Installing Internet Information Services (IIS)

Prior to the installation of SilhouetteCentral you must ensure the server you are installing onto has Internet Information Server (IIS) installed and configured. IIS is an optional component of the Windows operating system.

The precise installation instructions are operating system specific.

Windows Server 2012

  1. From the Start Screen select the Server Manager.
  2. Click Manage menu at the top right, and select Add Roles and Features.
  3. Click Next until you reach the Server Roles page.
  4. If the Web Server (IIS) role is not labeled as Installed, then tick the checkbox beside it.
  5. Click Next to go to the Features page.
  6. Expand the .NET Framework 4.5 Features and ensure that the .NET Framework 4.5 and ASP.NET 4.5 is checked.
  7. Click Next until you reach the Confirmation page, and the click Install.
  8. Once this has completed run the Add Roles and Features wizard a second time.
  9. Click Next until you reach the Server Roles page.
  10. Expand the Web Server (IIS) role then the Web Server then Application Development.
  11. Tick the ASP.NET 4.5 and the Application Initialization checkboxes and confirm you want to add the additional features.
  12. Click Next until you reach the Confirmation page, and the click Install.

Windows Powershell

If installing on a Windows 2012R2 or later server installation of IIS may also be scripted via a powershell command prompt running with administrator privileges:

Import-Module ServerManager

Add-WindowsFeature Web-Static-Content,Web-ASP-Net45,Web-Mgmt-Console,Web-AppInit

Installing using the powershell command above includes the minimum set of features required to run Silhouette. It does not include all components selected by default when installing using the Server Manager UI. For example, the components Web-Dir-Browsing, Web-Http-Errors, Web-Http-Logging and Web-Stat-Compression are selected by default when installing using the Server Manager UI.

If you receive an error message stating “The source files could not be downloaded” insert the Windows installation DVD into your DVD drive and use the following command where the drive letter is your DVD drive:

Import-Module ServerManager –Source D:\Sources\Sxs

NOTE: If you receive an error message stating “The source files could not be downloaded” insert the Windows installation DVD into your DVD drive and use the following command where the drive letter is your DVD drive:

Import-Module ServerManager –Source D:\Sources\Sxs