[MS4W-Users] requesting help to set up MS4W with IIS

[Benedek Petrovicz]

Hi

I've created an IIS setup tutorial a couple years ago and I'm using the
same setup till this day.
It works fine for me.
Folder namings and port selection can be different, but I like to stick
with my conventions because it makes upgrading to a newer version much
easier.

   1. Download ms4w-4.0.3
   <https://ms4w.com/release/archive/zip/ms4w_4.0.3.zip>
   2. Unzip it to the root of your C drive as *ms4w-4.0.3*
   3. Open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager
   1. Expand your server
      2. Right click on Sites > Add Website...
         1. Set the name to *MS4W-4.0.3*
         2. Set the Physical path to *C:\ms4w-4.0.3\Apache\*
         3. Set the IP address to '*All Unassigned*' and the Port to *1234
         (set this to any free port as you wish)*
         4. Click Ok
      3. Right click on your site > Add Virtual Directory...
         1. Set Alias to '*cgi-bin*'
         2. Set Physical path > *C:\ms4w-4.0.3\Apache\cgi-bin\*
         3. Click Ok
      4. In Connections tab > Left click on *MS4W-4.0.3*
         1. Open *Handler Mappings*
            1. In Actions tab > Edit Feature Permissions...
            2. Check Execute
            3. Click Ok
         5. In Connections tab > Left click on the server
         1. Open *ISAPI and CGI Restrictions*
            1. In Actions tab > Add...
            2. Set the path to *C:\ms4w-4.0.3\Apache\cgi-bin\mapserv.exe*
            3. Set Description to '*MS4W-4.0.3*'
            4. Check *Allow extension path to execute*
            5. Click Ok
         4. Open up a browser > Go to *http://localhost
   <http://localhost>:1234/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe*
   5. You should see this message: *No query information to decode.
   QUERY_STRING is set, but empty.*

Let me know if you had any luck with these steps!

Petrovicz

On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 6:28 AM TC Haddad via MS4W-Users <
ms4w-users at lists.ms4w.com> wrote:

>
> Hi Mark,
>
> I've worked with someone who uses MS4W on IIS and it is a bit of a pain.
> The next version of MS4W is nearly ready and will come with a newer version
> of Apache. Unless it is urgent, you may just want to wait a little while
> longer.
>
> Tanya
>
> On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 2:17 PM Mark Volz via MS4W-Users <
> ms4w-users at lists.ms4w.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>>
>> Our organization needs to use a newer version of apache than what is
>> available with MS4W 4.0.5.  I am considering possibly using IIS to host our
>> application.  Unfortunately I am having trouble following the instructions
>> on https://ms4w.com/README_INSTALL.html#how-to-install-ms4w.
>>
>>
>>
>> Please let me know if you have more verbatim instructions on how to use
>> MS4W under IIS.  I would prefer to keep all my files under c:\ms4w so that
>> I can easily switch back to Apache when an updated version is available.
>>
>>
>>
>> Is it possible to use Mapcache with IIS or is that not an option?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you for your help!
>>
>>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> *Mark Volz, GISP*
>>
>>
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