Install umbraco 3.0 Files

Install and setup
A step-by-step guide to install and configure everything you need to run umbraco 3.0 on Windows Server 2003 with SQL Server 2005.

Contents

• Introduction
• Configure SQL Server 2005 for umbraco
• Install umbraco 3.0 Files
• Configure IIS for umbraco
• Configure umbraco 3.0
• Congratulations!

Install umbraco 3.0 Files

These instructions were created using umbraco 3.0.3.

IIS on Windows Server can host a large number of web sites. If you already have web site content in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot (the Default Web Site), create a new web site and corresponding root folder with the IIS Manager and extract the files and folders into that new location (such as, C:\Inetpub\umbracoRoot). These instructions will use the default web site.

Note that umbraco 3.x does not support being installed in virtual directories.

1. Download the binaries for umbraco 3.0 from the umbraco web site at:
   http://www.codeplex.com/umbraco/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=6344
2. Save the v303.zip file to your desktop.
3. When downloading has finished, double-click the v303.zip file on your desktop.
4. Click Extract all files.
   
5. Follow the wizard to extract all files and folders to C:\Inetpub\wwwroot
   Note: it is vital that you keep the file and folder structure intact!

Set file permissions

You will need to set file permissions to allow umbraco to create and update its files.

1. Using My Computer or the Windows Explorer, navigate to the folder containing the umbraco web site files.
   Note: C:\Inetpub\wwwroot, according to these instructions.
2. Hold down the CTRL key, and click the following folders to select them:
   bin
   config
   css
   data
   media
   python
   scripts
   umbraco
   usercontrols
   xslt
1. Right-click on any of the selected folders, click Properties.
   
2. On the Security tab, click Add.
   
3. Click Locations.
   
4. Select the local machine (or domain controller if it is the local machine)
   
5. Type NETWORK SERVICE into the “Enter the object names to select” text box.
   (Note: NETWORK SERVICE is the default owner of the web site’s application pool in IIS. If you have changed the application pool to another user, enter that username here)
   
6. Click Check Names.
   Note: the text field should change to NETWORK SERVICE, and underline the name, indicating the account has been found and validated.
   
7. Click OK.
8. On the Security tab, click the NETWORK SERVICE user name.
9. Place a check mark in the box next to Full Control, in the Allow column.
   
10. Click OK.
3. Click the web.config file and repeat the steps above