Configuring the IIS server and creating an application pool

IIS server configuration

Procedure

1. Leave checked or check the following in the Add Roles and Features Wizard step of the Web Server Role (IIS) – Role Services section:
   • Web Server
     • Common HTTP Features
       • Default Document
       • Directory Browsing
       • HTTP Errors
       • Static Content
       • HTTP Redirection
     • Health and Diagnostics
       • HTTP Logging
     • Performance
       • Static Content Compression
     • Security
       • Request Filtering
       • Basic Authentication
       • Windows Authentication
     • Application Development
       • .NET Extensibility 3.5
       • .NET Extensibility 4.6
       • ASP
       • ASP.NET 3.5
       • ASP.NET 4.6
       • ISAPI Extensions
       • ISAPI Filters
     • Management Tools
       • IIS Management Console
       • IIS 6 Management Compatibility
         • IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility
         • IIS 6 Management Console
         • IIS 6 Scripting Tools
         • IIS 6 WMI Compatibility
   • Features
     • .NET Framework 3.5 Features (1 of 3 installed)
       • .NET Framework 3.5 (includes .NET 2.0 and 3.0)
     • .NET Framework 4.6 Features (2 of 7 installed)
       • .NET Framework 4.6 (Installed)
       • WCF Services (1 of 5 installed)
         • TCP Port Sharing (Installed)

Creating an application pool

Pre-requisites

• Windows Server 2008/2012/2016
• IIS server
• .Net Framework 4.0 or later

Procedure

1. Open the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
2. Select Application Pools, right-click in the window on the right and select Add Application Pool….
3. In the window that opens, enter ALVAO AppPool .NET 4.0, select.NET CLR Version v4.0.30319 as the .Net Framework version,select the Integrated managed pipeline mode, and click OK.
4. Then right-click on the newly created application pool and select Advanced settings…
5. First change the value of the Reqular Time Interval (minutes) property to 43200 (minutes), i.e. 30 days.
   Then change the Idle Time-out (minutes) property to 43199 (minutes).
6. You will also have to change the value of the Identity property, which is now ApplicationPoolIdentity.
   Click on Identity, select NetworkService in the window that opens and confirm your selection.
7. Now you will need to change the settings for specific web applications. Select the required web application from the list and click onBasic Settings….
8. A new window opens. Click on the Select… button and select the newly created application pool.
9. Confirm all changes and close the window.
10. Change the application pool for all ALVAO web solutions.
11. Done.

Next information

• Specify an Identity for an Application Pool (IIS 7)
• Application Pool Identities

Did not find what you were looking for? Ask our technical support team.