Configure a web server to host your project pages
- Last UpdatedOct 29, 2026
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As part of deploying your project over the Web, you must configure a web server to host your project screens.
You are not required to use a Windows computer to host your project pages. The pages are essentially static files waiting to be downloaded; all runtime processing is handled by the project viewer (that is, Internet Explorer with ISSymbol installed, or Secure Viewer) on the Thin Client. As such, you can use any standards-compliant web server on any computer platform to host your pages.
For example, if you already have a Unix-based intranet server, then you can copy your project's Web sub-folder (or whatever folder in which you've saved your project pages) to the server and have your Thin Clients point to that server's address.
Please note, however, that the web server you choose may not be robust enough to serve your project in a production environment and/or it may not support all features of AVEVA Edge. If you want to use these features, then in most cases you should use Microsoft IIS as described below.
Before you install and configure any software, please review its documentation thoroughly.
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Note: A web server typically operates on, or "listens to", a computer's TCP/IP port 80. Only one process can run on a given port, so if another process on your computer — for example, some third-party SCADA software — is already running on port 80, then it and the web server process might conflict with each other. Either configure one of the processes to run on a different port, or use Task Manager to end the conflicting process. If you cannot identify the conflicting process, run Command Prompt and enter the following command to get a list of all networking processes: netstat -a -o |
Microsoft IIS
Internet Information Services (IIS) is the full-featured server software that is included in most versions of Windows and Windows Server. It supports all features of AVEVA Edge, and it is robust enough to serve almost any project in a production environment. It is the web server that we recommend for most users. To properly install and configure it, however, you should be experienced with administering Windows on a network.
Please note that these instructions apply only to the following versions of IIS:
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IIS 10 |
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For the sake of system security, IIS is turned off by default when the operating system is installed. Use the Windows Features control panel to turn it on. If you want to use Mobile Access and/or WTG in your project, make sure ASP, ASP.NET, and ISAPI Extensions are also turned on.
Once IIS is turned on, you can use Administrative Tools to configure it. For more information, please refer to Microsoft's extensive documentation.
Apache for Windows
If IIS is not available to you or if you choose not to use it, then the second most popular web server for Windows is the open-source Apache. However, it requires even more expertise than IIS to properly install and configure, so please review the documentation thoroughly before you attempt it.