PageGate Windows Server 2003

[MLRitsch]

I would like to move my current PageGate application to a Windows Server 2003 platform. Is anyone else running PageGate under Server 2003? Any comments and/or insights are appreciated.

[Tech Support]

Several of our clients use PageGate on a Windows 2003 Server. The only trouble you might run into is with the GetWeb module of PageGate. There are a few modifications in IIS that have to be made in order for the module to function properly but other than that, there haven't really been any problems.

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[cbaker]

Can you post those changes that need to be made?

[Tech Support]

Note: These steps are only if you're going to be using the GetWeb module of Pagegate on Server 20003.

The first thing you need to do is make sure you have at least Service Pack 1 for Windows 2003 Server installed. After you have SP1, do the following:

1) In the IIS Manager, choose the Web Server Extensions section and set the "Allow All Unknown CGI Extensions" option to "Allow."

After you do that, it should work. If it doesn't, try the following:

1. Go into the IIS Manager
2. Open your server object
3. Open 'Application Pools'
4. Right-click on 'DefaultAppPool'
5. Choose 'Properties'
6. Select the 'Identity' tab
7. Select the 'Configurable' option (default credentials should already be there)
8. Apply your changes

After you do that, it should work. If it doesn't, try the following:

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NOTE: If your instance of Server 2003 created an AdminScripts directory instead of a Scripts directory under InetPub, please do this first:

a) Go into the IIS Manager.
b) Expand your Server.
c) Expand the WebSites section.
d) Right click on DefaultWebSite
e) Move your mouse over new and click on Virtual Directory
f) Click on Next.
g) In the Alias section, type the word: Scripts
h) Click on Next.
i) In the Path section, click on Browse.
j) Browse to your InetPub directory and click on Make New Directory.
h) Name the directory Scripts.
i) Select the scripts directory and click on ok.
j) When giving the directory permissions, you need to give it Read, Write, Run Scripts, and Execute.
k) After you've created the new Virtual Directory, you will need to change your CGI Data Path in PageGate to c:\inetpub\scripts

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1) Go into the IIS Manager.
2) Go to your server in the list.
3) Right click on the folder you've got the webgate.exe file located in (generally scripts).
4) Left click on properties.
5) Click on the tab that says Virtual Directory.
6) Click on the configuration button.
7) Click on the Application Extentions section.
8) In the Application Extentions, click on Add.
9) Browse out to the webgate.exe file and select it.
10) In the extention area, type in: .exe
11) Leave the rest of the options as they are and click on OK.
12) You'll need to restart the IIS Service after you do this.

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[cbaker]

Thanks....I have it working perfectly ...I also noticed the instructions link from another post for Win2003 IIS6 and Getweb...Thanks ..
! more question...is there an easy way or is it needed ?? Once I move over all the recip folders from the old server, in each there are 2 htm fils?? Do i have to change that weggate.exe path in each of those 2 files for each recip?? Or is there a better way or is it needed?

Thanks

[Tech Support]

What you'll want to do is edit the template that the web paging group is based on. The reason for this is that the next time you add or remove a member from the Member's List of that group, PageGate republishes the webpage based on the template you've specified.

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[cbaker]

I've edited the guilist.htm file in the Templates folder?? I have near 100 or so recipients?? Do I have to remove each from their group and re-add them??

Thanks

[Tech Support]

No, no, you've already done everything that needs to be done. Any time you add or remove any member from the member's list of a web paging group, any recipient at all, PageGate republishes the index.htm and default.htm files based on the guilist.htm template.

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[cbaker]

Thanks.....I appreciate the help!!