Configure IIS

Each install of Illume has 3 components:

  • WebUI – Front end for administration of surveys, studies, participants, and related items
  • DesignerService – Backend for the WebUI, Survey Manager, and SDK Calls
  • Collector – Survey front end for participants

Create Application Pools

Each of these components runs on its own’ IIS Application pool with its own dedicated resources. In order to facilitate this, you will need to perform the following actions:

Make 1 application pool for each component

  1. Open the IIS Manager.
  2. Click on Application Pools.
  3. Click Add Application Pool.
    • Give the Application Pool a name that will help you identify it (I.e. DatStat-Collector)
    • Select .NET Version 4.0
    • Click OK
  4. Right Click on the new Application Pool and choose Advanced Settings.
  5. Change the identity by clicking in the text box and clicking the ellipsis button (…)
    • Click Custom Account
    • Click Set
      • Enter the Username and Password of the IUSR account created earlier (IUSR_DatStat)
      • Click OK
    • Click OK
  6. Repeat for each remaining Application Pool.

Create IIS Applications

Create an Application for each component

  1. Find the site you want to add your Applications to.
  2. Right click and select Add Application.
    • Enter the component name for the Alias (i.e. Collector)
    • Change the Application Pool to the one appropriate for the component (i.e. DatStat-Collector)
    • Enter the Physical Path of the DatStat component’s folder (i.e. c:\datstat\collector)
    • Click Connect As
      • Select Specific User
      • Click Set
        • Enter the Username and Password of the IUSR account created earlier (IUSR_DatStat)
        • Click OK
      • Click OK
    • Click OK
  3. Repeat for each remaining application.