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1/23/2012 11:20 AM
 
Regina Mitsos


Joined: 1/18/2012
Posts: 1

Hello and Greetings,

 We have a web server (2K8 32-bit) running IIS 7. It has existing websites on it that we cannot change. So now, management has come and said we have a new website and its been developed using DNN. So now I have to install DNN on the existing web server without affecting the existing web site(s). So my questions are:

1. will installing DNN affect the existing sites?

2. Does DNN require a nice clean server/IIS install to work properly?

3. What changes to the existing IIS can I expect if I am able to install DNN on this server?

4. Is there anything in the existing IIS that would preclude installing DNN? I.E. if 'x' is true then don't install DNN on that web server?

5. Are there any other 'gotchas' I should be aware of when installing DNN into an existing IIS already hosting sites?

 I have perused the superuser manual but it doesn't seem to answer these questions.

 

Regards,

 

RM

 
 
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1/23/2012 1:54 PM
 
Scott Willhite


alkihomes.com
Joined: 4/11/2003
Posts: 3047

Greetings Regina , Welcome to DotNetNuke!

1. Installing DotNetNuke won't have any direct effect on existing websites.  Adding any website to a server may cause some additional traffic, etc. but there is nothing specific about DotNetNuke to consider there.

2. DotNetNuke should run fine on your IIS-7 configuration.  We tend to keep the requirements minimal so that it can run in almost any hosters environment without changes.

3. DotNetNuke won't make any changes to IIS at all.  It will install a web.config file for itself in the site root directory, as do all IIS applications.  But this has no effect on any application outside of the DotNetNuke install.

4. Not that I know of.  Does this server have any special configuration you can identify that you want to ask about specifically?

5. As I mentioned, there should be no gotchas specific to DotNetNuke. If you're planning to run DotNetNuke using IIS Express, then the web server would need that installed.  However, if you're connecting to another SQL database all you'll need is the connection information during the install process.

Hope that helps.

Scott Willhite, Co-Founder DNN

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