The IPSentry IPSX Dashboard may be hosted under Internet Information Services (IIS) for content delivery.

The following document requires the following actions have already been completed as well as a basic knowledge of IIS configuration under Windows Vista.

1. You have installed IPSentry and configured 5.12.202 or later.
2. You have already installed Internet Information Services (IIS) with ASP.NET enabled.
3. You have installed IPSentry IPSX Dashboard.
4. You have configured the IPSentry IPSX Dashboard using the IPSX Dashboard Configuration Wizard.

Step 1 - Create an application pool and virtual directory for accessing IPSX Dashboard - Optional

While it is not necessary to create an application pool and virtual directory, it is recommended in order to avoid conflicts with existing sites using .NET frameworks other than .NET 4.

Application Pool Configuration

• In the IIS manager snap-in, select the Application Pools node, right click and select Add Application Pool.

• In the Name field, enter IPSentryIPSXAppPool or another identifying name of your choice. 

• In the .NET Framework version, select .NET Framework v4.0.30319

• Click "OK"

• Now, in the Application Pools list, highlight the application pool you just created, right click, and select Advanced Settings

• Under the Process Model group, locate the "Identity" setting and set this to "NetworkService"

• Click "OK"

Add the IPSX Dashboard as a new Application

• In the IIS Manager snap-in, select the Default Web Site node, right click and select Add Application

• Enter "IPSentryIPSX" or other name by which you want to reference the virtual directory in the Alias field.   This will be added to your default URL path in order to access the IPSX web site.
  For example, you will end up pointing your browser to  http://127.0.0.1/IPSentryIPSX/

• Click on the "Select" button in order to select the application pool that you created in the previous step.

• In the Physical path field, select the webroot folder in the directory where you originally installed IPSentry IPSX.  
  If you used the default installation path, this should be c:\IPSentryIPSXDashboard\webroot . 
  If you installed IPSX to a different location, enter that location in the Directory field or click Browse to locate the folder.

• Click "OK"

Step 2 - Configuring ASP.NET on IIS for .NET Framework 4

The following actions need only be performed once in order to register ASP.NET 4.0 with IIS

• Open a command prompt using "Run as Administrator) and navigate to the following directory
  %windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319
  Depending on your o/s installation path
   
• Run the following command:  aspnet_regiis -lv
  
• You should see something like this:
  4.09.301319.0  Valid (Root)  %windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_isapi.dll
  
• If you do not see the "Valid (Root)" entry for 4.0.30319.0
     issue the following commands
       aspnet_regiis -i -enable
       iisreset
   

Step 3 - Configuring access rights to the IPSentry application folder

• The user account under which the IPSentry IPSX web site is configured must have (Modify) access to the following folders:
  [webroot]\App_Data
  [IPSentry application path]
  [IPSentry application path]\IPSDataRoot
   
• The user account under which the IPSentry IPSX site is configured must have at minimum (Read) access to the following folders:
  [webroot] and all sub folders.
  
  [webroot] is the location to which you installed IPSentry IPSX (default= c:\IPSentryIPSXDashboard\webroot )
  [IPSentry application path] is the location to which you installed IPSentry. (default=c:\program files\rge inc\ipsentryv5\ )
  
  Under Windows Vista, give (M)odify rights to the local computer "NETWORK SERVICE" user to the above folders.
  If you have modified the IPSentry IPSX virtual directory or created a new web site in IIS which runs under different credentials, you will need to provide rights to that user as well.
  

 You should now be able to access the dashboard at http://127.0.0.1/IPSentryIPSX/ 

The URL above may be different depending on the configuration of your default web site, accepted host headers, and other IIS configurations that have been modified from the default installation.

 

 

 

 

 

The IPSentry IPSX Dashboard utilizes Internet Information Services (IIS) and ASP.NET for content delivery and must be enabled on the system running IPSentry.

The following outlines the basic installation steps for configuring IIS on a system where IIS has not been enabled. If you are already running IIS on the system on which IPSentry is installed, you may use this document as a reference to the minimum features required to deploy IPSX Dashboard.

Once IIS has been installed, please see Installing IPSentry IPSX Dashboard for installation options.

Step by Step

Visual Walk Through

Step by Step Instructions

1. Select Windows Start Menu, Control Panel
2. Click Programs and Features
3. Click on Turn Windows features on or off.
4. Enable the following Features in the feature selection list and click OK.
       Internet Information Services
           Web Management Tools
               IIS Management Console
           World Wide Web Services
               Application Development Features
                   .NET Extensibility
                   ASP
                   ASP.NET
                   ISAPI Extensions
                   ISAPI Filters
               Common HTTP Features
                   Default Document
                   Static Content
               Security
                   Request Filtering
5. Install IPSentry IPSX Dashboard and continue through the IPSX Configuration Wizard.

Visual Walk Through
The following displays the various dialogues for each of the above steps during the IIS Install process.
If you already have IIS Installed, then you need only insure that the features and services shown in step 4 are enabled as these are the minimum required features for IPSX Dashboard.

1. Select Windows Start Menu, Control Panel
2. Click Programs and Features
   
   
   
3. Click on Turn Windows features on or off.
   
   
4. Enable the following Features in the feature selection list and click OK.
       Internet Information Services
           Web Management Tools
               IIS Management Console
           World Wide Web Services
               Application Development Features
                   .NET Extensibility
                   ASP
                   ASP.NET
                   ISAPI Extensions
                   ISAPI Filters
               Common HTTP Features
                   Default Document
                   Static Content
               Security
                   Request Filtering
   
   
5. Install IPSentry IPSX Dashboard and continue through the IPSX Configuration Wizard.