Microsoft Web Platform Installer
Feb 6, 2009
I have seen here in the Windows Hosting Forum that some people ask questions about Windows hosting where they would really benefit from a basic understanding of the Microsoft web technology.
Recently on Jan 21, Microsoft made it a trivial process to install all the components needed to "kick the tires" with the "Web Platform Installer"
And I've come across a lot of hosters claiming to provide Windows hosting that could really use some quality time with this stuff!
From the Microsoft web site:
The Web Platform Installer (Web PI) is a simple tool that installs Microsoft's entire Web Platform, including IIS, Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition, SQL Server 2008 Express Edition and the .NET Framework. Using the Web Platform Installerâs user interface, you can choose to install either specific products or the entire Microsoft Web Platform onto your computer. The Web PI also helps keep your products up to date by always offering the latest additions to the Web Platform.
New Updates! Now supporting Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, Web PI makes it easy to install and stay up-to-date with the Microsoft Web Platform. This updated release lets you install ASP.NET MVC, Visual Studio Tools for Silverlight, and much more!
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Jul 18, 2009
I have noticed a cPanel installer bug, where the installers just goes and goes and goes and goes on the Perl install.
root@server [~]# cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep Xeon && cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep MHz
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU L5410 @ 2.33GHz
cpu MHz : 2332.664
root@server [~]# free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 3034 2263 771 0 96 1933
-/+ buffers/cache: 233 2801
Swap: 2047 0 2047
root@server [~]# ps aux | grep perl | grep -v grep
root 7420 68.7 0.0 13544 1736 pts/0 Rl Jul17 554:26 /usr/bin/expect -- /scripts/expectperlinstaller --force version
root 7422 15.2 0.4 14148 12464 pts/1 Ss+ Jul17 123:17 /usr/bin/perl /scripts/realperlinstaller --force version
root@server [~]# uptime
12:12:58 up 18:29, 3 users, load average: 1.43, 1.42, 1.40
It's been going for 18 hours, still is not done.
I opened a ticket with cPanel and received this:
Quote:
Hiya,
This is a known issue currently, we hope to have a new installer released next week to fix this. This is not a wide-spread issue, and only affects about 2% of our customers. There is a work around for doing this;
1. Install the OS
2. Insure Perl + CPAN are installed
3. Run CPAN once to configure it ( for those unfamiliar with CPANs options,
accepting the defaults will work for most options ).
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Code:
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Arguments: Array
(
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[2] => --select-release-current
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[Code] ....
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Here is the command I'm running:
Code:
plesk installer --all-versions --select-product-id plesk --select-release-latest --show-components >/dev/null && plesk installer --version
Here is the output :
Code:
Doing restart of Parallels Installer...
File downloading products.inf3: 100% was finished.
File downloading plesk.inf3: 10%..20%..30%..40%..50%..60%..70%..80%..90%..100% was finished.
File downloading ppsmbe.inf3: 18%..79%..99%..100% was finished.
[Code] ....
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Code:
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/usr/sbin/nologin
bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/usr/sbin/nologin
sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/usr/sbin/nologin
sync:x:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync
games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/usr/sbin/nologin
[Code] ....
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