The eG Installation Guide - eG Innovations

Installing and Configuring on Windows Environments
Figure 3.180: The Roles page in the right panel displaying the Web Server (IIS) role that was just installed
3.14 Cofiguring the eG Agent to Monitor the Web
Transactions to Web Sites on an IIS Web Server
Operating on Windows 2008
To perform web site transaction monitoring on an IIS web server executing on Windows 2008, you
need to install and configure Advanced Logging on the target IIS web server, soon after you create the
Web Server role on the Windows 2008 server.
IIS Advanced Logging is an extension for Internet Information Services (IIS) 7 that provides enhanced
data collection and real-time server and client-side logging capabilities. It can be managed by using
IIS Manager and other tools that can work with the IIS 7 configuration system.
The Advanced Logging feature supports complex Web and media delivery scenarios that demand
flexibility and control. These scenarios may require custom logging fields, real-time access to data,
greater control over what gets logged and when, extensibility for new sources of data, the ability to
consolidate log data posted by clients and correlate it to server data, the option of sharing data from
various sources and storing it in multiple logs, capturing system-state information, inclusion of
canceled requests in logs, and even logging multiple times per request.
In order to monitor the web transactions to IIS 7 (that is bundled with the Windows 2008 server), the
eG agent requires that the Advanced Logging be installed and configured on IIS 7. The steps in this
regard have been discussed below:
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