Website administration tools

Administration API for programmatically administering the web server. These managed code API makes it easy to programmatically provision, access important state and diagnostic information, or configure the server.

Administrators can further increase productivity by leveraging the many cmdlets included with the Windows PowerShell Provider for IIS 7. IIS7 supports a new command line tool AppCmd. This powerful utility makes it easy to read and write configuration values, and access site and application pool state information, all from the command prompt.

Using WMI, Administrators can easily automate basic configuration tasks like managing Web sites and applications. With a working MySQL server already up and running along with a web server , unpack the SQL Buddy archive, place it in the document root of your web server, and log in.

With zero configuration, you can be managing your databases within minutes. Often thought of as one of the most powerful administration tools available, Webmin has long been one of the standards by which all other web-based tools are compared. From this tool you can even control what services are started on the machine and even manage clustering if available.

There are some that claim Webmin is a security vulnerability. But on a well-configured, secure server, any vulnerability that might be introduced would be nullified. One of the most user-friendly and wide-spread online blogging tools, Wordpress also has one of the easiest to use administration interfaces you will find. He's covered a variety of topics for over twenty years and is an avid promoter of open source. For more news about Jack Wallen, visit his website jackwallen Image 1 of Previous Next.

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