Configuration or Setup of IIS ARR

This chapter describes how to set up a server farm with IIS ARR for processing and forwarding requests based on the setup of a maintenance page. For this purpose, on the one hand, the information about the server or port to be intercepted must be configured and the possibility to provide redirection rules (Url Rewrite) must be activated.

Step 1: Adding a Server farm for tapping the URL requests (proxy)

Through the installation described in the chapter Installing IIS extensions (IIS ARR, URL Rewrite), in the IIS a new node with the name Server farm will be installed. At the node Server Farms you can create a new server farm with the right pane of the Actions.

Creation of a server farm with IIS ARR

Creation of a server farm with IIS ARR

 

After creating the server farm, you will be guided through a wizard regarding the configuration. For the server farm name, the URL for internal or external access should be entered depending on the internal or external use (e.g weboffice.vertigis.com). During the process it is checked if the server (URL) is available.

 

Creating a server farm with the server URL

Creating a server farm with the server URL

 

After entering the ServerURL, you can select via Advanced settings additional information regarding the used ports can be configured. Generally, the port to be intercepted should be used here. In this example, direct requests are redirected to Tomcat. However, if the requests from IIS are to be redirected here, port 80 or 443 should be configured as HTTP(S).

 

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After setting up the server, the user will be asked if rules should be created automatically for all incoming requests via the server farm. In this case when setting up a custom forwarding rule, the rule is created manually afterwards. The user should confirm the message to automatically create the rule with No.

 

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Step 2: Activation of the redirection rules (URL Rewrite)

The next step activates the possibility to redirect the requests with forwarding rules. This must be done within the Server farm; the section Routing Rules must be called.

 

Routing rules within the server farm

Routing rules within the server farm

 

In order to enable the configuration of the redirection rules in the IIS URL Rewrite must be given access to inspect incoming requests. This option must be selected under the Routing and then be activated at the Actions in the right area of the IIS with Apply.

 

Activation of URL rewrite rules for inspection of incoming requests

Activation of URL rewrite rules for inspection of incoming requests

 

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For more information on how to install the necessary modules to set up a redirect page, please refer to chapter Installing IIS extensions (IIS ARR, URL Rewrite).

For more information on configuring redirection rules, refer to the chapter Configuration of Forwarding Rules with URL Rewrite.

For more information on how to set up a forwarding page, refer to chapter Setup a Maintance Page in IIS.

For more information on how to enable or disable the rules in IIS, please refer to chapter Activation or Deactivation of the Forwarding Rule in IIS.