I am using the GA version and I am unable to get the VSS web service to work properly. When I go into server admin and try to enable Internet for VSS it tells me that IIS isn't installed, etc. I have run aspnet_regiis -i (didn't need to as it was already installed properly) and have even created a virtual directory pointing to the web service folder in the VSS directory. At this point I am able to access the web service remotely however I don't understand why the configuration keeps failing. I have used Vault from SourceGear and it works like a charm right out of the box with VS 2005. Any help would be appreciated as I would like to consider using VSS again since it now supports HTTP/HTTPS remote acces.
How to get remote access web service installed and working?
perin
Not sure if this info is going to help but error message stating that IIS is not installed means that VSS Admin could not access root of the default web site on the IIS server (IIS://localhost/W3SVC/1)
< xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
The good news is that you could enable remote access without using VSS Admin
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms230398(en-US,VS.80).aspx
What is your OS and IIS version
yhalldorsson
Windows 2003 Standard Server / IIS 6.0
JoyceMR
If you look in file %systemroot%/system32/inetsrv/Metabase.xml can you see “W3SVC/1” in it If you only can find records with “W3SVC/<some other number here>” then VSS Admin will not be able to enable internet access automatically. < xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
You still can do it manually or try restoring you IIS metabase
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/131b609d-ff3a-488f-a8dd-13044fa623a1.mspx
You could also create new web site with ID number 1
Here is the article describing how to configure the web site number
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/131b609d-ff3a-488f-a8dd-13044fa623a1.mspx