Host Tax Transfer DE on Windows with IIS
Internet Information Services (IIS) is a flexible, secure, and manageable Web Server for hosting web apps. This guide will lead you through the installation and configuration process.
IIS configuration
Configure IIS for Windows Server operatings systems or Windows desktop operating systems. Please refer to the Microsoft documentation for this task.
You may skip the section on configuring Windows Authentication
You may want to use the following PowerShell script to perform the installation of the IIS feature.
Install-WindowsFeature Web-Server
Install-WindowsFeature Web-WebServer
Install-WindowsFeature Web-Common-Http
Install-WindowsFeature Web-Default-Doc
Install-WindowsFeature Web-Dir-Browsing
Install-WindowsFeature Web-Http-Errors
Install-WindowsFeature Web-Static-Content
Install-WindowsFeature Web-Http-Redirect
Install-WindowsFeature Web-Health
Install-WindowsFeature Web-Http-Logging
Install-WindowsFeature Web-Performance
Install-WindowsFeature Web-Stat-Compression
Install-WindowsFeature Web-Security
Install-WindowsFeature Web-Filtering
Install-WindowsFeature Web-App-Dev
Install-WindowsFeature Web-WebSockets
Install-WindowsFeature Web-Mgmt-Tools
Install-WindowsFeature Web-Mgmt-Console
Get-Website | Remove-Website
Get-ChildItem -Path IIS:\AppPools\ | ForEach-Object { Remove-WebAppPool $_.Name }
Install .NET Core Hosting Bundle
The corresponding runtime must be available on the host system. Tax Transfer DE version 2.8.449 and later does not require the installation of the .NET Core Hosting Bundle. For earlier versions download the current hosting bundle of ASP.NET Core Runtime 7.0 on this page.
For more information, see Microsoft documentation.
Create the IIS site
Extract the package that was provided to you upon deployment to a folder of your choice.
Create a site on the IIS Server by following this guide. Use the previous chosen folder as the Physical path of the application.