Active Roles 7.5.4 - Solutions Guide

Before installing the Active Roles SPML Provider, ensure your system meets the following minimum hardware and software requirements.

Ensure that the following hardware requirements are met:

• 1 GHz or higher Intel Pentium-compatible CPU.
• At least 1 GB of RAM.
• At least 100 MB of free disk space.

Ensure that the following software requirements are met:

• Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, Microsoft Windows Server 2016, or Microsoft Windows Server 2019 operating system.
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2.
• Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS). For proxy mode, the IIS server must be part of an Active Directory forest where Active Roles is deployed.
• For proxy mode, Active Roles Administration Service 7.4 is required.

  TIP: If you choose the proxy mode, for performance reasons, we recommend that you install the Active Roles SPML Provider on the computer running the Active Roles Administration Service.

Windows Server 2012

On a Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2012 R2 based computer, ensure that the Web Server (IIS) sever role is installed, including:

• Web Server/Common HTTP Features/
  • Default Document
  • HTTP Errors
  • Static Content
  • HTTP Redirection
• Web Server/Security/
  • Request Filtering
  • Basic Authentication
  • Windows Authentication
• Web Server/Application Development/
  • .NET Extensibility 4.7.2
  • ASP
  • ASP.NET 4.7.2
  • ISAPI Extensions
  • ISAPI Filters
• Management Tools/IIS 6 Management Compatibility/
  • IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility

Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019

On Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019 based computer, ensure that the Web Server (IIS) sever role is installed, including:

• Web Server/Common HTTP Features/
  • Default Document
  • HTTP Errors
  • Static Content
  • HTTP Redirection
• Web Server/Security/
  • Request Filtering
  • Basic Authentication
  • Windows Authentication
• Web Server/Application Development/
  • .NET Extensibility 4.7.2
  • ASP
  • ASP.NET 4.7.2
  • ISAPI Extensions
  • ISAPI Filters
• Management Tools/IIS 6 Management Compatibility/
  • IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility

Use Server Manager to add the required role, role services, and features.

Feature Delegation

Configure Internet Information Services (IIS) to provide Read/Write delegation for the following features:

• Handler Mappings
• Modules

Use Feature Delegation in Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager to verify that these features have delegation set to Read/Write.