XBow Server Online Help

XBow Server Installation - Windows Server 2003

  1. Install Windows Server 2003.
  2. Install XBow Server.
  3. Click Start->Settings->Control Panel->Administrative Tools->Manage Your Server.
  4. Add the "Application server (IIS, ASP.NET)" Server Role from the "Manage Your Server" application.
  5. Click Start->Settings->Control Panel->Administrative Tools->Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
  6. Right-click on Web Sites->Default Web Site.
  7. Click New->Virtual Directory.
  8. Click Next on the "Welcome to the Virtual Directory Creation Wizard" page.
  9. Enter an alias for the XBow Server virtual directory (e.g. "xbs").
  10. Click Next.
  11. Enter the path to the location where XBow Server is installed (e.g. "C:\Program Files\Scopr\XBow Server").
  12. Click Next.
  13. On the Virtual Directory Access Permissions page, accept the default permissions of "Read" and "Run scripts".
  14. Click Next.
  15. Click Finish.
  16. Expand the new virtual directory under Default Web Site.
  17. Right-click on the cgi-bin folder and click Properties.
  18. On the Directory page, change Execute permissions to "Scripts and Executables" and enable write access.
  19. Click Yes on the warning message that appears.
  20. Right-click on Default Web Site and click Properties.
  21. On the Web Site page, set the SSL port to 443.
  22. On the Directory Security page, click Server Certificate.
  23. Click Next on the Web Server Certificate Wizard page.
  24. Select "Create a new certificate" and click Next.
  25. Add certificate for default web site.
  26. Expand the XBow Server virtual directory and right-click on the cgi-bin folder.
  27. Click Properties.
  28. On the Directory page, allow Read and Write.
  29. Set the Application name to cgi-bin.
  30. Set Execute Permissions to "Scripts and Executables".
  31. Click the "Configuration..." button.
  32. Click the "Add..." button.
  33. In the Executable name, type "%ProgramFiles%\Scopr\XBow Server\cgi-bin\xbowddd.exe".  Note that the filepath must be enclosed in quotation marks.
  34. Select "All verbs".
  35. De-select "Script engine".
  36. Click OK.
  37. Click OK.
  38. Click Web Service Extensions.
  39. Right-click "All Unknown CGI Extensions".
  40. Click "Allow".
  41. Run regedt32.exe.
  42. Right-click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Scopr\XBS\Users.
  43. Click Permissions...
  44. Add user IUSR_<servername> and give the user Full Control permission.
  45. Click Apply.
  46. Click OK.
  47. From a web browser, go to https://<your web site>/xbs to verify that XBow Server is operational.