Identify Web Interface sites
The Web Interface page in the Configuration Center main window lists all Web Interface sites of the current version that are deployed on the Web server running the Web Interface. For each Web Interface site, the list provides the following information:
- IIS Web site The name of the Web site that holds the Web application implementing the Web Interface site
- Web app alias The alias of the Web application that implements the Web Interface site, which defines the virtual path of that application on the Web server
- Configuration Identifies the object that holds the Web Interface site’s configuration and customization data on the Active Roles Administration Service
From the Web Interface page, you can open Web Interface sites in your Web browser: Click an entry in the list of Web Interface sites and then click Open in Browser on toolbar.
Create a Web Interface site
You can create a Web Interface site by clicking Create on the Web Interface page in the Configuration Center main window. The Create Web Interface Site wizard appears, prompting you to:
- Choose the Web site to contain the Web application that implements the new Web Interface site
- Supply the desired alias for that Web application. The alias defines the virtual path that becomes part of the Web Interface site’s address (URL).
Then, the wizard lets you specify the object to hold the configuration and customization data of the new Web Interface site on the Active Roles Administration Service. You can choose from the following options:
- Create the object by importing data from another object
The new site will inherit the configuration and customization of the site that used the object you select for data import. This option is mainly intended for the upgrade scenario where you create Web Interface sites of the new Active Roles version that have the same configuration and customization as your Web Interface sites of an earlier Active Roles version. In this scenario, you import the configuration data of the earlier version to the Administration Service of the new version (which also imports the site configuration objects of the earlier version), and then create configuration objects for Web Interface sites of the new version by importing data from site configuration objects of the earlier version.
For further information and step-by-step instructions, see the “Additional configuration” topic in the “Installing and configuring the Web Interface” section in the Active Roles Quick Start Guide.
Modify a Web Interface site
From the Web Interface page in the Configuration Center main window, you can make changes to existing Web Interface sites: Click an entry in the list of sites and then click Modify on the toolbar. The Modify Web Interface Site wizard starts, allowing you to:
- Choose the Web site to contain the Web application that implements the Web Interface site
- Supply the desired alias for that Web application. The alias defines the virtual path that becomes part of the Web Interface site’s address (URL).
Then, the wizard lets you specify the object to hold the site’s configuration and customization data on the Active Roles Administration Service. You can choose from the following options:
- Create the object by importing data from another object
The site will inherit the configuration and customization of the site that used the object you select for data import. You could use this option to deploy a Web Interface site of the new Active Roles version with the same configuration and customization as one of your Web Interface sites of an earlier Active Roles version. In this case, you import the configuration data of the earlier version to the Administration Service of the current version (which also imports the site configuration objects of the earlier version), and then create the site configuration object by importing data from the appropriate site configuration object of the earlier version.
For further information and step-by-step instructions, see the “Additional configuration” topic in the “Installing and configuring the Web Interface” section in the Active Roles Quick Start Guide.
Delete a Web Interface site
On the Web Interface page in the Configuration Center main window, you can delete Web Interface sites: Click an entry in the list of sites and then click Delete on the toolbar. This operation only deletes the Web Interface site from the Web server, without deleting the site’s configuration object from the Administration Service.
When you delete a site, the site’s configuration object remains intact on the Administration Service. You can set up a Web Interface site with the same configuration as the site you have deleted, by choosing the option to use that object on the Configuration step in the wizard for creating or modifying Web Interface sites.