4. IIS Manager Administration Nodes in the Connections Pane
Many web services components need to be
configured to optimize IIS for security, functionality, and redundancy.
The IIS snap-in is the interface used to administer IIS services. In
the left pane of the snap-in, as shown in Figure 2, you will see folders or nodes similar to the following:
• Start Page—The Start
Page is the first item within the Connections pane and is a digital
dashboard for IIS. It provides users with a wealth of information by
displaying IIS newsfeeds and links to online resources. In addition,
the Start Page includes recent connection information and connection
tasks.
• IIS Server—The main
place to administer and manage server properties and features is the
server node. After being selected, the IIS feature icons are displayed
in the central pane. An administrator must double-click a feature to
configure property settings specific to that feature. Examples of
feature icons include Feature Delegation, Logging, and Configuration
Editor.
• Application Pools—Application
pools are actually sections of physical memory dedicated to the
applications running within a pool. Application pools segment
applications from the rest of the memory resources used by other IIS
services. This promotes higher reliability and security, but it also
requires more memory to be configured on the web server. The
application pool elements can be sorted based on name, status, .NET
Framework version, managed pipeline mode, identify, and applications.
Figure 2. The IIS 8 Connections pane.
• Sites—This folder
contains all the websites and FTP sites being hosted on the web server.
The Default Web Site is created during the installation of IIS 8.
Note
An Internet Information Services (8) Manager
can be started from the Metro screen, from the Tools menu in Server
Manager, or by typing start inetmgr at the command prompt.
