server

How do you configure IIS for local development and testing?

There are a few questions about configuring Apache for local development, such as this one, but I didn't see anything about IIS. Suggestions for locking down IIS without crippling it's functionality? In response to a comment, I'm looking to do ASP.NET development using the IIS server that comes with Windows XP Pro SP3 (IIS 5 or 6, I bel...

MS Source Server: significance of srcsrv.ini variable

The MS source server technology uses an initialization file named srcsrv.ini. One of the values identifies the source server location(s), e.g., MYSERVER=\\machine\foobar The docs leave much unanswered about this value. To start with, I haven't been able to find the significance of the value name, i.e., what's on the left side--and I d...

How to monitor Windows services

I'm looking for a way to monitor certain Windows services (on Windows Server 2003) and restart if necessary. The services are on different servers and include mainly SQL Server services (e.g. SQL Server Agent), but also some proprietary services. Email alerts sent out if a service has stopped would be very useful as well. ...

Starting JBoss from Eclipse

Staring JBoss server from within Eclipse Ganymede gives me the following problem: "Server JBoss v4.0 at localhost was unable to start within 120 seconds. If the server requires more time, try increasing the timeout in the server editor." The console shows JBoss has started in so and so minutes but soon after, there is a pop up if the ab...

What are the high level requirements for building a basic SMTP server for Windows?

I know Windows has SMTP capabilities under IIS, but I thought a basic SMTP would be a good project for learning Windows application development. I don't want a relay. I want an actual SMTP server that will send email from localhost anonymously. Obviously, it is only to be used for routing emails sent during a development process, and I r...

Custom intellisense for server controls?

Can you program/configure Visual Studio to produce custom intellisense for your own server controls. eg can you get it to do this: for a tag of your own like: <MyCompany:MyTag ... ...

How to calculate/save memory useage of .NET app on terminal servers?

I do some C# fat application on Citrix/Terminal Server. How to measure actual memory usage per-session? What can I do to reduce the memory usage in total? We still working on .NET 1.1. Does it have a difference if we upgrade our .NET runtime? ...

Flash Media Server/PHP Application

I need help finding resources that would help me or at least point me in the right direction in building a Flash media server/PHP application. I basically want to improve my current application by instead of progressive download using flash media server so that the videos will not only stream well but they can't be downloaded by the end ...

Adobe Air Retrieving Server URL at Runtime

Hello, I'm not familiar with Adobe Air and I am uploading a file to a server. For simple testing purposes I have hard coded an upload URL (Specifically a url to a upload directory on the server to which the amf channels point) into the code. Is there a way in adobe air to get this server url at run time? Or does the question not make a...

Reasons to have an absolute path in .NET

We're trying to decide between having all the devs on a particular team to use an absolute path for their code base or if relative paths are fine. One reason I can think for an absolute path, meaning everyone has the same path, is because of IIS and functional tests. Our asp.net functional test use Nunit and WatiN to fire up IE and go ...

RIA Server Pattern

Which kind of sever side pattern would be best suitable for a middle-weight RIA application? Now I have a Data Access Layer generated by SubSonic. Most of the times a service is called from Flex (with WebORB). This service then calls the Business layer. The business layer will get some data (SubSonic Collections or SP's), the data is co...

Overriding application server behaviour for loading jsp-api and servlet-api jars in a packaged web application

I have a project built and packaged with a specific version of jsp-apiand servlet-api jar files. Now I want these jars to be loaded when deploying the web project on any application server for example tomcat, WAS, Weblogic etc. The behaviour I have seen on tomcat is that it gives messages that the packaged version of these apis are not ...

Creating an FTP Hosting Server Website?

Hello, I recently bought a new web server 2008 for our company and require a FTP Hosting site that allows customers to upload files and host websites from our server, The site must have the shopping basket / Monthly rates built in. If I purchased the correct template that is designed for hosting, How do I get it to work with the web ser...

How would you compare Apache Tomcat & Glassfish as production servers?

I have a J2EE-based system which is running currently on Apache Tomcat. We are in discussions to move our production servers to the Glassfish server. Can someone share their experiences with either of them? ...

Plesk Rebranding Web Hosting

Hey I recently bought the new Plesk software and im unsure on how to re-brand the site to our company logos and themes. Does anyone know the steps to changes these settings or a manual that would answer my questions? Regards, Oliver James ...

Add appointment to calendar through Exchange programatically

How can I add an item to a users calendar programatically through the Exchange 2003 Information Store. I need to know the interface or connector to research. I have full Exchange rights and want to be able to automate assigning appointments without the end users interaction or login. I know this is possible as I have a 3rd party enterp...

Virtual Private Server Hosting vs. Colo + Own Server(s) for Early-Stage Web-App

I'm working on a web-application and need to figure out the best way to host it. I'm looking to minimize "Total Cost of Ownership," but it's more important to keep hosting costs low than labor costs in my case. Potentially, some day, it will grow quite large (in terms of user-base) with heavy traffic but, of course, it will start out pr...

Decent low-footprint web server? (.net)

I'm looking for a server which is: Lightweight, Non-buggy, Supports .NET, Runs on client for testing, Runs on Windows Cassinni is too buggy, IIS is too expensive, Apache is hard to setup, XSP is linux only Visual Web Developer's is cutting it. ...

Minimum specs for XAMP server on Vista

What do you reccomend as minimum specs for a Windows laptop running Vista, an IDE, and Apache, MySql, and PHP? ...

Web Server Log Analysis Tool

Any suggestions for an accurate Web Log analysis tool to generate reports on the IIS logs? We used WebTrends, but I don't feel it was accurate. ...