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ASP Publishing Checklist

Review a deployment boundary without publishing the training application.

How it works

Deploying a Classic ASP site needs an appropriate IIS host, supported Windows components, filesystem permissions, secret management, TLS and tested restore procedures. Static hosting cannot execute .asp, and uploading these sources to an ordinary PHP host does not add ASP support. This lesson renders a review list only; it performs no deployment.

Use the separate Windows lab

This is a legacy-maintenance course. Classic ASP uses IIS and VBScript; ASP.NET Web Pages uses .NET Framework and Razor. Neither runs in PHP, Apache or Bhylu’s browser playground. The reviewed baseline is 32-bit IIS Express 10.0.2001, .NET Framework 4.8, Web Pages / Razor 3.2.9 and the Windows VBScript engine. ADO database examples use the actual 32-bit Jet OLE DB 4.0 provider, not SQL Server or XAMPP MySQL.

Download download-lab.mjs into a separate empty learning folder. Run node download-lab.mjs to fetch hash-checked source files into a new bhylu-asp-lab folder, then cd bhylu-asp-lab and node run-lab.mjs --start. Before deployment, local preview uses node download-lab.mjs http://127.0.0.1:8000/examples/asp/. The source downloader refuses an existing destination. Review its source before running it.

The foreground launcher needs your own 32-bit IIS Express installation with Classic ASP, .NET Framework 4.8 and the VBScript engine available. It downloads the three pinned Web Pages packages from NuGet into its private cache, binds only localhost on port 8142 and stops when you press Ctrl+C. Keep its console open. Visit http://localhost:8142/publishing.asp. It does not install IIS, enable Windows features, change Apache/PHP/MySQL, or publish any files. See the bundled README.txt for manual setup and test boundaries.

Each complete Classic ASP source requires the supplied Global.asa acknowledgement; Web Pages uses _PageStart.cshtml. Database and file examples create owned temporary files only under this private lab’s blocked App_Data folder. Sources are public text downloads; do not upload them as executable teaching endpoints on Bhylu.

Download publishing.asp

Example

publishing.asp

<%@ Language="VBScript" CodePage="65001" %>
<% Option Explicit
Response.Buffer = True
Response.ContentType = "text/plain"
Response.Charset = "utf-8"
If Application("BhyluLab") <> "YES" Then
    Response.Status = "403 Forbidden"
    Response.Write "Use the separate Bhylu learning lab."
    Response.End
End If
Dim checks
checks = Array("Confirm Windows and IIS support", "Review application identity permissions", "Keep secrets outside served files", "Test TLS, cookies and error pages", "Verify restore and rollback")
Response.Write Join(checks, vbLf)
%>
Focus on the lesson operations

This excerpt omits shared lab setup. Use the complete download and supporting files to run it.

Lesson excerpt

Dim checks
checks = Array("Confirm Windows and IIS support", "Review application identity permissions", "Keep secrets outside served files", "Test TLS, cookies and error pages", "Verify restore and rollback")
Response.Write Join(checks, vbLf)

Expected result

Confirm Windows and IIS support
Review application identity permissions
Keep secrets outside served files
Test TLS, cookies and error pages
Verify restore and rollback

The list names decisions that require the actual host and operator. Local loopback tests do not prove production TLS, mail, monitoring, backups or security. The downloaded lab is educational and must not be exposed as a public service.

Primary references

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