Web Server Mappings for Windows on epages 5 6.13.1
Created: 5.0.4.20060929; Updated: 5.0.4.20060929

If the Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) was installed prior to the epages software installation, the necessary web server mappings were performed automatically. For manual web server mapping, please follow the detailed instuctions below:

MS Internet Information Server 5 / 5.1 / 6.0 on Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows 2003

Steps:

1. start the Microsoft Management Console:

  Start /
      Settings /
          Control Panel /
              Administrative Tools /
                  Internet Services Manager (IIS)

2. in the left panel, under "Internet Information Server", click on the name of your machine, "yourhost".

3. only IIS 6 on Windows 2003: go to the "Web Sites" folder

4. in the right panel right-click on the "Default Web Site" and select the "New" option to create a new virtual directory with Alias "epages". Click next.

  - map the 'epages' virtual directory just created to the directory physical
    path "%EPAGES%\WebAdapter". Click "Next".
    Allow only Execute access and click "Finish"

  - right-click on the newly created directory "epages" and select "Properties".

  - in "Application Settings" (lower frame), press "Configuration" button.

    - click the "Add" button and make the following additions:

    Extensions                Executable Path
    ----------                ---------------
    ".sf"                     "%EPAGES%\WebAdapter\ISAPIAdapter.dll"
    ".admin"                  "%EPAGES%\WebAdapter\ISAPIAdapter.dll"
    ".diagnostics"            "%EPAGES%\WebAdapter\ISAPIAdapter.dll"
    ".preview"                "%EPAGES%\WebAdapter\ISAPIAdapter.dll"
    ".soap"                   "%EPAGES%\WebAdapter\ISAPIAdapter.dll"

    leave the input field "Method Exclusions" and the checkboxes "Script Engine"
    and "Check that file exists" empty.
    
  - in the "Document Security" click on the "Edit..." button
     
    - check the "Anonymous" access checkbox
    - uncheck all 3 checkboxes in the "Authentication Access" frame

5. only IIS 5/5.1 on Windows 2000 / XP:

6. set the "Application Protection" in the "Virtual Directory" to Low(IIS Process)

7. only IIS 6 on Windows 2003:

  - if the Webserver is running in the IIS5 Isolation Mode mode, you have to set 
   the "Application Protection" in the "Virtual Directory" to Low(IIS Process), otherwise
   you have to create a new Application Pool:

 - go to the "Application Pools" folder in the Internet Services Manager (IIS)	
 - right-click on the "Application Pools" and select the "New" -> Application pool option to
   create a new one with the Applocation pool ID: "epagesApplicationPool". Click OK.
 - right-click on the newly Application Pool "epagesApplicationPool" and select "Properties".	
 - Set the parameters for Recycling:
     - Recycle worker processes (in minutes)         ---> 1
     - Recycle worker process (number of requests)   ---> 50
    - Set the parameters for Performance:
     - Shutdown worker processes after being idle for (time in minutes)  ---> 1
     - Limit the kernel request queue (number of requests)   ---> 1000
     - Maximum number of worker processes                    ---> 100
   - Set the parameters for Health:
     - uncheck "Enable pinging"
     - uncheck "Enable rapid-fail protection"
     - Worker process must shutdown within (time in seconds) --> 600
   - Set the parameters for Identity:
     - set the Application pool identity to "Configurable"
         - create a new local user e.g. "ep_web" and add this 
           new user to the Group "IIS_WPG"
     - add the User name and the Password from the new created User.
     - Select OK to close the Property dialog.

   - set the "Application pool" in the epages Virtual Directory to
      the newly created epagesApplicationPool

8. right-click on the "Default Web Site" again and select the "New" option to create a new virtual directory with Alias "WebRoot", map it to %EPAGES_WEBROOT%" and allow Read access.

9. only IIS 6 on Windows 2003: you have to enable the Web Service Extension for the epages Webadapter file

  - Click on the folder "Web Service Extension" in the Internet Services Manager (IIS)
  - in the right panel right-click on "Add a new Web service extension..."
  - set the Extension name to "epages Web Adapter"
  - Add the file: "%EPAGES%\WebAdapter\ISAPIAdapter.dll"
  - enable the checkbox "Set extension status to Allowed" for this file


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