Required IIS features for the Task Server and the Package Server to build HTTP code bases

Products

• IT Management Suite
• Client Management Suite
• Server Management Suite

Issue/Introduction

The package server was building HTTP download sources (codebases) but only creating and sending up UNC download sources.

The package server logs displayed the following messages:

Not all required Features of IIS are installed.  IIS will not be used and the package server's virtual directories will be deleted.
Web Server (IIS) role is installed, but the next required Role Services are missing: .NET Extensibility 3.5, ASP.NET 3.5.

 

Environment

ITMS versions 8.x

Cause

Role services or Features missing in the IIS settings.

Resolution

The following are the IIS role services that are needed on package servers, as listed in the Planning for Implementation Guide:
(8.x also requires .NET Framework 4.5)

 

If applicable, Add All Versions where indicated.

Server Roles:

• Application Server
  • .NET Framework 3.5.1 (Installed by default)
  • .NET Framework 4.5
  • Distributed transactions
  • Web Server (IIS) Support
  • Windows Process Activation Service Support
    • HTTP Activation
  • File and Storage Service (2 of 12)
    • File and iSCSI service
      • File Server
    • Storage Service
• Web Server (IIS)
  • Web Server
    • Common HTTP Features
      • Static Content
      • Default Document
      • Directory Browsing
      • HTTP Errors
      • HTTP Redirection
      • WebDAV Publishing
    • Application Development
      • ASP.NET (Select ALL Versions)
      • .NET Extensibility (Select ALL Versions)
      • ASP
      • ASP.NET 3.5
      • APS.NET 4.5
      • ISAPI Extensions
      • ISAPI Filters
      • WebSocket Protocol (If Persistent Connections are enabled)
    • Health and Diagnostics
      • HTTP Logging
      • Logging Tools
      • Request Monitor
      • Tracing
    • Security
      • Basic Authentication
      • Windows Authentication
      • Digest Authentication
      • Client Certificate Mapping Authentication
      • IIS Client Certificate Mapping Authentication
      • URL Authorization
      • Request Filtering
      • IP and Domain Restrictions
    • Performance
      • Static Content Compression
      • Dynamic Content Compression
• Management Tools
  • IIS Management Console
  • IIS Management Scripts and Tools
  • Management Service
  • IIS 6 Management Compatability
    • IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility
    • IIS 6 WMI Compatibility
    • IIS 6 Scripting Tools
    • IIS 6 Management Console

Features:

• .Net Framework 3.5 Features
• .Net Framework 4.5 Features (5 of 7)
  • .Net Framework 4.5
  • ASP.NET 4.5
  • WCF Service (3 of 5)
    • HTTP Activation
    • Named Pipe Activation
    • TCP Port sharing
• User Interfaces and Infrastructure 
  • Graphic Management Tools and Infrastructures
  • Server Graphic Shell
• Windows PowerShell (4.0 , 2.0 and ISE if you need)
• Windows Process Activation Service
• WoW64 Support

See also Package Server only publishes UNC codebases even when IIS is installed, if Required IIS Features are missing