Configure the Staging web service

Tip: Check you have the correct features installed as shown in Web server (IIS) role feature installation.

1. Open the Internet Information Service (IIS) Manager.

2. Expand the root level, right-click Application Pools and select Add Application Pool.

   

3. Enter the name Staging as shown below and click OK.

   

4. Right-click the newly created Staging application pool and select Advanced Settings.

   

5. Click the ellipsis next to ApplicationPoolIdentity.

6. Select NetworkService from the Built-in account list and click OK.

   

7. Right-click the Sites folder and choose Add Website. The Add Website dialog box opens.

   

8. Enter a value for Site name, for example Staging.

9. If the Staging application pool is not already selected, click Select. The Select Application Pool dialog box opens.

   

   Choose the Staging application pool from the list and click OK.

10. Click the ellipsis button to the right of the Physical Path field. In the Browse For Folder dialog box, select the Release folder of the staging service installation (<StagingServiceBuild>\Release) and click OK.

    

11. In the Binding section, select https from Type.

    

    Make the necessary changes to IP address, Host name and other fields, according to your network configuration.

12. Choose the relevant certificate from the SSL certificate list.

13. Click OK to close the dialog box.

14. Select the Staging website you just created and double-click the Authentication icon.

    

15. Set Windows Authentication to Enabled and all other authentication types to Disabled.