StifleR dashboard installation

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Prerequisites

  • Microsoft .NET 4.8

  • Installation account must have Administrator rights

  • Install the Internet Information Services (IIS) role on the server: The minimum IIS role and features required can be installed by using the following PowerShell command:

    Install-WindowsFeature -Name Web-Server, Web-Windows-Auth -IncludeManagementTools

  • Decide on whether the Dashboard Web Site will be using HTTPS (optional at this point, but recommended). For more information on this, see this page.

Installation

From an Elevated Command prompt launch StifleR.Dashboard.Installer64.msi.

At the "Welcome" screen, feel welcomed, and then click Next.

At the "End-User License Agreement" screen, once you have reviewed the EULA, check the box: I accept the terms in the License Agreement, and then click Next.

At the "Destination Folder" screen, enter the path in which the StifleR dashboard program files should be installed and then click Next.

At the "Select Operation Mode and Parameters" screen, verify the URLs for the dashboard to connect to the StifleR server and dashboard web service. By default, the port number for the StifleR service is 1414. If during the StifleR Server installation, a different port was used, modify the URL accordingly. Once complete, click Next to continue.

Note: By default, the installation wizard will define the URLs as HTTP based sites. It is acceptable to install the Dashboard using HTTP for testing, but in production, it is strongly recommended to use HTTPS. To configure the Dashboard to use HTTPS, simply change the URLs to https://<servername>:<port>. For more information on how to secure IIS for HTTPS, see the page: Using a Web Server Certificate.

At the "Ready to install..." screen, click Install to begin the installation.

At the At the "Completed" screen, the installation wizard is complete. Click Finish and enjoy a nice cup of coffee, you’ve earned it.

Post Installation

Note: It is recommended that the URL of the StifleR Dashboard is added to the Trusted Sites zone in Internet Options. The StifleR Dashboard URL should be something like the example below:

Ex: http(s)://servername.domain.com/Stiflerdashboard

Note: If implementing SSL security for the StifleR Dashboard, you will have to assign a certificate to the Default Website. See this link for more information.

Starting with StifleR 2.14, IIS is not created automatically, therefore you will need to manually set and configure it. Especially since all prerequsites comes with dashboard installation.

Open IIS Manager and under Default Web Site create new application and select dashboard install path

Testing the Dashboard Website

Navigate to the StifleR Dashboard website by visiting the URL defined during the setup wizard. By default this would be: http(s)://servername.domain.com/Stiflerdashboard

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