Michael Klomp has posted an article about using LogParser and RDDTool for IIS Monitoring. He’s done a great job in describing all the scripts and the configurations needed, so you’ll be able to configure a RDDTool/LogParser Monitoring setup for yourself. Read his article at source: Monitoring IIS with Logparser and the RRDtool.
Wanna do scripting with IIS, Microsoft has some good resources with sample scripts. * Using Command-Line Administration Scripts (IIS 6.0) You can use scripts to automate tasks, remotely administer sites and resources, and take advantage of batch files to create and manage objects. * TechNet Script Repository: IIS 6 Sample scripts for managing Internet Information Server 6.0. * TechNet Script Repository: IIS 5.0 and 5.1 Sample scripts for managing Internet Information Server 5.0 and 5.1. …
Here’s a reference to the IIS 6 documentation pages at the Microsoft TechNet site. Some of the pages keep getting updated, check the revision summary for an overview of the changes. * IIS 6.0 Content Revision Summary: Describes the changes made to the IIS 6.0 documentation since Windows Server 2003 was released in April 2003, as well as changes made for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1). * IIS 6.0 Deployment Guide: Provides prescriptive, …
Henrik Walther has writen a great article about using a free 3rd party SSL certificate on a website, in his case on a OWA 2003 website. The certificates used in his article is from an Israeli company called Smartcom Ltd, who’s offering free SSL certificates. They believe that the right to use SSL certificates should not be bound to the financial capabilities of individuals and/or institutions, companies, organizations. Read his article at MSExchange.org: SSL Enabling …
SecurityFocus had a great article approx 2 years ago about using LogParser as a forensic tool, their article demonstrates log file forensics of IIS logs using SQL queries with Microsoft’s LogParser tool. LogParser is an awesome tool that can be great in facilitating log files in general. Read the full articles at SecurityFocus: Forensic Log Parsing with Microsoft’s LogParser.