Deployment Solution

In Deployment Solution 7.1 SP1 you can use IIS Web Server to store Images. HTTP Imaging supports capture/deploy/restore of Ghost and RapiDeploy images. Following are steps to configure IIS7.x and IIS6.x for HTTP Imaging support.

Steps to configure IIS7 on Windows 2008 R2

• Go to “Server Manager”
• Select “Roles”
• Click “Add Roles”
• Read the instruction, click Next
• Select “Web Server (IIS)” role and click Next
• Select following options

            WebDAV publishing

            Basic Authentication

            Windows Authentication

            Digest Authentication

• Click Next
• Click Install
• Installation succeeded, Click on Close
• Click on “Web Server (IIS)”
• Click on “IIS Manager”
• In Connection Pane, Click on <Machine_name>, Click on “Sites”
• Remove the “Default Web Site” - This step is optional
• Add New Web Site - If you are configuring Default Web Site ignore this step and proceed with below steps
• In Add Site Dialog, configure Site Name, Physical Path.
• Select above created web site.
• Double click on “Directory Browsing” and Enable it
• Double click on “MIME TYPE” and add following MIME TYPE

            File Name Extension: gho, MIME Type: application/octet-stream

            File Name Extension: ghs, MIME Type: application/octet-stream

• Double click on “WebDAV Authoring Rules” and Enable WebDAV
• Click on “Adding Authoring Rule..”
• Select “All Content”, “All Users”, in Permission select “Read”, “Source”, “Write”
• Double Click on “Authentication” and Enable one of the following Authentication of your choice

            Basic Authentication         

            Digest Authentication

Imaging Support

• Ghost supports IIS7.x
• Anonymous Authentication is not supported by Ghost on IIS7.x
• Rdeploy is not supported on IIS7.x

Steps to Configure IIS6 on Windows 2003 Server

• Go to Control Panel
• Select Add or Remove Programs
• Click on Add/Remove Windows Components
• Enable “Application Server” checkbox
• Click on Details, Internet Information Services (IIS) should be checked
• Click on Next
• After successful installation click on Finish
• Launch IIS Manager
• In connection pane, click on <Machine name>, click on “Web Sites”
• Remove Default Website – This Step is Optional
• Add new Web Site – If you are configuring Default Web Site ignore this step and proceed with below steps
• Right Click on Web Site, select Properties
• In Web Site Tab, Enter Description, TCP Port, Enable HTTP Keep Alive, Enable Logging
• In Home Directory Tab, Select option “A directory located on this computer”
• Configure local Path, Enable Read, Write, Directory Browsing permission
• In Directory Security Tab, Click on Edit button under “Authentication and access Control”, Select  one of the available authentication of your choice: “Anonymous”, “Basic”, “Digest”
• In HTTP Header tab, Click on MIME Types…Add following MIME Types for Ghost and RapiDeploy

       Extension: GHO, MIME type: Application/Octet-stream

       Extension: GHS, MIME type: Application/Octet-stream

       Extension: Img, MIME type: Application/Octet-stream

       Extension: 001, MIME type: Application/Octet-stream

       Extension: 002, MIME type: Application/Octet-stream and so on

• In Connection, click on “Web Service Extension”, Select “WebDAV” and click on Allow

Imaging Tool Support:

Both Ghost and Rdeploy supports IIS 6.x