Web Server Preparation

This section of the manual covers the pre-requisite requirements for installing and configuring IIS

Prior to beginning IIS installation please ensure to have installed .NET Framework 4.8 and .NET 6.0 Hosting Bundle. These are available at: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet-framework/net48 for 4.8 and https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/6.0 for the 6.0 Hosting Bundle. 

You'll want to open the Server Manager to begin the installation of IIS and the required features:

Begin by selecting Add Roles and Features:
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Selecting Add Roles and Features will bring up the wizard to begin the process. Select IIS and ensure to enable the following features under IIS:
- Basic Authentication
- Windows Authentication
- ASP.NET (Ensure WCF Services, HTTP Activation is enabled
- .NET Extensibility 3.5 & 4.5
- ISAPI Extensions
- ISAPI Filters
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Click next and let Windows Server install the role and features selected. In cases where IIS is already installed ensure to check the above features are already enabled and if not proceed to enable them.

Once installed you will also need to install the IIS URL Rewrite Module, available at: https://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/url-rewrite