Title : Installing the FastCGI Extension for Internet Information Services 6.0 What is FastCGI : FastCGI is an IIS 6.0 extension which improves the performance of Home, Monitors & Reports pages of the SEPM console How do I get it ? It is available in the Cd 2 folder ... Under... \Tools\NoSupport\FastCGI How do I install the FastCGI : To install and configure the FastCGI Extension for Internet Information Services 6.0, you'll need to perform the following tasks: A] Install the extension. B] Change the IIS PHP mapping. C] Create a FastCGI configuration. D] Modify the php.ini file. The following instructions apply to Windows Server 2003. A > To install the FastCGI Extension for Internet Information Services 6.0 1 Double-click one of the following files, as appropriate for your computer: A] fcgisetup32.msi B] fcgisetup64.msi 2 In the Welcome to the FastCGI Setup Wizard, click Next. 3 Check the I accept the terms in the License Agreement check box, and then click Next. 4 Click Install. 5 Click Finish. B > To change the IIS PHP mapping 1 Click Start>Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager. 2 In the navigation tree, under Web Sites, under Default Web Site, right-click Reporting, and then select Properties. 3 On the Virtual Directory tab, click Configuration. 4 On the Mappings tab, under Application extensions, click the executable path,and then click Edit. 5 Change the path to %WINDIR%\system32\inetsrv\fcgiext.dll where you replace %WINDIR% with the definition of %WINDIR% on your computer. C > To create a FastCGI configuration 1 Open a command prompt and change directory to the %WINDIR%\system32\ inetsrv folder. 2 Type the following command: cscript fcgiconfig.js -add -section:"PHP" -extension:php-path:"SEPM_install_folder\PHP\php-cgi.exe" where you replace SEPM_install_folder with the folder where you installed Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager, which, by default, is C:\Program Files\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager. 3 Type the following command: cscript fcgiconfig.js -set -section:"PHP" -InstanceMaxRequests:10000 4 Type the following command: cscript fcgiconfig.js -set -section:"PHP"-EnvironmentVars:PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS:10000 D > To modify the php.ini file 1 Open the folder SEPM_install_folder\PHP, where you replace SEPM_install_folder with the folder where you installed Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager, which, by default, is C:\Program Files\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager. 2 Right-click the Php.ini file and select Properties. 3 Uncheck the Read-only attribute check box to make the file writable. 4 Add the following lines to the end of the file: fastcgi.impersonate=1 fastcgi.log=0 5 Save and close the file, and remember to change its read-only attribute back.
Has anyone installed the FastCGI Extension?
FYI, IIS version 6.0 is the version that installs with Windows 2003.
Path to the executable for the IIS service
C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv\inetinfo.exe
Thanks