FTP protocol, 2 different TCP connections are used, one is for command transfer and another is for data transfer. For each data transfer channel, an individual TCP port is opened, which number is selected by a client or a server. Most firewalls allow to inspect FTP traffic, and after analyzing it, automatically open the necessary ports. When using protected FTPS connection, the transferred data are encrypted and not subject to analysis. As the result, a firewall cannot determine, which port has to be opened for data transfer.
In order not to open the whole range of TCP ports 1024-65535 to an FTPS server from outside, you can specify the range of used addresses for the FTP server. The range is specified in the IIS site settings in FTP Firewall Support section.
After the range of ports has been changed, restart the service (iisreset).
The following rules are responsible for the incoming traffic in the Windows Firewall:
How to Test FTP over SSL ConnectionTo test an FTPS connection, let’s use Filezilla.
Status: Initializing TLS..
Status: Verifying certificate..
Status: TLS connection established.