IIS 6.0 Resource Kit

This article describes the tools that are included with the Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 Resource Kit Tools. The IIS 6.0 Resource Kit Tools can help you administer, secure, and manage IIS. You can use these tools to query log files, to deploy Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates, to verify permissions, to troubleshoot problems, to migrate your server, to run stress tests, and more.

IIS Documentation

CustomAuth 1.0
The CustomAuth tool (CustomAuth.dll and CustomAuth.ini) provides a Web client authentication alternative to Basic authentication, to NTLM authentication, and to other authentication methods. The CustomAuth tool helps administrators create custom logon pages to collect user credentials. The CustomAuth tool also supports either manual logoffs or timeout-based logoffs.

IIS State.1.0
IISState (IISState.exe and IISState.log) can help you troubleshoot slow performance and application failures for applications that are running on IIS 6.0. IISState can also help you identify the causes of ASP0115 errors and errors that Dr. Watson detects

Log parse 2.1
Log Parser (LogParser.exe or LogParser.dll) supports different input formats, including all IIS log file formats. Log Parser also supports multiple output formats, such as text files and database tables. You can use Log Parser to filter entries, to convert log files to other formats, and to perform data mining.

Metabase Explorer 1.6
Metabase Explorer 1.6 (MBExplorer.exe) provides a graphical user interface (GUI) for viewing and for editing local and remote IIS metabase stores. You can also use Metabase Explorer to do the following:

Permissions verifier 1.0
Permissions Verifier (Permissions Verifier.js) provides sample XML configuration files that you can use to verify permissions on a server that is running IIS. You can use Permissions Verifier to define a group of tasks that verify permissions and administrator rights and to select the tasks to be performed at run time. You can also use Permissions Verifier to verify Access Control Lists (ACLs), to verify permissions for users and groups, and to make sure that permission issues do not cause Web server problems.

RemapUrl 1.0
RemapUrl (RemapUrl.ini and RemapUrl.dll) helps an administrator dynamically change the URL that a client requests. If the URL is local to the application pool, this action is transparent to the client. RemapUrl also supports conventional URL redirects and sending custom error messages.

TinyGet 5.2
TinyGet 5.2 (TinyGet.exe) is a command-line Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) client that supports multiple threads and looping. You can use TinyGet to test or to troubleshoot HTTP client-to-server communication. By using TinyGet, you can customize your test request by configuring many different factors, including the authentication method, the HTTP version, and the output format. You can also use scripts that specify looping and multithreading.

WebCapacity Analysis tools 5.2
Web Capacity Analysis Tool (WCAT) (Wcclient.exe and Wcctl.exe) is a tool for capacity testing and planning. You can use WCAT to test different server and network configurations by using custom-designed content and workload simulations. You can test servers that have single processors or multiple processors. You can also test servers that are connected to multiple networks



WFetch 1.3
WFetch (Wfetch.exe) is an HTTP client that has a GUI. You can use WFetch to test or to troubleshoot HTTP servers. WFetch displays the request and the response so that the communication can be easily understood. You can use WFetch to create HTTP requests that test the performance of new Web sites or of Web sites that contain new elements such as Active Server Pages (ASP) or wireless protocols. Because WFetch provides only HTTP connection information, you can analyze and troubleshoot HTTP performance issues faster by using WFetch than by running a Network Monitor trace.