This page describes how to set up an Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) and for a UBIK® web service on Microsoft Server 2012. The web service is used to publish data from the UBIK® database to a mobile device (eg mobile phone, tablet).
Installation of Microsoft IIS
Install server role
Start the server manager to install the Internet Information Services (IIS) on Windows Server 2012.
- Click Start, point to Administrative Tools and choose Server Manager.
- Click Roles Summary
- Click Add Roles.
- Use the "Add Roles" wizard to add the web server role
Required roles and features
By using the "Add Roles" wizard the default set of role services gets installed, which do not fit the requirements for UBIK® web services. Additional IIS role services and features, such as Application Development or Health and Diagnostics, needs to be installed by selectint the check boxes associated with those features in the "Select Role Services" page of the wizard.
UBIK® web service requires at least the following roles
- Microsoft .NET Framework 4
- Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
- Webserver Application Development
and features
- HTTP Actication (WCF Services)
Using a virtual server
A physical server with Microsoft Server 2012 can be used as the host system as well as a virtual server. Use Hyper-V to install and operate serveral virtual servers and proceed with the web server installation similar as for a physical server.
Configuration of the Web Server
Add Application Pool
An application pool is a group of one or more URLs that are served by a worker process or a set of worker processes. Application pools set boundaries for the applications they contain, which means that any applications that are running outside a given application pool cannot affect the applications in the application pool.
Certificate
The web service communicates with the UBIK® client via an secured connection, which requires a SSL certificate on the server and client side. Not having a valid cerficate, a self-signed certificate can be used. Therefore, a new certificate can be created via the Internet Information Server Manager, exported using the export function and sent to the development team. As already mentioned, the client has to know this certificate as well, hence it need to be integrated it into the mobile application.
Bindings
Create bindings to get the correct certificate to access to the IIS service from external.
Create new Web Service
Testing the new service
Optional
Local IIS-User
This member is necessary because it allows the external clients to have access to the IIS user entitle folder.
Microsoft .NET Framework 4
Is an older Microsoft Server version used, install the .NET Framework 4.