How to use Mojo portal on IIS6 with other websites?

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1/21/2010 8:49:15 PM
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How to use Mojo portal on IIS6 with other websites?

Hi,

I have installed Mojo Portal on the dev server and it is working BUT the other dev websites I had there are no longer accessible. Is there a recommended way to make mojo portal work with other websites?

The dev server is an internal server. Other dev sites had been setup as virtual directories under the default directory.  I have tried making New Websites in IIS Manager for these other websites and giving them different port (eg: 10.10.180.181:8001 ) . This is not accessible on everyones PC (this might be an internal problem). Also it seems unstable. Sometimes Mojo portal is not accessibe.

After this eval I want to setup Mojo portal on the live server. Any advice on stteing up Mojo Portal with other websites on IIS appreciated.

 

Cheers,
Leah

 

 

1/22/2010 9:14:19 AM
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Re: How to use Mojo portal on IIS6 with other websites?

Hi Leah,

You have a few options for setting up multiple sites in IIS6.

1) Give each website its own unique IP address. While this works very well, it is "expensive" in terms of IP addresses. It is also completely unnecessary considering the other options. However, if you intend on using SSL, each site with SSL must have it's own IP address (there are ways around this but I don't consider any of them stable). 

2) Give each website a unique port and a shared IP address. This method is fine for development but can be very confusing for end users and isn't really viable on the Internet because you can't be sure what ports are available to users outside of your own network.

3) Give each site a host header and a shared IP address. This is my favorite method because it provides the most flexibility. It does require a little bit more configuration but it pays off in the end. I located an article at Microsoft (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324287) which explains how to configure host headers in IIS 6. You will also need to configure your DNS to point to the correct IP address for each host header (domain) you create. IIS will handle directing the traffic to the correct website. 

I can help further if you have questions but I think this should give you a pretty good head start.

HTH,
Joe D.

1/22/2010 9:24:39 AM
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Re: How to use Mojo portal on IIS6 with other websites?

Hi Leah,

Also see our Developer FAQ, it has info about resolving conflicts between different ASP.NET apps running as virtual directories in a single site.

Note also that if you have applications running different versions of .NET, ie if you also have some .NET 1.1 app(s) running on the server, make sure you don't use the same app pool for .NET 1.1 apps as for .NET 3.5 apps.

Hope it helps,

Joe

1/22/2010 4:33:04 PM
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Re: How to use Mojo portal on IIS6 with other websites?

Hi Joe and Joe,

 

Thanks for clearing this up for me. Looks like not only do I have a fix but I have lots of options. :)

 

Joe Davis's option 3 (shared IP and host headers) is what we already use on the live server already. So putting Mojo portal into this environment sounds like it will be fine.

For the internal server I will talk to the internal IT guys about name resolution options and that should get us up and running again.

 

Cheers,
Leah

4/19/2010 2:23:11 AM
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Re: How to use Mojo portal on IIS6 with other websites?

Hi ,

i have different vesions of asp.net(1.1 and 2.0) on my server (win2003 server and IIS6). Different applications running under their own app pools. i have deployed mojo there . it is also working fine other than slide show. it is not working at all. it was working on my dev machine , which has on on asp.net version 2.0 and IIS 6 on it. it will be grate if somebody could be helpm. Thanks in advance.

Shoukat

4/19/2010 12:52:50 PM
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Re: How to use Mojo portal on IIS6 with other websites?

Google how to install silverlight in IIS 6.

Hope it helps,

Joe

4/19/2010 7:36:22 PM
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Re: How to use Mojo portal on IIS6 with other websites?

You are gorgeous.. Thanks a lot

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