Configuring IIS with Web Administration Console, Audit Trail Reporting, or Laserfiche Federated Search

The Laserfiche Web Administration Console, Audit Trail Reporting, and Federated Search work with Microsoft's Internet Information Services (IIS) to provide access to repository components and auditing functionality. These products require Internet Information Services 10 or above.

When they are installed, these products will create their own virtual directories within the default IIS website, and will also create their own application pools. By default, these will be named as follows:

• Web Administration Console
• Application Pool: WebAdminAppPool
• Virtual Directory: WebAdmin
• Audit Trail
• Application Pool: AuditTrailAppPool
• Virtual Directory (Web Reporter): AuditTrail
• Virtual Directory (Configuration): AuditTrailConfig
• Federated Search
  • Application Pool: FederatedSearchAppPool
  • Application Pool (Administration): FederatedSearchAdminAppPool
  • Virtual Directory: FederatedSearch

You will need to install certain additional IIS features in order for IIS to work with the Laserfiche web components.

To install additional IIS features in Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10

1. Open the Control Panel and select Programs and Features.
2. Select Turn Windows features on or off.
3. In the Window Features dialog box, expand Internet Information Services.
3. Select the features you want to install.
• ASP.NET 4.8 (for Audit Trail Reporting), ASP.NET 4.x (for Web Administration Console), or ASP.NET 4.5 (for Federated Search) (expand Web Server and then Application Development)
• Static Content (expand World Wide Web Services and then Common HTTP Features)
• Windows Authentication (expand World Wide Web Services and then Security)
4. Click OK.
4. Restart if prompted.

To install additional IIS features in Windows Server 2012

1. Open Server Manager.
2. Click Manage and select Add Roles and Features.
3. In the Before You Begin step, click Next.
4. In the Installation Type step, select Role-based or feature-based installation and click Next.
5. In the Server Selection step, select your Web server.
4. In the Server Roles step, expand Web Server (IIS) and select the features you want to install.
• Static Content (expand Web Server and then Common HTTP Features)
• ASP.NET 4.8 (for Audit Trail Reporting), ASP.NET 4.x (for Web Administration Console), or ASP.NET 4.5 (for Federated Search) (expand Web Server and then Application Development)
• Windows Authentication (expand Web Server and then Security)
5. Continue through the wizard until you reach the installation confirmation. Click Install.
6. Restart if prompted.