Let’s walkthrough a simple scenario where we want to setup and manage a server farm made up of two web servers.  We’ll call these two web-servers the “DemoPrimary” and “DemoSeconday” servers.  We’ll use a third “DemoController” machine to coordinate and manage the web farm.  DemoController doesn’t technically need to be a separate machine – but makes it easier to understand the various roles in the walkthrough.

Installing the Web Farm Framework

We’ll begin by installing the current beta of the Microsoft Web Farm Framework using the Microsoft Web Platform Installer on our “DemoController” machine. It works with any machine that has IIS 7 (and above) installed.