Automating IIS installation after Installation of Windows Operating System

IIS installation can be troublesome for Server Administartors but not anymore.

If you have just installed your Windows 2003 ENT or Windows 2008 OS than you can follow the steps.

 

You will need an answere file, similar to the one below and you can save the 2 sections below as a TXT file.

 

[Components] aspnet=on
complusnetwork=on
dtcnetwork=off
bitsserverextensionsisapi=off
bitsserverextensionsmanager=off
iis_common= on
iis_ftp=off
fp_extensions=off
iis_inetmer=on
iis_nntp=off
iis_smtp=off
iis_asp=on
iis_internetdataconnector=on
sakit_web=on
tswebclient=on
iis_serversideincludes=on
iis_webdav=off
iis_www=on
appsrv_console=on
inetprint=off
 

 

[InternetServer]

SvcManualStart=www
PathFTPRoot=
PathWWWRoot=c:\Inetpub\Wwwroot
ApplicationDependency=
ExtensionFile=
DisableWebServiceOnUpgrade=True 

(SAVE THE HIGHLIGHTED SECTION AS A TXT FILE ON THE SERVER)

(CHANGE THE SETTINGS IN THE ABOVE SECTION AS PER YOUR REQUIREMENT)

Open the command prompt on the server and type the following command

 Sysocmgr.exe /i:sysoc.inf  /u:%PathToUnattendFile%

If you still did'nt get it than look at the link below

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/80455459-01b0-4961-aeab-081ce2eb03a4.mspx