Network Operations and Management Lab: Windows Server 2016, DNS, IIS

This document presents a comprehensive lab report detailing the installation and configuration of Windows Server 2016, DNS, and IIS, along with IP-based virtual hosting using Apache. The assignment begins with setting up a virtual machine using VMware, followed by the installation and configuration of Windows Server 2016, including IP address and gateway settings. The report then covers the configuration of DNS for the domain eng657testdomain74.com, including forward and reverse lookup zones, host records, and client-side DNS setup. Additionally, the document outlines the installation and management of Microsoft IIS, creation of HTML pages, and virtual directory configuration. Finally, the assignment addresses implementing IP-based virtual hosting in Apache, including the creation of directories, web pages, and the configuration of IP-based virtual hosts. The report includes detailed screenshots and commands used throughout the process, providing a step-by-step guide to the network operations and management tasks.

Network Operations and Management logbook
Student Name
College

Lab-2 Network Operations and Management
Installing Windows Server and Configuring DNS and IIS in Windows
The task which was to be performed in this particular lab session was administrative tasks which
is done in a windows server 2016 version, the configuration of the DNS is also done in the same
windows server 2016.
The main objectives of the session includes the following
i. Installation and configuration of the Microsoft windows server 2016 version on a
virtual machine.
ii. Installation and configuration of the DNS on the Microsoft windows server 2016
version together with setting up of the DNS on the virtual machine for the domain:
eng657testdomain74.com.
I. Installation of the Virtual Machine
For the above to be achieved, then the very first step is to download the virtual machine ware
direct from the Netserve website. After downloading, the VMware is then installed from the
terminal chmod 755 VMware-Player-14.1.0-6661328.x86_64.bundle
#./VMware-Player-7.1.0-2496824.x86_64.bundle.
The process of downloading and terminal installation is shown in the below diagram.

Just after the command is executed in the terminal, then we went to the installation page in order
to install the VMware as shown below.
After the installation of the virtual machine is complete, the below shows how the later looks
like.

In order to correctly set up the virtual machine network, then the following files have to be
modified in the local host
/etc/vmware/vmnet8/dhcpd/dhcpd.conf
/etc/vmware/vmnet8/nat/nat.conf
/etc/vmware/networking
In the very first step, we went directly to the file named dhck.conf and the ip address in that file is
modified. This is shown in the screenshot below as follows.

In the networking file we changed the ip address for Host Only Netmask and Subnet shown in the
screenshot below.
After the change in the IP address, then we went directly to the nat.conf file, the gateway is
modified in the nat.conf file as shown in the screesnshot which can be seen below.

Now, the files have been modified, the next step is to check the network which is customized.
This is done by typing the command #service vmware start
Then we ran the command #ifconfig in order to check the network configuration. ifconfig is a
framework organization utility in Unix-like working frameworks for system interface setup. The
utility is a direction line interface device and is additionally utilized in the framework startup
contents of many working frameworks. This is which is shown in the below screenshot.
II. Installing Windows server 2016 on a Virtual Machine

For the installation of the windows server 2016 on the VMware, the command vmplayer is typed
on the terminal which now launches the virtual machine.
The commands is responsible for triggering the VM machine to start. This is shown in the below
screenshot.
After the virtual machine has create, then we clicked on the create new virtual machine as shown
in the below screenshot.

We created a virtual machine using ISO image, which is available at the following locations on
the host’s file system:
/root/ENG657.install/windows2016server.iso
Following the set of instruction s which were given in the lab sheet, we changed the name which
was in the windows server 2016 version. This is shown in the below screenshot.

After that, we then saved the operation in the location /vmware/win2016server.
A host memory of 2GB was then created to the virtual machine.
We then created a new virtual disk of 60 GB in size.

After the allocation of the disks and memories, the installation process was completed, then the
virtual machine for windows server 2016 was then ready. The same is shown in the screenshot
below when we can see the vmware being launched.
The very first task which we need was the installation and setting op of the IP address which was
done by going to the setting and the set up was done. We also set up the gateway for the windows
virtual machine to its default as 192.168.1.2 this gateway corresponds to the gateway of the
virtual network device which is on the linux host in the directory device /dev/vmnet8.

We then went to the command prompt and we used the command ping and the ipconfig in order
to check the configuration of the network which in this case can be clearly seen in the screenshot
below.
#ping which is a software utility administration of a computer network which is purposed at
testing if the host is reachable in the IP network. The ping is available in the all types of virtual
operating system for this case including the windows server version 2016 which is being
installed. The ping measures the round trip time for the text messages which are sent direct from
the host which the messages are originating to the destination computer which in turn echoes
back to the sender of the message.

Then after #ping is done, #ipconfig is followed as shown in the below screenshot.
III. Installation and Configuration of the DNS in Windows Server 2016
Our errand is to set up the DNS for eng657testdomain74.com.To do this we went to the server
oversaw and clicked Add jobs and highlights. At that point we chose DNS server in the select