IIS 6.0 question - can I change the port number on the Default Web Site?

[Mike in Nebraska]

I have an Application Server running Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard. It
has SQL 2008 and SharePoint Server 2007 Enterprise on it. As part of the
SharePoint setup, it disables the Default Web Site so I can setup my
top-level site under SharePoint.

I have an app I want to install that defaults to the Default Web Site.
There's an option to install it to some other port number, but the
instructions aren't very clear and I can't seem to get it to work.

I had the thought that maybe I could change the port number of the Default
Web Site so I could then enable it, and allow the install wizard to do it's
thing. However, I wanted to run it by this newsgroup first to see if I
might be missing something.

Any comments?

--
Mike Webb
Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust, Inc.
a conservation non-profit (501

 

[Anthony [MVP]]

Mike,
There are two entirely different things:
- configuring Windows to run different web services (Apache, IIS) on
different ports (80, 81) and/or different IP's (any, specified)
- what the third-party application is configured to expect.
Unfortunately there is an infinite variety of what the app might be trying
to do. Some assume they are the one and only web service. Others install as
a directory under the Default.
You can certainly change the default web service to 8080 and then let the
app do its thing. Unless you have something else, like SharePoint, that is
already installed to Port 80.
Anthony
http://www.airdesk.com



"Mike in Nebraska" wrote in message
news:542AF9BE-CC3E-4EFB-8D61-11E6B7DC6973@microsoft.com...
> I have an Application Server running Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard. It
> has SQL 2008 and SharePoint Server 2007 Enterprise on it. As part of the
> SharePoint setup, it disables the Default Web Site so I can setup my
> top-level site under SharePoint.
>
> I have an app I want to install that defaults to the Default Web Site.
> There's an option to install it to some other port number, but the
> instructions aren't very clear and I can't seem to get it to work.
>
> I had the thought that maybe I could change the port number of the Default
> Web Site so I could then enable it, and allow the install wizard to do
> it's thing. However, I wanted to run it by this newsgroup first to see if
> I might be missing something.
>
> Any comments?
>
> --
> Mike Webb
> Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust, Inc.
> a conservation non-profit (501

 

[Mike in Nebraska]

OK, thanks.

"Anthony [MVP]" wrote in message
news:02B0D871-2742-4105-968A-81F8D0F87386@microsoft.com...
> Mike,
> There are two entirely different things:
> - configuring Windows to run different web services (Apache, IIS) on
> different ports (80, 81) and/or different IP's (any, specified)
> - what the third-party application is configured to expect.
> Unfortunately there is an infinite variety of what the app might be trying
> to do. Some assume they are the one and only web service. Others install
> as a directory under the Default.
> You can certainly change the default web service to 8080 and then let the
> app do its thing. Unless you have something else, like SharePoint, that is
> already installed to Port 80.
> Anthony
> http://www.airdesk.com
>
>
>
> "Mike in Nebraska" wrote in message
> news:542AF9BE-CC3E-4EFB-8D61-11E6B7DC6973@microsoft.com...
>> I have an Application Server running Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard. It
>> has SQL 2008 and SharePoint Server 2007 Enterprise on it. As part of the
>> SharePoint setup, it disables the Default Web Site so I can setup my
>> top-level site under SharePoint.
>>
>> I have an app I want to install that defaults to the Default Web Site.
>> There's an option to install it to some other port number, but the
>> instructions aren't very clear and I can't seem to get it to work.
>>
>> I had the thought that maybe I could change the port number of the
>> Default Web Site so I could then enable it, and allow the install wizard
>> to do it's thing. However, I wanted to run it by this newsgroup first to
>> see if I might be missing something.
>>
>> Any comments?
>>
>> --
>> Mike Webb
>> Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust, Inc.
>> a conservation non-profit (501