Installing IIS and registering .NET with IIS

[Beth]

Windows 7 and Windows 8

Windows 2008 and Windows 2012

[Beth]

Windows 7/8

1. Go to Control Panel - Programs and Features.

2. Click the link to Turn Windows Features On/Off.

3. Expand Internet Information Services.

4. Expand Web Management Tools and click on IIS Management Console.

5. Click on World Wide Web Services.

6. Step 5 should select what you need, but to double check, expand Application Development Features and make sure ASP.NET is selected. Other items might be selected as well to support ASP.NET.

7. Expand Common HTTP Features and make sure , Default Document, HTTP Errors, and Static Content are checked.

8. Click OK.

9. Wait for IIS to fully install.

10. Find the command prompt icon, right-click it and select Run As Administrator.

11. Change directories to the .NET framework needed for the version of Vault you will be running. For Vault 6.0, you will want to change directories to the 4.0 .NET framework, which will be at C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\framework\v4.0.30319. If you are on a 64-bit system, change framework to framework64.

12. Run the command

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aspnet_regiis -i

to register the .NET framework with IIS.

[Beth]

Windows 2008/2012/2016

1. Open the Windows Server Manager.

2. Scroll down to Role Summary, and click Add Roles on the right-hand side.

3. A wizard will open. Click Next.

4. Check the box Web Server(IIS) and click Next.

5. Click Next once you read about IIS Services.

6. Check that Static Content and ASP.NET are selected. You may be asked to install supporting features.

7. Click Next, then click Install.

8. Wait for IIS to fully install, then click Close.

9. Find the command prompt icon, right-click it and select Run As Administrator.

10. Change directories to the .NET framework needed for the version of Vault you will be running. For Vault 6.0, you will want to change directories to the 4.0 .NET framework, which will be at %WINDIR%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319. If you are using the 64-bit version of Vault, change to %WINDIR%\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319.

11. Run the command

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aspnet_regiis -i

to register the .NET framework with IIS.

[jclausius]

Here's a quick screen shot of the roles selected running Vault Server 10.2 on Windows Server 2022.