Configuring IIS for CygNet Web

The following steps describe how to set up Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.5 and are provided for reference only. Newer versions of IIS support different user interfaces and APIs for IIS administration and management.

Note: Refer to the Microsoft Internet Information Services documentation for more information about features, administrative tools, installation, and configuration.

To Add a Web Server (IIS) Role

  1. Turn off User Account Control (UAC). (Control Panel > System and Security > Change User Account Control settings).
  2. Open the Server Manager, add the Web Server (IIS) role to your server. The required settings are as follows:

Web Server

Common HTTP Features

Static Content

Default Document

HTTP Errors

Application Development

ASP

ISAPI Extensions

Server Side Includes

Health and Diagnostics

HTTP Logging

Request Monitor

Security

Windows Authentication

Request Filtering

Performance

Static Content Compression

Management Tools

IIS Management Console

 

Windows Process Activation Service

Process Model

Configuration APIs
  1. Click Install.
  2. On the Results page, your options should look like this:

Installation Results

  1. Click Close.

To Configure IIS

  1. From within Server Manager, open the IIS Manager and select the server.
  2. Configure Authentication. Right-click on the Authentication icon ( Authentication Icon ) and select Open Feature.
  1. Disable Anonymous Authentication.
  2. Enable Windows Authentication.
  3. Go back to the server home.
  1. Configure ASP. Right-click on the ASP icon ( ASP Icon ) and select Open Feature.
  1. Under Behavior, set "Enable Parent Paths" to True.
  2. Under Debugging Properties:
  1. Set "Run On End Functions Anonymously" to False.
  2. To make viewing any ASP error messages that may occur easier for debugging, set "Send Errors To Browser" to True.
  1. Set "Script Language" to VBScript.
  2. Go back to the server home. Save changes when prompted.
  1. If you’re on a 64-bit system, you’ll need to force it to run 32-bit IIS. You can do this in one of two ways: via a Command Prompt or via the IIS Manager, as described in the following procedures.
 

Command Prompt

  • From a command prompt, type the following (you must have Administrator-level access to the server):

%windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set config -section:applicationPools -applicationPoolDefaults.enable32BitAppOnWin64:true

IIS Manager

  1. In IIS Manager, click View Application Pools in the Actions pane on the far right.
  2. Right-click on the application pool being used and select Advanced Settings.
  3. Under General, change the setting for ".NET Framework Version" to No Managed Code.
  4. Under General, change the setting for "Enable 32-Bit Applications" to True.
  5. Click OK.
  6. Repeat for each Application Pool in use by a CygNet Web Server instance.
  1. Select the server again.
  2. Restart IIS.
  1. Click Restart in the Actions pane on the far right.
  2. Or open a command prompt and type the following:

iisreset

Logging CygNet Web Activity

See Logging for information about how to turn on logging and View Log for log viewing information for CygNet Web.

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