Creating Application Pool on IIS Server

Summary

This chapter describes how you can create a custom application pool for ALVAO WebApp on an IIS server.

Available for Products

• ALVAO WebApp
• ALVAO ServiceDesk – WebService

Pre-requisites

   - Windows Server 2003/2008/2012
   - IIS server is installed
   - .Net Framework 4.0 or later is installed

Procedure

1. In server management go to Roles -> Web Server (IIS) ->Internet Information Server (IIS) Management
   
2. Select "Application Pools", right-click in the window on the right and select "Add Application Pool…"
3. A new window will open where you can enter the Application Pool name, select the .Net Framework version and the Pipeline Mode according to the image provided. Once you have done this, click OK to proceed.


4. Then right-click on the newly created application pool and select "Advanced settings…"
5. Then change the value under "Regular Time Interval (minutes)" to 43200 (minutes); marked "1" in the image.
   Then change the setting of the "Idle Time-out (minutes)" property to 43199 (minutes); marked "2" in the image.


6. You will also need to change "Identity" from the "ApplicationPoolIdentity" value.
   Click on the value of the "Identity" property, 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 on "Basic 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.

Links

How to create an Identity for an Application Pool – http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771170(WS.10).aspx.
A nice and valuable article on Application Pool Identities – http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/624/application-pool-identities/.

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