Category: Internet Information Services (IIS)

Extending IIS With ASP.NET 4.5 On Windows Server 2008 R2

Ian Grieve2 minute read1 Comment

Microsoft Dynamics GPThis is not something I need for the series of posts I am currently writing on the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 SP2 Web Client Scale-Out Deployment as my web server is running Windows Server 2012, but you may be performing the install on Windows Server 2008 R2 so I thought I would include this for completeness.

If you are running Windows Server 2008 R2 then extending a website with ASP.NET 4.5 required the use of the command line.

Open a Command Prompt with Administrative permissions and type the following and then hit Return:

cd C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\

Then type the following and hit Return:

aspnet_regiis —i

Once the command has finished running, the website will be extended with ASP.NET 4.5 and be ready for the Session Control Service to be installed.

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Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 SP2 Web Client Scale-Out Deployment
Introduction
Installing IIS On Session Control Server
Extending IIS With ASP.NET 4.5 On Windows Server 2012
Extending IIS With ASP.NET 4.5 On Windows Server 2008 R2
Creating A Self-Signed SSL Certificate On The Session Central Server
Binding An SSL Certificate To The Session Control Website
Adding An SSL Certificate To The Session Hosts
Avoiding Trust Relationship Problems
Creating Security Groups In AD For The Web Client
Creating Required Service Accounts
Installing The Client
Installing The Server
Deploying The Fabrikam Sample Company
Adding The Web Client Runtime To The Session Hosts
Installing The Web Client On The Session Central Server
Running The Web Client Configuration Wizard On The Session Central
Installing The Web Client On The Session Host Servers
Running The Web Client Configuration Wizard On The Session Hosts
Installing Web Client Resource Cache on Session Hosts
Installing SSL Certificates On Client Machines
Installing Silverlight On Clients
Verifying The Web Client Install
Navigation Differences Between Desktop & Web Clients
Using The Web Management Console
Series Index
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Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 SP2 Web Client Scale-Out Deployment: Extending IIS With ASP.NET 4.5 On Windows Server 2012

Ian Grieve2 minute read1 Comment

Microsoft Dynamics GPExtending a website with ASP.NET 4.5 required the use of command line (which I will cover in the next post), but Windows Server 2012 requires this be done using the Server Manager (there may be a PowerShell command to do this, but, if so, I don’t know what it is).

As I mentioned in a comment in the last post, if you’re installing IIS to configure the web client then you don’t need to treat this step separately, but merely add the step to the installation options for IIS.

To extend IIS on Windows Server 2012, you need to open Server Manager and click Add roles and features:

Server Manager

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Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 SP2 Web Client Scale-Out Deployment: Installing IIS On Session Control Server

Ian Grieve1 minute read3 Comments

Microsoft Dynamics GPBefore we can start installing the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 SP2 Web Client, there are a few steps which need to be completed.

The first of them is to install the IIS Web Server on the machine which will operate as the Session Control Server. In my case, this is the SC1 machine which is running Windows Server 2012. IIS is installed via Server Manager by clicking Add roles and features:

Server Manager

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How To Install Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Web Client: Create A Self-Signed Certificate

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Microsoft Dynamics GPEarlier in this series of posts, I took a look at installing the Web Client Runtime and adding the IIS server role. In this post I’ll take a look at installing a self-signed certificate (self-signed is really only a valid option for a demo or test system; on a live system you should really use a real certificate.

To create a self-signed one, open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager and click on Server Certificates;

Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager - Server Home

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How To Install Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Web Client: Adding The IIS Role

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Microsoft Dynamics GPIn this series of posts, I’m taking a look at installing the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Web Client as a single machine deployment. To be able to install the Web Client, we need to have ISS installed. The server I am installing this on is a Windows Server 2012 so this is done via the Server Manager.

To add the ISS Role, click on Add Roles and Features;

Server Manager

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How To Install The Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 (Beta) Web Client – Web Server Installation

Ian Grieve1 minute read4 Comments

Microsoft Dynamics GPTo function the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 web client requires a web server running IIS with a web site bound to an SSL certificate.

The operating system of the web server must be one of the following:

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012

Once you have installed one of the above, I chose Windows Server 2008 R2 for this install, the Web Server (IIS) role needs to be installed via Server Manager.

Open Server Manager and click the Add Roles link;

Server Manager

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How To Rewrite A Sub Domain To A Directory In IIS

Ian Grieve2 minute read5 Comments

When I signed up with my current web host the deal was limited to six domains and unlimited websites; a restriction I figured I could live within as a lot of what I intended to do would be in sub-domains and the unlimited websites allowed me to have each sub-domain in an individual website.

However, since I signed up they have, without giving any form of notification, changed the deal so it is now unlimited domains and only six websites. I’m currently in a position that I have five domains and twelve websites without the ability to create another website; the control panel shows me as having 12 of 6 websites. The only positive is that they have not, as yet, required me to trim down the number of websites I have.

I therefore spent a little time yesterday looking for a resolution to this problem. Continue reading “How To Rewrite A Sub Domain To A Directory In IIS”

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