Intergraph InterServe Web Quick Start Manual

InterServe Web

Quick-Start Guide

December 1998
DSA077720

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Contents

Introduction.................................................................................................................1

Getting Started............................................................................................................2

Connecting to the Internet.............................................................................................2

Configuring Windows NT Server ..................................................................................3

Creating System Administration Accounts.....................................................................3

Setting Up System Security............................................................................................4

Configuring Internet Information Server...................................................................5

Installing and Configuring DNS..................................................................................6

Installing and Configuring Sendmail..........................................................................7

Installing FrontPage....................................................................................................9

Finding More Information ........................................................................................10

Registering with the InterNIC......................................................................................10

Web Sites ....................................................................................................................10

Email Forums..............................................................................................................10

Introduction

Welcome to the world of Internet computing! Intergraph Computer Systems’ InterServe Web system
is a server system configured for use as a link to the Internet and a server on the World Wide Web
(also referred to as WWW or the Web). Your InterServe Web system was delivered with the
Microsoft Windows NT Server operating system and associated system software. The system was
also delivered with the following Internet-dedicated software to help you set up and run a Web server:

u Microsoft Internet Information Server for Windows NT, a full-featured Hypertext Transport

Protocol (HTTP) server which turns your Intergraph Computer Systems server into an InterServe
Web system.

u MetaInfo DNS for Windows NT, software that uses the Domain Name System (DNS) to translate

system names into Internet addresses.

u MetaInfo Sendmail with POP3 for Windows NT, a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) and

Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3) email server.

u Microsoft FrontPage, an interactive tool for authoring Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

documents for publication on the World Wide Web.

Use this Quick-Start Guide to help you configure your new InterServe Web system and its included
Internet-dedicated software. Along with this document, you should refer to these documents delivered
with the system:

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u System Setup provides instructions for unpacking, setting up, and configuring the hardware and

system software for your InterServe Web system. Use this Quick-Start Guide along with System
Setup to perform initial setup and configuration of the system.

u For basic information about your system’s hardware, an introduction to your new system is

provided in the online System Introduction, which covers subjects such as system features, system
controls and connections, and Intergraph Computer Systems customer support. System
Introduction is delivered on the system disk; see System Setup for more information.

u Detailed hardware reference information for your new system is available in the System

Reference. The System Reference covers subjects such as system components, system wiring

diagrams and functional block diagrams, system board descriptions, and upgrading and servicing
procedures. The System Reference is delivered on the system disk; see System Setup for more
information.

u Microsoft’s Windows NT Server Start Here and online Help provide detailed Windows NT Server

information.

u Documentation for Microsoft FrontPage, MetaInfo DNS, and MetaInfo Sendmail is delivered

online after these products are installed.

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Getting Started

To set up and configure your InterServe Web system and its Internet-dedicated software:

1. Read this Quick-Start Guide completely to understand what you need to do and when you need to
do it.

2. Read “Connecting to the Internet” in this document and gather the required networking
information.

3. Unpack and set up the system according to the instructions in the System Setup document
delivered with the system hardware.

4. Configure Windows NT Server as described in System Setup and Microsoft’s Windows NT Server
Start Here, taking the additional steps described in this document.

5. Create system administration accounts as recommended in this document.

6. Set up system security as recommended in this document.

7. Configure Microsoft’s Internet Information Server as described in this document, and in the
Microsoft documentation and online help.

8. Install and configure MetaInfo’s DNS software as described in this document.

9. Install and configure the MetaInfo’s Sendmail software as described in this document.

10. Install Microsoft’s FrontPage software as described in this document, and in the Microsoft
documentation and online help.

Steps 2 through 10 are covered in the remainder of this document.

Connecting to the Internet

If you plan to connect the InterServe Web system to the Internet, you must have a valid Internet
Protocol (IP) address and a registered Internet domain name. A valid IP address is one which has
been issued to you by an Internet provider or by the Internet Network Information Center (InterNIC).

NOTE If your site already has an Internet connection and a registered Internet domain name, or if you plan to

connect the InterServe Web system to an internal IP network, you can obtain an IP address and
domain name from your site’s network administrator. Otherwise, use the following instructions to
obtain an IP address and domain name.

Domain Name Service (DNS) provides IP address to system name translation (for example,

129.135.1.2 is represented by www.intergraph.com). Although DNS is provided with the InterServe

Web system, the operating system’s DNS software only provides outbound connection translation.
Domain name registration lets outside systems on the Internet connect to the InterServe Web system
by system name. If you do not have a registered domain name, outside systems can only access the
InterServe Web system by IP address. Domain name registration can be coordinated with your
Internet service provider, or by registration with the InterNIC. The registration process generally
takes three to six weeks.

For more information about obtaining an IP address and domain name registration, refer to the
InterNIC Web site at http://www.internic.net or contact an Internet service provider.

Obtain and record the following Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
networking information:

u IP address for your system:
u IP subnet mask for your system:
u IP domain name for your network:

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u IP address for your network’s default

gateway:

u IP addresses for your network’s DNS

servers, if any:

NOTE If you are planning to register a domain name, Intergraph Computer Systems recommends that you

call the primary DNS system NS.domain-name.com, where domain-name.com is the registered
domain name assigned to your site. If this system will also be the Web server, then you can assign a
DNS CNAME alias to allow systems to use www.domain-name.com to access the server.

Configuring Windows NT Server

After you have unpacked and set up the system as described in System Setup, you may complete the
installation of Windows NT Server. Use the instructions provided in System Setup and the Windows
NT Setup dialogs, taking the following additional steps:

u Select Standalone Server as the security role for the system.
u When you reach the networking portion of Setup, select the following options:

− Select Wired to the Network for the connection type.

− Select Install Microsoft Internet Information Server.

− During network configuration, you will see references to the Dynamic Host Configuration

Protocol (DHCP). Select No for the DHCP option.

− In the TCP/IP Properties dialog, type the IP address, subnet mask, and gateway information

as recorded previously, and verify the system name and domain name are correct.

− When configuring DNS, if your site already has a Domain Name Server, enter its IP address.

If your InterServe Web system will serve as the DNS, type the IP address of your system.
Enter other Domain Name Server addresses, if applicable.

− When installing the Internet Information Service, select all IIS options, including the

Internet Service Manager (ISM) Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) option.

− To install the Structured Query Language (SQL) Server driver, select the SQL Server driver

from the Available Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) Drivers list box, and then select
OK.

Creating System Administration Accounts

To administer your InterServe Web system, you should create user accounts for activities such as
testing, Web administration, and Sendmail administration. Use User Manager as described in the
Microsoft operating system documentation and online Help to create the following user accounts:

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u An account for testing system

configuration, such as test:

u An account for Web server

administration, such as webmaster:

u An account for Sendmail

administration, such as pop3admin:

NOTE The administrator account for POP3 must be a member of the Administrators group.

Setting Up System Security

Intergraph Computer Systems recommends that you take the following steps to provide a reasonable
level of access security for your InterServe Web system. These measures provide an initial lockdown
of your InterServe Web system, and restrict system access to domain administrators and the primary
workstation user. These steps also enable basic security audit logging of all network events.

u Check the security log regularly for evidence of any unauthorized activity.
u Set the system’s boot sequence to C:A to prevent booting the system from diskette, and establish

a password for the system’s basic input/output system (BIOS). Refer to System Setup for
information on configuring the system’s BIOS.

u Ensure that the file system on each disk partition is set to NT File System (NTFS). If a File

Allocation Table (FAT) file system must be maintained, then only information of a public nature
should reside there.

NOTE All Intergraph Computer Systems servers are set to use NTFS before they are shipped.

Using User Manager, establish the following basic account policies:

u Make sure only the Administrator and Sendmail administration accounts are members of the

Administrators group.

u Establish a password for the Administrator user account.
u Disable the Guest user account.
u Set the User Rights policies so the Administrators group is the only Grantee for each User Right.
u Set the Audit policies so the following Success and Failure events are audited:

− Logon and Logoff

− User and Group Management

− Security Policy Changes

− Restart, Shutdown, and System

u Using Windows NT Explorer, make sure the Administrator user account takes ownership and full

control of all files and directories on each NTFS partition.

u Using Windows NT Explorer, make sure all events of network users are audited.

For more information on using User Manager or Windows NT Explorer, refer to your Microsoft
operating system documentation and online Help.

Configuring Internet Information Server

Once installed, Microsoft’s Internet Information Server (IIS) software is essentially configured and
ready for use. You can replace the default Web home page shipped with IIS with your own version.

You can test the IIS installation by using Internet Explorer to view the files in the home directory.

To test the IIS installation:

1. Start Internet Explorer on a computer that has an active connection to the network. You can use
the server you are testing, though it is better to use a different computer.

2. Select Open from the File menu, type the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) with the IP address
of your new server, and press ENTER. The default Microsoft IIS home page should display.

3. If the default Microsoft IIS home page does not display, verify that the IP address you used is
correct. If the address is correct and IIS still does not display, verify that the InterServe Web
system is properly configured as described previously.

NOTE IIS is automatically upgraded from IIS 2.0 to IIS 3.0 when you install Service Pack 3 as described in

the Service Pack 3 Late Breaking News.

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To upgrade to IIS 4.0

1. Insert the Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack CD into the system’s CD-ROM drive.

2. Select Setup Windows NT Option Pack, and complete the upgrade as prompted.

NOTE The Windows NT Option Pack contains more options than IIS; refer to documentation on the CD for

more information.

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Installing and Configuring DNS

MetaInfo’s Domain Name Server (DNS) software is a collection of Transmission Control
Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) services that resolve IP addresses to system names.

NOTE: MetaIP 3.1 requires Internet Explorer 3.02 or higher for the user interface to run.

To install and configure DNS software:

1. Log on to the system as Administrator, or as a user with Administrator privileges.

2. Insert the MetaInfo MetaIP/DNS CD into the system’s CD-ROM drive, and run Setup on the
CD-ROM. You can safely accept the default pre-installation options, with the following
exceptions:

− Type a user name, a company name, and the serial number of the software (available on

MetaInfo CD-ROM case).

− Type a username and password to be used when remotely administering MetaIP.

− Select a user account for the MetaIP Manager Service to log in as.

− When files have been placed in the destination directory, the Setup Wizard starts. The Setup

Wizard guides you through basic configuration of the Domain server, and provides examples
and online help.

− After configuring DNS, select File, Update, and Restart All.

After DNS restarts, test that it is properly configured by running a DNS lookup program. Verify that
requested DNS records are successfully fetched.

Installing and Configuring Sendmail

MetaInfo’s Sendmail software is a fully compliant Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)/Post Office
Protocol (POP3) email server with full store and forward capability.

NOTE: Sendmail 2.5 requires Internet Explorer 3.02 or higher for the user interface to run.

To install Sendmail software:

1. Log on to the system as Administrator, or as a user with Administrator privileges.

2. Insert the MetaInfo SMTP/POP3 CD into the system’s CD-ROM drive, and run Setup on the
CD-ROM. You can safely accept the default pre-installation options.

3. Before Setup copies files to the systems hard drive, you can select the default setup options, with
the following exceptions:

− Type a user name, a company name, and the serial number of the Sendmail software

(available on the MetaInfo CD-ROM case).

− Select Install Mail Server (Default) or SMTP Relay.

− You will be asked to enter the DNS domain that the machine will serve.

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− Enter a password for web-based configuration.

When installation is complete, you must configure SMTP/POP3 to begin receiving email.

To configure Sendmail software:

1. Select Start, Programs, MetaInfo, Sendmail 2.*, and Sendmail Configuration. This will start the
web-based user interface.

2. Select Preferences. On the Preferences Property page, enter the following information:

Maximum Message Size and SMTP Listening Port (Default is 25).

3. Select Accounts to create POP3 end user accounts.

4. Select Service Control, Restart to restart the Sendmail service and activate your changes.

To test the Sendmail service:

Sendmail provides a diagnostic application named DIAG.EXE. This application is located in the
Sendmail installation directory, and must be run from a console window. You can run DIAG.EXE with
or without options. If you run it with no options, it prompts you for input as needed. For help with
using the application, type the following command at the command line:

diag /?

Options:
m: skip pop3 test
s: skip smtp test
c: perform POPPASSD (change password) test
x: output name resolution debug info
pop3username is assumed to be username if not specified

The application runs a three-phase test. Each test requires the previous test to be passed. For example,
if the DNS test fails, the subsequent SMTP and POP3 tests will not be carried out.

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This tool is especially useful for testing users who have multiple e-mail addresses, or for servers that
host mail for multiple domains. In the SMTP test, use the e-mail address that the mailbox is to use
from outside the server. In the POP3 test, use the username and password credentials with which the
user will be checking mail.

Sample DIAG.EXE Session

In the sample session that follows, the user being tested is hyperion, from test doman
webm.inr1.com. The DIAG utility tests the DNS configuration first. As the test is run, the utility

prompts you for input.

C:\Sendmail>diag
Windows NT 4.0 Build 1381 Service Pack 3

Enter test domain: webm.inrl.com
Checking DNS configuration
Attempting to resolve my localhost hostname (node.webm.inrl.com):
OK (196.167.0.1)
Resolving MX records for webm.inrl.com
A records, in MX preference order:
node.webm.inrl.com.

Enter username: hyperion
Connecting to web1.webm.inrl.com. on port 25
<<< 220 node.webm.inrl.com ESMTP MetaInfo Sendmail 2.5 Build 2626 (Berkeley

8.8.6)/8.8.4; Fri, 12 Dec 1997 12:59:10 -0600

>>> HELO localhost
<<< 250 node.webm.inrl.com Hello node.webm.inrl.com [206.155.20.162],
pleased to meet you
>>> VERB
<<< 250 Verbose mode
>>> MAIL FROM:<postmaster>
<<< 250 <postmaster>... Sender ok
>>> RCPT TO:<[e-mail]>
<<< 250 <[e-mail]>... Recipient ok
>>> DATA
<<< 354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
>>> Subject: Diagnostic Test - ignore
>>> Data of message
>>> .
<<< 050 <[e-mail]>... Connecting to local...
<<< 050 <[e-mail]>... Sent
<<< 250 MAA00000 Message accepted for delivery
>>> QUIT

Enter POP3 username: hyperion
Enter POP3 password: 123

Connecting to web1.webm.inrl.com. on port 110
<<< +OK MetaInfo POP3 Welcomes You <[e-mail]>
>>> USER hyperion
<<< +OK hyperion gets mail here
>>> PASS 123
<<< +OK you may proceed
>>> STAT
<<< +OK 3 1308
>>> TOP 1 0
<<< +OK 436 octets

Installing and Upgrading FrontPage

Microsoft’s FrontPage software allows you to easily create and publish Hypertext Markup Language
(HTML) documents on the World Wide Web.

To install FrontPage:

1. Log on to the system as Administrator, or as a user with administrator privileges.

2. Insert the Microsoft Windows NT Server CD into the system’s CD-ROM drive.

3. Open the FRONTPG\FRONTPG directory on the CD-ROM, and run Setup.

4. You can safely accept the default installation options, with the following exception:

− Select Custom Installation, and then select the Client Software and Server Extensions

options. Do not select the Personal Web Server option.

To upgrade FrontPage 1.1 to FrontPage 97:

1. Log on to the system as Administrator, or as a user with administrator privileges.

2. Insert the Microsoft Service Pack 3 CD into the system’s CD-ROM drive. If Autorun does not
run, open NTSP3.HTM and select FrontPage 97 Upgrade.

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3. You can safely accept the default installation options, with the following exception:

− Select Custom Installation, and then select the Client Software and Server Extensions

options. Do not select the Personal Web Server option.

To upgrade FrontPage 97 to FrontPage 98:

1. Log on to the system as Administrator, or as a user with administrator privileges.

2. Insert the Microsoft Frontpage 98 Upgrade CD into the system’s CD-ROM drive, and select
Install/Upgrade.

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Finding More Information

For more information on the Internet, using DNS, configuring and administering Web sites, and
managing network configurations, Intergraph Computer Systems recommends that you refer to the
following sources.

Registering with the InterNIC

To register with the InterNIC, refer to the InterNIC web site at http://ds.internic.net or call (703)
742-9552.

The InterNIC web site also provides an explanation of domain names, as well as other useful
information about the Internet.

Web Sites

The following web sites provide information on using the Internet, DNS, and creating Web sites:

u InterNIC:

http://ds.internic.net

u Building Web sites, using IIS, and using Internet Explorer:

http://www.microsoft.com/workshop

Email Forums

You may find the following email forums useful in learning about DNS administration and security:

u namedroppers is the discussion forum of the DNS working group of the IETF, and is also used

by the dnsind working group. The mission of dnsind is to work on extending the protocols
relating to DNS to incorporate incremental zone transfers, change notification, and dynamic
updates. Send subscription requests for this mailing list to [e-mail].

NOTE General DNS questions are not appropriate for this forum. Up-to-date archives are also available.

u dns-security is the discussion forum of the dnssec working group of the IETF. Send

subscription requests for this mailing list to [e-mail].