[mapguide-users] Installation error

[Miller, Craig]

Thanks again Jason.  I'll give the manual install a try over the next week
or two.  I'll try and document the procedure as I go.

Craig



On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 6:49 PM, Jason Birch <jason at jasonbirch.com> wrote:

> 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>
> <ml-node%2B4295033-54498305 at n2.nabble.com<ml-node%252B4295033-54498305 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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