Installing IIS 10.0 on Nano Server

In this recipe, we are going to install IIS 10.0 on Nano Server. We will create a Nano Server 2016 virtual machine by using PowerShell, which will be attached to our Hyper-V host server. We can use PowerShell commands to install IIS on Nano Server 2016.

Getting ready

To step through this recipe, we are going to create a Nano Server instance with IIS 10.0 using PowerShell commands. You will need a Windows Server 2016 virtual instance or a physical one of Nano Server 2016, and you also need Windows Server 2016 media. You already have a Hyper-V Host ready, where you have to attach your virtual machine. For the installation and configuration, you should have administrative privileges.

How to do it...

1. Log in to Windows Server 2016. The IP of our Windows Server 2016 instance is 172.16.15.60 and the name is WIN2016IIS, as shown in figure.
   

2. Mount the Windows Server 2016 media ISO on a CD drive. Open the CD drive, and you will find the NanoServer folder:

3. Copy the NanoServer...