Hello,

I want to install DNN on a network with 3 servers:

1) Small Business Server 2008 (domain controller, exchange server, sharepoint, remote web workplace, backup, shared/re-directed user folders, etc.)
2) Server 2003 with IIS for DNN
3) Server 2003 with SQL Server 2008

My fouter forwards port 443 packets to server 1... and forwards port 80 to server 2.

Is there something wrong with this design from DNN's perspective?

I have a couple of DNN books and the PDF download manual, and I cannot seem to find an installation example that follows this architecture, and my multiple attemtps have all failed.

Right now, I'm flattening and rebuilding servers 2 and 3 with a fresh OS each, and installing the myriad patches and updates. (this may take some time  so please bear with me )

Then I will reinstall IIS and SQL Server and their updates.

Are there any specific rules for how to install IIS or SQL that will be required for DNN to install successfully?

Once that is accomplished, what will be my very next step?

Thanks.

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there are no special requirements besides proper authentication for IIS and TCP/IP for SQL server.

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Cheers from Germany,
Sebastian Leupold

   

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Yes, I understand that the SSL packets will not be directed to the DNN server.

Actually it is my ongoing frustration with installation failures that caused me to want to eliminate all traces of any errors that I may have made previously by rebuilding the two servers... and it's not that big a deal, other than waiting for all the updates to download and install. This makes the 4th time I've flattened and rebuilt these two servers trying to install DNN over and over without resorting to help, but this is the first time I've come to the forum with my hat in my hand, and rather embarrassed. .

My previous expereinces have got me past the file system check to the DB connection check and I never get past that, the connection just fails no matter what I specify, so I want to do it all over again, step by step to see where I'm making the error. Is it in the IIS configuration? Is it in the SQL Server configuration, What format should I use for the names when SQL Server is on another machine? I haven't found examples for this.

I've installed DNN (earlier versions) maybe 10 times before, but not in the last 3 years, and every time was trial and error and persistence and luck. I've used SBS 2003 before and also Server 2003, but this is the first time I've attempted it in a SBS 2008 domain with SQL Server 2008. I don't see that it should be a problem, but I just need some guidance and reassurance that I'm going right this time.

If you suspect the router, how do you see it being involved with the installation?

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"All the solutions are simple, but only after you already know them" Robt. Pirsig