Installation via installer (Windows Server)

Installation steps

1. Run the installer

To install Ferron web server, run the following command:

powershell -c "irm https://downloads.ferronweb.org/install.ps1 | iex"

You will be prompted to choose the installation type.

2. Access the web server

By default, Ferron serves content from the %SystemDrive%\ferron\wwwroot directory. Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost to verify that the server is running and serving the default index.html file.

File structure

Ferron installed via the installer for Windows Server has following file structure:

• %SystemDrive%\ferron\ferron.exe - Ferron web server
• %SystemDrive%\ferron\ferron-passwd.exe - Ferron user management tool
• %SystemDrive%\ferron\log\access.log - Ferron access log in Combined Log Format
• %SystemDrive%\ferron\log\error.log - Ferron error log
• %SystemDrive%\ferron\wwwroot - Ferron’s web root
• %SystemDrive%\ferron\ferron.yaml - Ferron configuration

Managing the Ferron service

Stopping the service

To stop the Ferron service, run:

net stop ferron

Restarting the service

To restart the service:

net stop ferron
net start ferron