You can create a new Web Interface site with the Web Interface > Create option of the Configuration Center. This opens the Create Web Interface Site wizard, allowing you to:
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Choose the IIS website configuration that will contain the web application which implements the Web Interface site.
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Specify the alias of the web application, defining the virtual path for the URL of the Web Interface site.
The wizard then lets you specify the object that will hold the configuration and customization data of the new Web Interface site in the Active Roles Administration Service. You can choose from the following options:
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Create from a template: If you select this option, Active Roles will create the new site from the configuration and customization settings of the template you select.
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Use an existing configuration: If you select this option, the new site will have the same configuration and customization as any existing Web Interface site that also uses the configuration object you select.
TIP: Use this option if you want to create an additional instance of an existing Web Interface site on a different web server.
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Import from an existing configuration: If you select this option, the new Web Interface site will have the same configuration and customization as the site you select as a baseline. In this case, Active Roles imports the configuration data from the previous version of the configuration to the new Administration Service instance, then creates the new Web Interface configuration objects based on that earlier version.
TIP: Use this option during upgrades if you want to create the new Web Interface sites based on the sites of the Active Roles version you upgraded from.
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Import from a file: If you select this option, the new Web Interface site will use the configuration and customization stored in the browsed export file.
TIP: Use this option during upgrades if you want to create the new Web Interface sites from a previously exported configuration.