[mapguide-users] Installation error

[Jason Birch]

I didn't realize they weren't allowed either; seems like an odd
limitation of the installer framework, but I think IIS identifies
sites by combination of host+port, so in some way it makes sense. This
adds a bit of difficulty to our intention of allowing users to choose
a site, as we'll have to somehow grab the other parameters from
existing sites too.

One way of getting around this would be to export the default site and
restore as a new site, but this would require a bunch of work...

As far as a manual install...  When you run the installer, you choose
IIS, Apache, or manual. Choose manual and proceed with the rest of the
install as desired (disable any components you're sure you don't
want). This should allow the installation to succeed, but without IIS
being configured.

On the main mapguide site under documentation for a previous release
there is a doc for configuring mapguide under IIS, but its a bit
dated. Basically right, but the mapguide isapi dll needs to be used
instead of fastcgi and an exception added for it. Sorry I don't have
time atm to document this better :(

Jason

On 2010-01-12, spatialminds <craig.miller at spatialminds.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the help.  I didn't realize host headers weren't allowed and this
> website use them quite a bit.
>
> Will a manual install allow me to get it working on this server?  I didn't
> see any links in any of the quoted emails that detailed how to do a manual
> install.
>
> Thanks for the help on this.
>
> Craig
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 2:43 PM, Jason Birch [via OSGeo.org] <
> ml-node+4295033-54498305 at n2.nabble.com<ml-node%2B4295033-54498305 at n2.nabble.com>
>> wrote:
>
>> The error message in the log indicates the same kind of problem...
>>
>> ConfigureIIsExec:  Skipping ScaInstallWebDirs() because IIsWebDir
>> table not present
>>
>> Google turns up a few hits on this all pointing in the same direction.
>>
>> So, to confirm, your default web site is named "Default Web Site", and
>> is set to all unassigned IP addresses, no host header, port 80?  I
>> earlier thought that only the name had to match, but some of the
>> earlier comments in this thread make it clear that all of the
>> parameters may have to match what's defined here:
>>
>>
>> http://trac.osgeo.org/mapguide/browser/branches/2.1/Installer/Libraries/MapGuide%20Web%20Extensions/IIS.wxs#L17
>>
>> If that's the case, the only thing I can recommend is, as above,
>> choosing the manual option and then manually configuring IIS.  The
>> link above has all the steps in it, but is a bit cryptic :)  I've been
>> meaning to document this (there are some "Configuring MapGuide on
>> Windows" documents floating around for earlier versions of MGOS) but
>> haven't found the time yet.
>>
>> Jason
>>
>>
>> 2010/1/11 spatialminds
>>
>> >
>> > Jason,
>> >
>> > Thank you for providing an in-depth reply to the original posters
>> question.
>> >
>> > I am having an identical problem as the original poster on a Windows
>> > 2003
>>
>> > SP2 server install I'm doing.  Same setup (MG 2.1.0, Windows Server
>> > 2003,
>>
>> > .NET dev setup, installing to IIS 6).  I have been told that the Default
>> > Website has never been renamed or deleted.  The server I am installing
>> > to
>>
>> > has a few remnants of Microsoft Small Business Server on it, which
>> > originally came with sharepoint, outlook web access, etc but these were
>> long
>> > ago removed removed.
>> >
>> > I've created an install log and placed it at http://tinyurl.com/msilog
>> >
>> > Thanks for any help you can lend,
>> > Craig
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