Install Joomla on Windows 2003 and IIS 6
March 24, 2008
My Configuration
Windows 2003 standard SP1
Joomla 1.0.7 http://www.joomla.org (Full package)
PHP 5.1.2 http://www.php.net/get/php-5.1.2-Win32.zip/from/a/mirror
MySQL 4.1.16 http://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQL-4.1/mysql-4.1.16-win32.zip/from/pick
MySQL Administrator 1.1 http://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQLAdministrationSuite/mysql-administrator-1.1.7-
win.msi/from/pick
Install IIS
Controll Panel =>Add or Remove Programs =>Add/Remove Windows Components
Click on Application Server then Details
Select Internet Information Services (IIS) then click on Details
Check World Wide Web Service
Click Ok
Click Ok
Click Next
IIS is now being installed and you may need your Windows 2003 installation CD
Install and configure PHP
Create the folder C:\php
Unzip the contents of php-5.1.2-Win32.zip to c:\php
Copy c:\php\php.ini-recommended to c:\php\php.ini
Open de file c:\php\php.ini with notepad
Make the following changes in php.ini
magic_quotes_gpc = On
extension_dir = “C:\php\ext”
Uncomment extension=php_mysql.dll
Or add it if it’s not there
Add => extension=php_mysqli.dll
cgi.force_redirect = 0
doc_root = “c:\inetpub\joomla” (or your document root)
display_errors = On
session.save_path = “c:\php\tmp”
upload_tmp_dir = “c:\php\uploaddir”
Create the folders c:\php\tmp and c:\php\uploaddir
Add the PHP folder to your PATH variable. Right click My Computer => Properties =>Advanced
Click on Envorinment Variables
In the System variables window scroll down and select Path.
Double click Path or click Edit
Add the following to the end of this line ;c:\php (semicolon
then type c:\php)
Click Ok
Add a new System variable by clicking on New.
Name the variable: PHPRC
give the value: c:\php
This will help PHP find your php.ini
Configure IIS for PHP
Open Internet Information Services Manager from Start => Programs => Administrative Tools or Start => Run:
%SystemRoot%\system32\inetsrv\iis.msc
Click on Add a new Web service extension. Give this extension a name for example “PHP”. Click Add, browse to c:\php
and select php5isapi.dll. Check Set extension status to Allowed
Create a new website
You could use the Default Web Site but in this case we will create a new website. Create the folder c:\inetpub\joomla and
extract the contents of Joomla to this folder (c:\inetpub\joomla). We will take care of the permissions later.
Important:
Rename c:\inetpub\joomla\includes\database.php => c:\inetpub\joomla\includes\database.mysql.php
Rename c:\inetpub\joomla\includes\database.mysqli.php => c:\inetpub\joomla\includes\database.php
In IIS Manager right click on Web Sites => New => Web Site
The Web Site creation Wizard comes up. Click Next
Name the new website Joomla and click Next
Give this website a host header. In my case
joomla.domain.com (fake of course). If you have your own
FQDN for your Joomla website you could use that.
Click Next
Browse to or enter the path to your Joomla folder. Check Allow anonymous access to this Web site if it’s not already checked
Click Next
Make sure Read and Run scripts are the only permissions checked
Next, Finish
Richt click on your new website and click Properties. Click on the Home Directory tab and click on Configuration
Click on Add
Browse to c:\php and select php5isapi.dll
Select Limit to and enter the following: GET,POST,HEAD
Uncheck Verify that file exists
Click Ok
Click Ok
Go to the Documents tab
Click Add and type index.php
Click Ok
Select index.php and click a few times on Move Up until index.php is at the top
Click Ok and exit IIS Manager.
If you used a fake domain name as the host header you’ll have to edit your hosts file. Do this on the computer you will be
using to setup Joomla trough the webinstall. Open Command prompt
Type: cd %systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc
Type: notepad hosts
Insert a new line with your fake domain in the format:
<ipaddress of your webserver><tab><domain name>
For example:
192.168.1.19
joomla.domain.com
Click File and Save and exit notepad
On the Command Prompt type: ping joomla.domain.com
See if you get a proper reply
Now, to complete the configuration of PHP and IIS you should restart IIS. If you still have the command prompt open type:
iisreset
IIS will also read in the new settings from your php.ini (Always do a iisreset after you make changes in your php.ini)
Type exit to close your command prompt
Setting your permissions
Right click your joomla folder c:\inetpub\joomla and select properties. Go to the Security tab
You should remove the default inherited permissions. Click on Advanced.
Uncheck Allow Inheritable permissions from the parent to propagate……
Click Copy, Click Ok
Remove all permissions except for Administrators
Click Add and type: IUSR_COMPUTERNAME
Replace COMPUTERNAME with your computername. In my case it’s IUSR_INET
Click Ok
Default permissions for your c:\inetpub\joomla folder should be:
For Administrators (Full Control)
For Internet Guest Account
According to Joomla the Following Folders in c:\inetpub\Joomla should be writeable
administrator/backups/
Writeable
administrator/components/ Writeable
administrator/modules/
Writeable
administrator/templates/
Writeable
cache/
Writeable
components/
Writeable
images/
Writeable
images/banners/
Writeable
images/stories/
Writeable
language/
Writeable
mambots/
Writeable
mambots/content/
Writeable
mambots/editors/
Writeable
mambots/editors-xtd/
Writeable
mambots/search/
Writeable
media/
Writeable
modules/
Writeable
templates/
Writeable
Hold down the Control key and select all of the following folders
cache/
components/
images/
language/
mambots/
media/
modules/
templates/
Right click one of these selected folders and click Properties
First, remove the inheritable permissions by clicking on Advanced and uncheck Allow Inheritable permissions from the
parent to propagate……
Click Ok, Click on Copy
Select the Internet Guest Account and check Modify
Click Ok
Open de Administrator folder and select the following folders
administrator/backups/
administrator/components/
administrator/modules/
administrator/templates/
Give the Internet Guest Account Modify rights like you did for the previous folders (Also remove inheritable permissions first.
Using the same method, Give the Internet Guest Account Modify rights to the c:\php\tmp and the c:\php\uploaddir folder
The Permissions to run Joomla are now set up right
Install and configure MySQL
Extract the contents of mysql-4.1.16-win32.zip to a temporary folder and run setup.exe
Click Next
Select Custom and click Next
Change install folder to: c:\mysql
Click Next, Click Install
Select Configure the MySQL server now
Click Finish
Click Next
Select Detailed Configuration
Decide what is best for you here
Click Next
Select Multifunctional Database
Click Next
Decide what is best for you here
Click Next
Click Next
Click Next
Click Next
Create a password for user root
Click Execute
Click Finish
Install and start the MySQL Administrator 1.1
Click Catalogs
Rightclick and Create New Schema
Name your new database joomla and click Ok
You could also create a user under User Administration and
grant it rights to the joomla database, that’s up to you
Joomla Web installer
You have now installed everything Joomla needs to run under IIS. Now it’s time to configure Joomla through the web
installer. Browse to your new joomla website, in my case http://joomla.domain.com
You should see the following webpage
This page is somewhat confusing because even though a folder or file is not writable by the Internet Guest account it still
says writable, so double check your permissions if you get any permissions errors later on.
Now, copy c:\inetpub\joomla\configuration.php-dist to configuration.php
Right click c:\inetpub\joomla\configuration.php => Properties => Security tab
Select Internet Guest account
check Modify
Click Ok
Open URL: http://yourdomain/installation/install1.php
(my url: http://joomla.domain.com/installation/install1.php
Fill in your details and click Next
Enter the name for your website, that’s the same name you used for host header and to open the joomla web installer
Click Next
Check that the path and URL are ok, fill in an e-mail address and create a password for the admin user to login to your
website later. Click Next
Congratulations! Joomla is installed
Remove or rename the installation folder c:\inetpub\joomla\installation
Right click configuration.php => Properties => Security tab
Select Internet Guest Account
Remove Modify and Write
If you need to make any changes under Global configuration in the Joomla backend later you will have to re-assign write
permissions to c:\inetpub\joomla\configuration.php
Click on View Site to view your newly created Joomla website or Click Administration to access the Backend
Joomla Frontend
Joomla backend
Logged in to the Joomla Backend
Author: Hugo A. Westerlow
