20 articles tagged “iis”
If you've got app sprawl across multiple XenApp farms, here's how I used the XenApp SDK, PowerShell, and IIS to build an automated report showing every published app in one URL.
Need to know who's been hitting a specific URL? LogParser queries your IIS W3C logs and gives you every IP in chronological order. Then you can export unique IPs for identification.
If your HTTP server headers are exposing IIS or Apache version info, you're giving attackers a head start. Here's how to use NetScaler Rewrite policies to obfuscate them.
Your SSL redirect is throwing a cert error because the cert doesn't cover the origin domain. SAN certs fix this. Here's when wildcards fall short and how to configure clean 301 redirects.
If all your backend web servers go down, you can have the NetScaler serve a maintenance page directly. Beats browser timeouts and keeps users informed.
Here's the exact Responder Policy expression and 301 redirect action to force all HTTP traffic to HTTPS on a NetScaler, sitewide, without touching individual vservers.
If Altiris Service Desk 7 throws XML errors on Windows 2003 x64 with IIS 6, switch the app pools to 32-bit mode. That fixes the XML processing failure.
LogParser's DATAGRID output gives you IIS error 500 results and page load times in a readable GUI window. No CSV exports needed. Instant visual output.
If you need to verify SSLv2 and weak ciphers are disabled for PCI or SOX, here are four tools that work across IIS, Apache, NetScaler, and F5 BigIP.
If your NetScaler SNIP is masking real client IPs in IIS logs, you can insert the true client IP via a custom HTTP header and ISAPI filter. No USIP mode needed.
If you need the IUSR or IWAM password without resetting it, Adsutil.vbs in C:\Inetpub\AdminScripts will retrieve it for you. Quick and non-disruptive.
If you're troubleshooting SSL chain issues, the OpenSSL s_client command tells you exactly what's wrong in seconds. Here's the command and how to read the output.
Got multiple dllhost.exe processes and need to know which COM+ app each one belongs to? Use tlist.exe from Windows Debugging Tools to map PID to application name.
Don't load massive log files into Excel. Log Parser 2.2 lets you run SQL-style queries against IIS logs and CSVs. Find top pages, error 500s, and custom reports instantly.
NetScaler and Cisco appliances need your SSL cert in PEM format. Here's how to generate the CSR from IIS and use OpenSSL to convert the .pfx to .pem.
Quickest way to test SMTP connectivity on an Exchange server? Telnet to port 25 and send an email manually. Works on 2003, 2007, and 2010 with no tools needed.
If your Urchin 6 profile is stuck in 'Running' with errors 12007 and 12008, a reboot during processing left MySQL inconsistent. Here's the command-line fix to clear it.
If you need to change the URL of an existing SharePoint 2007 site, don't touch IIS. Use Central Administration's Alternate Access Mappings. Here's how to do it safely.
