Requirements to Publishing Location

For the published sites to work correctly, publishing server must meet the following requirements:

• ASP.NET 2.0.50727 or later is installed on the publishing server.

  For detailed information about configuring ASP.NET 2.0, refer to the ASP.NET 2.0 Deployment Guide.

• The working directory is mapped on the IIS server as web application.
• For the ASP.NET ISAPI to be executed, the working directory must have the Scripting permission enabled (working directory menu > Execute Permissions > Scripts Only).
• Application pool to which the working directory is assigned does not contain ASP.NET 1.1 applications.
• ASP.NET account has the following permissions:
  • If the App_Data folder does not exist, read/write/delete permission for the root folder is required.
  • If the App_Data folder exists, then read/write/delete permission for the App_Data folder and read permission for the root folder are required.

    Note: 1. If you use IIS 5.0, the above permissions should be given to the identity specified in /configuration/system.web/deployment/processModel/@userName of the %WINDIR%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\CONFIG\machine.config file.

    2. If you use IIS 6.0, the above permissions should be given to the application pool identity specified in IIS settings (Start>IIS Manager>Application Pools>respective application pool> Properties>Identity tab).

• IIS application pool identity (NETWORK SERVICE by default) must have permission to create files and folders in the %WINDIR%\temp folder.
• The order in which the default documents (default.htm, default.aspx, and so on) will be used to respond the browser request is defined (working directory menu > Properties > Documents tab).
• Publishing server works in the Medium Trust mode at least. If a server works in the Medium Trust mode, it must be granted with OleDbPermission for accessing Microsoft Access database and with WebPermission for some of the modules to work correctly.
  • OleDbPermission is set in the web_mediumtrust.config file, stored on the publishing server. By default, this permission is disabled. To grant this permission, you should add the OleDbPermission class to the following sections of the web_mediumtrust.config file:
    • SecurityClasses

      Example:

            <SecurityClass Name="OleDbPermission"

            Description="System.Data.OleDb.OleDbPermission, System.Data, Version=2.0.0.0,

                   Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"/>

    • PermissionSet

      Example:

            <IPermission class="OleDbPermission" version="1" Unrestricted="true" />

  • WebPermission is set in the web_mediumtrust.config file. To grant this permission, add the WebPermission class to the PermissionSet section of the web_mediumtrust.config file.

    Example:

          <IPermission class="WebPermission" version="1" Unrestricted="true" />

    Note: The server where Plesk Sitebuilder is installed must work in the Full Trust mode.

  More detailed information about OleDbPermission you can find here.

  More detailed information about trust levels you can find here.