I have a redhat server, that running apache , no database , the source code is http, css , .js , very simple website and .htpasswd_file for access control .

I want to move the website to windows IIS server , would advise is it possible to do that , what application that I need to install ? does windows can use the .htpasswd_file for access control ?

thanks a lot .

The link below to the microsoft doc site indicates that a file Web.config is used and is similar to the .htpasswd file on Apache.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/iis...-iis-webconfig

I've never migrated a server so have no familiarity with it but I would think you would be better off asking at a windows forum or going to the microsoft support site.. Doing an online search for 'migrate from apache to iis' turned up some sites.

Go ahead and do it. You'll be back ...

It's theoretically possible but highly inadvisable. You'll end up regretting the amount of money and time wasted trying, and failing, to get back to the level you are at now.

What is your motivation for asking the question and what are your goals with the web site?

Cost will be a big factor for you with this kind of move.
MS OS --> $$$
IIS ---> $$$
admin (possibly) ---> $$$

With linux all the above except admin are free.

Additionally, you will be locked into doing things exactly the way MS designs it with no flexibility or possibility of customizing things (or spending money to do so).

Think carefully before you lock yourself into that software silo.

I have stayed away from both Apple and Microsoft for exactly the silo environment reasons.

Well, to be fair, it's really not quite that simple.

Microsoft's products are very tightly integrated into their entire "soup to nuts" roles-and-permissions architectures, and they are legitimate offerings.

Where I most frequently see them being deployed is in internal company networks, where these Microsoft-specific features can be used to excellent advantage. If that's your use-case, then the use of IIS might actually become "strongly indicated."

Except that with actual functionality for IIS, and the other products from that company, it always looks like it's just out of reach, one more upgrade away, but never actually arrives. So that when you reach the end of the budget the response from the sales team is that success always would have been just around the corner, another purchase away. That's also one of the reasons the products are so hard to use and so convoluted and illogical to operate. So along the way you'll end up driving out IT people and start replacing the IT people with embedded sales representatives on your payroll but working for M$:

10 it can't be done without an upgrade, the Next Version will fix it
20 now that we have the upgrade, we don't know how, we need training
30 go to 10

If you're into empire building, M$ products are great because staff numbers in that department will quickly bloat -- while they get nothing done. I've seen one case which went from 5 to 200 in a few years -- while they got nothing done. The trick there is not to sample your own supply but instead get in the way of other departments. etc

Servers are one area where is quite obvious whether something is getting done or not, so it is one of the first areas where GNU/Linux started to dominate. Since this thread is about web servers, if you look at the recent Netcraft web server survey, see the "Active Sites" chart, you'll see that IIS is down to 3% already and that the decline has been steady, except for the time M$ paid people to use IIS. Furthermore, it runs only on legacy operating systems, goto #10 above.

While there may be strong (perceived) reasons to ask for IIS, the technical aspects just don't allow for it.
So it would important to get the context of the question and find out what is OP's motivation for asking the question and what are their goals with the web site?