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Configuring WebBatch for Proper Operation You can of course install WebBatch on a different number of OS and HTTP configurations and if required, I encourage you to read the Server Configurations section of the help file for more information, located at C:\Program Files\WebBatch\Document\WebBatch.chm if you have installed WebBatch using the default install settings. For the purposes of this tutorial, I will be explaining how to configure WebBatch on the two most popular platforms I think it will get deployed onto, Windows 2003 Server with IIS and Windows XP with Personal IIS. Once configured, WebBatch operates identically on any supported OS and HTTP platform. Deploying WebBatch on Windows 2003 Server with IIS Upon confirmation that you have IIS properly installed you need to configure it to support WebBatch. To configure IIS, you would use the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager located in the Administrative Tools section. |
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Within IIS Manager select the WebSite that you want associcated with WebBatch and add a new Virtual Directory, by right clicking the desired WebSite, choosing New -> Virtual Directory |
When prompted for a Virtual Directory name, type in webcgi and click Next |
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Within IIS Manager select the WebSite that you want associcated with WebBatch and add a new Virtual Directory, by right clicking the desired WebSite, choosing New -> Virtual Directory |
Supply the directory path to the installation of WebBatch. If you have selected the defaults during the install, type in c:\Program Files\Webbatch and click Next |
When selecting permissions for the Virtual Directory, ensure that the only selected choices are Read and Execute and click Next |
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Upon clicking Next, your Virtual Directory setup will be complete. Next you will need to configure IIS to allow WebBatch to be considered to be processed by IIS. Like you did when you created the Virtual Directory, you need to use the IIS Manager once more for configuration of this task. |
Under Web Service Extentions, highlight All Unknown CGI Extentions and click Allow |
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Click Yes to the security prompt |
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If you folllowed all the defaults and completed the proper steps, you are ready to test out WebBatch! On the server running Webbatch, type the following URL : http://localhost/webcgi/webbatch.exe?stones/stones.web If everything was done properly, you will have the WebBatch Stones game running as seen in the screenshot. Congratulations, you now have a fully functional Webbatch Server! |