Create the web application

You need to install the Alfabet Performance Evaluation tool on Microsoft Internet Information Services® as a web application. The physical directory of the Alfabet Performance Test application is installed via the Alfabet installer. Consult the installation guide to learn about installation of Alfabet components including the Alfabet Performance Evaluation application.

  1. Open the Internet Information Services® Manager as an administrator.
  2. Click the root node anddouble-click Management > Feature Delegation in the middle pane.
  3. Check whether the URL Rewrite delegation is in the list of feature delegations. If it is not in the list, download it from the Microsoft web site and install it on the Internet Information Services host. Restart is required after installation.
  4. Expand the web server node in the explorer and click on the sub-node Application Pools.
  5. In the Actions pane on the right, select Add Application Pool.
  6. In the dialog box that opens, define the following fields and then click OK:
    • Name: Specify a unique name without using whitespace or special characters.
    • .NET CLR Version: Select .NET CLR Version v4.0.30319.
    • Managed Pipeline Mode: Select Integrated.
  7. Click OK to save your settings.
  8. In the table in the center pane, click the new application pool and select Advanced Settings in the Actions pane on the right.
  9. In the dialog box that opens, go to the Process Model section and set Idle Time-out (minutes) to 0.
  10. Go to the Recycling section and set Regular Time Interval (minutes) to 0.

    The application pool is represented by a worker process (as w3wp.exe visible in the Task Manager). This worker process is started on first access to the Web Application in the application pool. To make sure that potential errors in the Web Application do not affect too many requests, the Internet Information Services® can be configured to recycle the worker process. Recycling is done by starting a new worker process after a configurable amount of time. The re-initialization of the web application can take up to 1 minute. It is therefore recommended that you disable the automatic recycling of the worker process.

  11. Click OK to save your changes.
  12. In the explorer, right-click the Sites node and select Add Web Site.
  13. Set the following in the dialog window:
    • Site Name: Specify the name that will be used for the site in the explorer and in the URL of the tool.
    • Application Pool: Click the Select button and select the application pool previously generated.
    • Physical Path: Click the Browse button on the right of the field and select the AlfabetAdministratorWeb folder in your Alfabet 11 installation folder.
    • Binding > Type: Select https.
    • Binding > IP address: Select All Unassigned.
    • Binding > Port: Select a unique port for access to the web site.

      If you want to use the standard port for multiple Alfabet components, you can alternatively ask your network administrator to create unique DNS entries for the web applications and use these in the Host Name fields of the respective web application. With different host names, the port can be identical.

    • Binding > SSL Certificate: Select the certificate for the SSL connection.
    • Binding > Start Website immediately: Select the checkbox.
  14. In the explorer, select the root directory of the web server.
  15. In the Actions pane, click Restart.
  16. Close the Internet Information Services® Manager.
  17. Open a browser and access the Alfabet Performance Evaluation application with the URL defined in the Internet Information Services.