1. Getting the Most Out of IIS Ido Flatow Senior Architect Microsoft ASP.NET/IIS MVP SELA Group @idoflatow #devconnections

2. About Me • Senior Architect, Sela Group • Co-author of courses and books • Microsoft ASP.NET/IIS MVP • Focus on server, web, cloud, and DevOps • Manager of the Israeli WebDev User Group

3. It’s pronounced Ay AyEs • Web application hosting • Comes in two flavors • Full IIS (or simply IIS) • IIS Express • Provides • Reliability • Manageability • Security • Performance • Scalability

4. History in Screenshots IIS 5.1 IIS 7.5 IIS 8 IIS 8.5 IIS 5 IIS 6 IIS 7 Win 8 WS2012 Win 8.1 WS2012 R2 Vista WS2K8 Win 7 WS2K8 R2 W2K Win XP WS2K3

5. IIS vs. IIS Express

6. IIS, the Pipeline, and ASP.NET

7. IIS Management Your Computer Application Pool Web Site Web Applications Physical Directory Virtual Directory Remote Computers

8. IIS Configuration ASP.NET Settings Configuration Hierarchy Site machine.config Web.config root Web.config Application Web.config VirtualDirectory Web.config applicationHost.config

9. The Integrated pipeline Basic Anon Authentication Forms Authorization Windows ResolveCache ASPX / MVC … Static File ExecuteHandler Trace … Native … UpdateCache Managed SendResponse Compress Log

10. HTTP Request Processing in IIS Widows Process Activation Service (WAS) ApplicationHost.config HTTP protocol stack W3WP.exe Client WWW Service .NET CLR AppDomain … AppDomain

11. HTTP.SYS, What’s That? • It’s the thing that listens to HTTP on your computer • It’s a kernel-mode device driver • Ever since Windows Server 2003 (IIS 6) • Responsible for: • Routing requests to registered applications • Managing request queues • Kernel-mode SSL (as of Windows Server 2008) • Response caching in kernel mode • QoS, such as connection limits and timeouts • Want to know more? netsh http show

12. The IIS Application Pool • Groups applications to worker processes • Each app is hosted in a .NET AppDomain • App pool defines: • .NET version • Bitness (32/64) • Security identity • And a lot more

13. App Pool Configuration • Startup mode • CPU usage limits • Process timeouts • Idle • Ping • Shutdown / Startup • Web garden • Rapid-Fail protection • Process orphaning • Auto recycling

14. App pool configuration Demo

15. IIS Features

16. Compressing Responses So turn it on, is that it? Almost!

17. Rewriting URLs • Great tool for manipulating URLs • Can change incoming and outgoing URLs • URL transformation, redirection, or forwarding • RegEx and wildcards for pattern matching • Pre-conditions based on HTTP headers, URL fragments, and server variables • And it has a UI !!!!!

18. Common Rewriting Scenarios • Enforce lower-cased URLs • Add/remove trailing slash • Canonical hostnames • Prevent hotlinking • Resource versioning • HTTPS redirection • Reverse proxy

19. Application Initialization • Initial load of an application takes time • Dynamic compilation • Assembly loading • Execute Application_Start event • Application initialization to the rescue • Loads the AppDomain after W3WP loads • Can internally call an initialization URL

20. Configure Initialization Application Pool Web Application Web.config <system.webServer> <applicationInitializationremapManagedRequestsTo=“Loading.htm" skipManagedModules="true" ><add initializationPage="/init.ashx" /></applicationInitialization> </system.webServer>

21. Cool Features of Initialization • Remaps requests while initializing • Overlapped recycling completes after initialization is done • Granular control over remaps with URL Rewrite • {APP_WARMING_UP} server variable • Still using IIS 7.5? Get the extension! • http://bit.ly/iis-application-initialization

22. IIS Features Demo

23. Logging & troubleshooting

24. Logging Advanced Logging • IIS logging is not enough! • Use the Advanced Logging module • http://bit.ly/iis-advanced-logging • Create a separate log file per application • Log HTTP headers, performance counters, and server variables • Filter requests you don't want to log • Creates the same IIS Log file structure (almost) • Use your existing analysis tools

25. Failed Request Tracing • Investigate failed requests • What is a bad request? • Resulted in a 4xx or 5xx response • Took too long to process • Caused a warning or error trace message • You can set different traces for different URLs • Use the System.Web.IisTraceListener trace listener for custom traces • Beware of overuse! • Investigate bad requests

26. Logging & troubleshooting Demo

27. IIS 8.5 • Released with Windows Server 2012 R2 • Some new cool features • Logging with ETW • Enhanced logging • Worker process timeout suspension • Dynamic site configuration loading • Auto-binding of renewed certificates

28. Resources Everything About IIS www.iis.net Extensions and Apps www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/advanced-logging www.lizard-labs.net/log_parser_lizard.aspx gallery.technet.microsoft.com/office/Log-Parser-Studio-cd458765 www.iis.net/downloads/community/2008/03/iis-70-trace-viewer idof@sela.co.il @idoflatow http://bit.ly/flatow-blog This presentation: http://1drv.ms/1A4VGk9

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