The new Central Administration site for WSS 3.0 is proving quite easy to use. In fact, it's so easy to use you can click some links, fill in the blanks and have a new Web Application in no time. It's so easy, if you don't know the best value for the "fill in the blanks" as you create the Web Application it still works. But then, if you want to remember what your answers were; it's not just a single click away. I needed to document the steps used in creating a Web Application and after some digging around in SharePoint and IIS found what happens behind the scenes when you complete the "Create New Web Application" page in the Central Administration site.
Create New Web Application - WSS 3.0
Central Administration: Create New Web Application Page Item
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Behind the scenes OR How to determine the value entered after the Web Application has been created
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Sample Value
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| Create a new IIS Web site: Description |
IIS: |
MyTopSiteDescrip |
| Create a new IIS Web site: Port: |
IIS: Web site tab: TCP Port |
24225 (I used random number chosen) |
| Create a new IIS Web site: Path |
IIS: Home Directory Tab: Local Path |
D:\wss\MyTopSite |
| Load Balanced URL: URL |
IIS: |
htp://MyTopSite |
| Application Pool |
IIS: Home Directory Tab: Application Pool |
wss_AppPool |
| Database Name and Authentication: Database Server |
WSS Central Administration: Application Management Tab: SharePoint Application Management section: Content Databases - Click link under Database Name Column |
ProdDataServer |
| Database Name and Authentication: Database Name |
WSS Central Administration: Application Management Tab: SharePoint Application Management section: Content Databases - Click link under Database Name Column: Database Identification Section |
wssMyContentData |
| Search Server: Windows SharePoint Services search server |
WSS Central Administration: Application Management Tab: SharePoint Application Management section: Content Databases - Click link under Database Name Column: Search Server section |
wssServer |
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