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Switching Painlessly from IIS to Apache?

Posted by Cliff on from the wormproofing-your-web dept.

Sheik Yerboutii asks: "The recent downtime caused by the Code Red and NIMDA worms has prompted my Manager to start considering moving away from IIS to Apache. I've been tasked with finding out just how difficult it will be to move to the new webserver. I've got to find out things like how to install and configure it (relatively easy, it's all documented at www.apache.org) but also, things like what do we de now that we've been working in VBScript ASP for about 6 moths?" We posted a similar question to this one, just over a year ago. Any changes or additions to the advice given in that discussion?

"I've read that Apache::ASP exists and that's got something to do with mod_perl but now I'm going in circles figuring out how to make this thing work. I also can't find straight answers on things like if we make the cut over, will we have to convert the VBScript ASP to Perl ASP?

Can anyone relay their experiences with cutting from IIS to Apache? Running ASP with Apache? Most importantly, what are the best resources available for Apache administrators? (hopefully something with a discussion forum)"

3 of 29 comments (clear)

  1. AFAIK... by cmowire · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The Apache::ASP will, AFAIK, only work with PERL ASP code. ChiliSoft will do VBScript ASP code.

    i.e. you either use ChiliSoft or do a rewrite of your code base.

    The ActiveScripting people have some good options under Windows that might be helpful if you want to maximize code reuse.

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    Gentoo Sucks
  2. ChiliSoft ASP by wesmills · · Score: 4, Insightful
    ChiliSoft ASP is absolutely amazing. I moved several web sites from IIS to Apache, all of whom use FrontPage extensions and ASP, connecting to MySQL. The 3.6.0 release has a bundle install that will do Apache 1.3.12, FPSE 2000 (V4) and the ASP engine. Just let it run, copy your files over, and configure the DSNs with a handy web-based admin console.

    No, I don't work for them, but the $500 I spent was well worth it. If you want to see it in action, e-mail me privately and I'll give you a login to poke around.

  3. Apache configuration for dummies? by frankie · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The non-profit that I work for can't afford to add a bearded Unix guy to the payroll. The IT staff is me and couple people who mainly know Windows and a little Netware.

    The rest of the group would rather just keep patching IIS every couple weeks, because the setup is trivial point and click. Twiddling with .conf files doesn't excite them.

    Suggestions?