MIME Types

FindingNemo

Hi All,

Does anyone know of a way of adding MIME Types through DOS ?

Thanks

ressem

I think that you'll need to provide a bit more information.

If I had to guess then I'd say that you meant to add/change a "Registered file type" so clicking on that file type results in the file being opened in a particular program?
Equivalent to clicking "Explorer\Tools\Folder Options\File Types\New".

Adding MIME types is usually only needed by web servers, email servers and other services transferring files through the internet, and security programs like antivirus/proxy/firewall. In which case, which server or program are you asking about?

FindingNemo

ressem wrote: »

I think that you'll need to provide a bit more information.

If I had to guess then I'd say that you meant to add/change a "Registered file type" so clicking on that file type results in the file being opened in a particular program?
Equivalent to clicking "Explorer\Tools\Folder Options\File Types\New".

Adding MIME types is usually only needed by web servers, email servers and other services transferring files through the internet, and security programs like antivirus/proxy/firewall. In which case, which server or program are you asking about?

Hi there,

You are correct, I am trying to do this on a web server, using IIS 6.0 on Windows 2003.
I have about 12 new MIME Types I have to add in every time a new server comes on board. I'd like to automate this, either by using a batch file or importing the MIME types from another server.
Currently I have to go into the properties of the web server, MIME types, New, etc etc ..

Cheers

daymobrew

FindingNemo wrote: »

Currently I have to go into the properties of the web server, MIME types, New, etc etc ..

Do these changes get added to the registry? If so it might be easy enough to export that part of the registry. Crack open regedit and do a search.
If it is written to configuration text/ini files then it's even easier.

FindingNemo

daymobrew wrote: »

Do these changes get added to the registry? If so it might be easy enough to export that part of the registry. Crack open regedit and do a search.
If it is written to configuration text/ini files then it's even easier.

Hi,

I had a look into this all right, I read somewhere on google it was written into the conf/mime.types file but the entries I added manually through IIS didn't show up in that file.
I searched the registry for the .extensions and they weren't visible either.
Kinda stumped.

Ginger

Do an IIS metabase backup of a server that is fully configured by not in production. From that file, restore it to your new servers each time. This will update IIS mappings and MIME types for you.

Have a look at the following http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/43a51d34-7c81-413b-9727-ec9a19d0b428.mspx?mfr=true

Exporting Metabase elements

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/49521fc7-0b21-4055-b943-87e181dd62d9.mspx

FindingNemo

Ginger wrote: »

Do an IIS metabase backup of a server that is fully configured by not in production. From that file, restore it to your new servers each time. This will update IIS mappings and MIME types for you.

Have a look at the following http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/43a51d34-7c81-413b-9727-ec9a19d0b428.mspx?mfr=true

Exporting Metabase elements

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/49521fc7-0b21-4055-b943-87e181dd62d9.mspx

Hi Ginger,

I had a look at this as well but unfortunately I can't use it.
Each new server I get, comes already configured with about 40 different web sites and about 20 different accounts on these web sites with different permissions, directory security etc etc. If I was to export metabase and everything, that brings over all the directory security etc which I don't want as each server has different accounts,
hope I make sense !!!

Cheers

FindingNemo

From Microsoft :
****Mime entries can be added to the following registry location:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\InetInfo\Parameters\ MimeMap ****


I have MIME Types but I don't have this directory, I can go up until parameters, no Mimemap though

Ginger

Hmm have a look at the elements export.. also metabase edit..

or have a goo at this like http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ProgrammaticallyAddingMimeTypesToIIS.aspx

Seems you just need a small bit of script knowledge and you can do it

How to use mimemap here http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms525635.aspx

FindingNemo

still working on this ginger, trying to figure out a way of not using vbscript or anything.

I'll find something god damn it :-)

Ginger

Dont think you will be able to do it just using DOS.. none of the machines will have CScript or WSH installed then???

You could do it from a central machine and do it remotely that might get you over the hump

FindingNemo

Yeah, doing it remotely seems the way.

I had a look at the elements export, downloaded the IIS6 resource kit as well,
unfortunately looks like you can import and export every component apart from MIME Types :rolleyes:

Ginger

Using the ADSI object to do it is possibly your only option, you can do remote enabling of WS but not MIME and you can understand why.

Still maybe you need to see when the machines are being built, are they being ghosted or just pre installed and then handed down in a barebones situation??

FindingNemo

Ginger wrote: »

Using the ADSI object to do it is possibly your only option, you can do remote enabling of WS but not MIME and you can understand why.

Still maybe you need to see when the machines are being built, are they being ghosted or just pre installed and then handed down in a barebones situation??

Unfortunately the latter pal !!!!

Ginger

Hmm

Just spotted this script

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms752346.aspx#register_mime_types

Or have a goo here

Adding all mime-types to IIS in one step is very simple:

The easiest way to do this is stopping IIS and editing the metabase XML file (C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv\MetaBase.xml) using a text editor. Search for the <IIsMimeMap Location="/LM/MimeMap" …> element and append the lines above to the MimeMap attribute

From here http://www.bram.us/2007/05/25/office-2007-mime-types-for-iis/

FindingNemo

FANTASTIC, just tried it manually, did the trick,

THANKS !!!!

Ginger

God bless the internet and its faithful servant Google

FindingNemo

too right, I wouldn't have a job if it wasn't for google.
edit: or boards !!!!