Dockerize ASP Classic on IIS

Question

Microsoft has been investing in running docker on windows with Docker Desktop for Windows. Is it possible to run a legacy ASP Classic application on IIS through Docker? How?

https://hub.docker.com/r/microsoft/iis/

Answer 1

I finally got this all working. It was a lot more complex than running a simple Dockerfile, as it was a site that was originally developed in 2002. There were modules that had to be downloaded and installed, web.config sections that needed to be unlocked, and ODBC data connections that had to be made. My final docker file looked like this - hope it helps the next person!

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FROM microsoft/iis
SHELL ["powershell", "-command"]

RUN Install-WindowsFeature Web-ASP; `
    Install-WindowsFeature Web-CGI; `
    Install-WindowsFeature Web-ISAPI-Ext; `
    Install-WindowsFeature Web-ISAPI-Filter; `
    Install-WindowsFeature Web-Includes; `
    Install-WindowsFeature Web-HTTP-Errors; `
    Install-WindowsFeature Web-Common-HTTP; `
    Install-WindowsFeature Web-Performance; `
    Install-WindowsFeature WAS; `
    Import-module IISAdministration;

RUN md c:/msi;

RUN Invoke-WebRequest 'http://download.microsoft.com/download/C/9/E/C9E8180D-4E51-40A6-A9BF-776990D8BCA9/rewrite_amd64.msi' -OutFile c:/msi/urlrewrite2.msi; `
    Start-Process 'c:/msi/urlrewrite2.msi' '/qn' -PassThru | Wait-Process;

RUN Invoke-WebRequest 'https://download.microsoft.com/download/1/E/7/1E7B1181-3974-4B29-9A47-CC857B271AA2/English/X64/msodbcsql.msi' -OutFile c:/msi/msodbcsql.msi; 
RUN ["cmd", "/S", "/C", "c:\\windows\\syswow64\\msiexec", "/i", "c:\\msi\\msodbcsql.msi", "IACCEPTMSODBCSQLLICENSETERMS=YES", "ADDLOCAL=ALL", "/qn"];

EXPOSE 8000
RUN Remove-Website -Name 'Default Web Site'; `
    md c:\mywebsite; `
    New-IISSite -Name "mywebsite" `
                -PhysicalPath 'c:\mywebsite' `
                -BindingInformation "*:8000:";

RUN & c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe `
    unlock config `
    /section:system.webServer/asp

RUN & c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe `
      unlock config `
      /section:system.webServer/handlers

RUN & c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe `
      unlock config `
      /section:system.webServer/modules

RUN Add-OdbcDsn -Name "mywebsite" `
                -DriverName "\"ODBC Driver 13 For SQL Server\"" `
                -DsnType "System" ` 
                -SetPropertyValue @("\"Server=XXXX.us-east-2.rds.amazonaws.com\"", "\"Trusted_Connection=No\"");

ADD . c:\mywebsite