7.8.1 Setting the Web server

(1) Installing the role services

If you are using Microsoft Internet Information Services 7.5, 8.0, or 8.5, you must install the appropriate role services.

To install the role services for Microsoft Internet Information Services 7.5, 8.0, or 8.5:

1. In the Server Manager window, select Roles and then Add Roles Service.

   A dialog box for selecting role services is displayed.

2. Select the role services according to the purpose for which they are needed, and then click the Next button.

   A dialog box confirming the installation options is displayed.

   The following table lists and describes the role services that can be selected when the asset management server is configured.

   Table 7‒3: Role services that can be selected when the asset management server is configured

   Item	Role service	Asset management server
   Common HTTP Features	Static Content	S
   	Default Document	S
   	Directory Browse	S
   	HTTP Errors	S
   Application Development	ASP.NET	--
   	ISAPI Extensions	S
   	ISAPI Filters	S
   Performance	Static Content Compression	S
   IIS Management Console	IIS Management Console	S
   IIS 6 Management Compatibility	IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility	S
   	IIS Management Console	S#

   Legend:

   S: Role service whose selection is required.

   --: Not applicable.

   #: Selection is required only when the email notification function is used.

3. Make sure that the role services selected in step 2 are displayed, and then click the Install button.

   When installation is completed, a dialog box reporting the installation result is displayed.

4. Click the Close button.

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(2) Registering the extensions of the files to be uploaded

Register in Internet Information Service Manager the information related to the extensions of the files to be uploaded as file attachments into each window operation or Item.

To register the information related to file extensions:

1. Start Internet Information Service Manager.

2. From the asset management server's Sites, select Default Web Site, jp1asset, and then MIME types.

3. From the Action menu, select Add.

   The Add MIME type dialog box appears.

4. Register the extension and MIME type to be used and click the OK button.

   For details about MIME types, see Help in Internet Information Service Manager.

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(3) Creating application pools

You need to set up an application pool in Internet Information Service Manager.

To create an application pool:

1. Start Internet Information Service Manager.

2. Select Application Pools on the asset management server.

3. From the Action menu, select Add Application Pool.

   The Add Application Pool dialog box appears.

4. In Name, enter a desired application pool name, set Managed pipeline mode to Classic, and then click the OK button.

   Do not include =, :, or , in the application pool name. If these characters are used, the application pool name will not be displayed in the combo box in the Virtual Directory Settings dialog box.

5. Select the newly created application pool, and then select Advanced Settings from the Action menu.

   The Advanced Settings dialog box appears.

6. Specify the required settings, and then click the OK button.

   In the Advanced Settings dialog box, specify the following settings. The other items can be set to the default value.

   (General)

   Queue Length: 4000

   Enable 32-Bit Applications: True

   Process Model

   Identity: LocalSystem

   Ping Enabled: False

   Idle Time-out (minutes): 0

   Rapid-Fail Protection

   Enabled: False

   Recycling

   Isapi Reported Unhealthy: True

   Manual Recycle: True

   Specific Time: True

   Application Pool Configuration Changed: True

   Request Limit Exceeded: True

   Disable Recycling for Configuration Changes: True

   Regular Time Interval (minutes): 0

7. From the Action menu, select Recycling.

   The Edit Application Pool Recycling Settings dialog box appears.

8. Clear all check boxes for the recycle conditions, and then click the Next button.

9. Of the recycling events that are to be logged, select the check boxes for the recycling events that you wish to be logged during recycling of the application pool, and then click the Finish button.

   Hitachi recommends that you select all enabled check boxes. If there is any recycling event that you wish not to be logged during recycling of the application pool, clear its check box, and then click the Finish button.

10. Restart World Wide Web Publishing Service.

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(4) Setting applications (virtual directories)

If you added the IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility role service after installing Asset Console, you must set applications (virtual directories) using Internet Information Service Manager.

To create new applications (virtual directories):

1. From the asset management server's Sites, select Default Web Site, and then from the right-click menu, select Add Application.

   The Add Application dialog box appears.

2. Click the Select button and specify the application pool created in Application Pools.

3. In Physical path, specify the virtual directory for the asset management server, and then click the OK button.

   The default virtual directory for the asset management server is Asset-Console-installation-folder\wwwroot.

To change the settings of existing applications (virtual directories):

1. From the asset management server's Sites, select Default Web Site, jp1asset, and then from the Action menu, select Advanced Settings.

   The Advanced Settings dialog box appears.

2. Specify the created application pool in Application Pools and the asset management server's virtual directory in Physical path, and then click the OK button.

   The default virtual directory for the asset management server is Asset-Console-installation-folder\wwwroot.

Notes

Set the application pool for both of the following sites, or create an application pool for the jp1asset site and then apply the settings to the following sites:

• jp1asset site

• Higher-order website above the jp1asset site

If there are higher-order websites, specify the application pool settings for use up to the top website.

Note that the specified settings affect any websites subordinate to the top website. If you find any problems, create the jp1asset site in a separate website.

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(5) Setting ISAPI restrictions

If you added the IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility and ISAPI Extensions role services after you installed Asset Console, you must set ISAPI restrictions in Internet Information Service Manager.

To set ISAPI restrictions:

1. Select the asset management server, and then select ISAPI and CGI Restrictions.

2. From the Action menu, select Add.

   The Add ISAPI or CGI Restriction dialog box appears.

3. In ISAPI or CGI path, specify the file path, select the Allow extension path to execute check box, and then click the OK button.

   In ISAPI or CGI path, specify the path to the following files that have been stored in the asset management server's virtual directory:

   • jamwscript.dll

   • bin\jamlogin.dll

   • jamenter.dll

   • jamfile.dll

   • jamhtmlfile.dll

   Repeat steps 1 through 3 to add all of these files.

   The default virtual directory for the asset management server is Asset-Console-installation-folder\wwwroot.

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(6) Setting ISAPI filters

If you added the IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility and ISAPI Filters role services after you installed Asset Console, you must specify the ISAPI filters settings in Internet Information Service Manager.

To specify the ISAPI filters settings:

1. From the asset management server's Sites, select Default Web Site, and then ISAPI Filters.

2. From the Action menu, select Add.

   The Add ISAPI Filter dialog box appears.

3. Specify a filter name in Filter name and specify the file path in Executable, and then click the OK button.

   In Executable, specify the path to bin\jamssessionfilter.dll that has been stored in the Asset Console installation folder.

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(7) Setting handler mappings

If you added the IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility role service after you installed Asset Console, you must set handler mappings using Internet Information Service Manager.

To set handler mappings:

1. From the asset management server's Sites, select Default Web Site, jp1asset, and then Handler Mappings.

2. From the Action menu, select Edit Feature Permissions.

   The Edit Feature Permissions dialog box appears.

3. Select all check boxes (Read, Script, and Execute), and then click the OK button.

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(8) Specifying the directory browse settings

If you added the IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility and Directory Browse role services after you installed Asset Console, you must specify the directory browse settings in Internet Information Service Manager.

To specify the directory browse settings:

1. From the asset management server's Sites, select Default Web Site, jp1asset, log, and then Directory Browse.

2. From the Action menu, select enable.

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(9) Adding an Asset Console site

If Microsoft Internet Information Services 7.5, 8.0, or 8.5 is used, you must add an Asset Console site in order to use Asset Console from Microsoft Internet Explorer. The same setting is also required when you need to view the Asset Console information from other program products such as JP1/IM.

To add the Asset Console site:

1. In Microsoft Internet Explorer, select Tools and then Internet Options.

   The Internet Options dialog box opens.

2. On the Security tab, select the Local intranet icon and then click the Sites button.

3. In the displayed dialog box, add the Asset Console site and click the Close button.

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(10) Notes on creating a site

If you use Microsoft Internet Information Services 7.5 and have installed Asset Console, do not create a site for recycling worker processes in the virtual directory that was specified in Web site in the Virtual Directory Settings dialog box. By default, Default Web Site is specified in Web site.

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