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IIS Roles/Services

Below are the Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) roles and services utilized by FlexNet Manager Suite. In the event of misbehavior, it is often helpful to validate that all of the following are enabled on all your central servers (depending on the scale of your implementation, the ones that you have implemented from the application server, the web application server, the processing server, the batch server, and the inventory server). The process for checking whether the services are enabled is summarized below the list.

  • Web Server > Application Development > .NET Extensibility
  • Web Server > Application Development > ASP.NET
  • Web Server > Application Development > CGI
  • Web Server > Application Development > ISAPI Extensions
  • Web Server > Application Development > ISAPI Filters
  • Web Server > Common HTTP Features > Default Document
  • Web Server > Common HTTP Features > Directory Browsing
  • Web Server > Common HTTP Features > HTTP Errors
  • Web Server > Common HTTP Features > HTTP Redirection
  • Web Server > Common HTTP Features > Static Content
  • Web Server > Health and Diagnostics > HTTP Logging
  • Web Server > Performance > Dynamic Content Compression
  • Web Server > Performance > Static Content Compression
  • Web Server > Security > Basic Authentication
  • Web Server > Security > Request Filtering
  • Web Server > Security > Windows Authentication

  1. To check available services in the Windows Server operating system:

  2. Starting from the Windows start menu, navigate to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Server Manager.

  3. In the navigation bar on the left, under the Server Manager node, select the Roles node.

  4. Locate the Web Server (IIS) section, and within that, identify the Role Services section.

    This section lists the status for each service. All of those in the list above should be both installed and enabled on all your central servers.

Parent topic:Notes on Issues