Set Up NLINK ADC to SAP Solution with Windows Server 2016 IIS 10.x

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Last updated: Aug 03, 2022 by Darcy Curtin
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Follow these steps to install the NLINK ADC to SAP Solution on Windows Server 2016 IIS 10.x.

Step-by-step guide

There are two main components:

  1. Setting up IIS 10.x

  2. Setting up the ADC application on IIS

Each of these steps is described in detail below.

Setting up IIS 10.x

The NLINK ADC to SAP Solution uses Microsoft’s ASP.NET components. For the NLINK ADC to SAP Solution to work properly, IIS 10.x on Windows 2016 should be setup to support the ASP.NET “Role Service”.

ASP.NET Role Service should be explicitly installed. When installing ASP.NET Role Service, make sure that any related “Role Services” are selected. By default the “Add Roles Wizard” prompts for required additional roles (e.g ISAPI Extensions, ISAPI Filters, etc.).

  1. Launch Server Manager

  2. Click Add roles and features

  3. In the next screen click Next

    Depending on Server Manager setup, you may not see this screen.

  4. Select “Role-based or feature-based installation” and click Next.
  5. Make sure your Server Selection is correct. You should see your server name in the Server Pool window. Click Next.
  6. In the next screen, select “Server Roles” in the left-hand pane and check the “Web Server (IIS)” option. Click Next.
  7. In the pop-up box, click Add Features to continue.

    Once the pop-up box closes, click Next in the “Server Roles” window.
  8. In the Features screen, make sure ”.NET Framework 4.6” is selected (and installed). Click Next.
  9. In the Web Server Roles screen, click Next again.
     
  10. In the Role Services screen, select “Application Development” and expand it.
  11. Under ‘Application Development’, select “ASP.NET 4.6”.
  12. ISAPI Filters, ISAPI Extensions, and .NET Extensibility 4.6 were not already added, a pop-up window asking you to add these features appears. Click “Add Features”.
  13. Once the dialog closes, in the “Add Roles and Features Wizard” window, click Next to continue.
     
  14. The next screen shows a summary of roles, services and features to be installed. Click Install.
  15. The next screen shows the progress of the installation.
  16. If the installation is successful, you should get the final screen shown below. Click “Close” to exit.

Setting up the ADC application on IIS

The NLINK ADC to SAP Solution’s IIS component needs to be installed as an application on IIS Server. The following steps detail this process:

  1. Launch “IIS Manager”.

  2. Select the web site under which the new application should be added (in this case, “Default Web Site”).
  3. Stop the selected web site first.
  4. Right-click and select Add Application.
  5. In the Add Application dialog, enter the following:
    1. Assign an “Alias” such as ADC and select “Application Pool”. The NLINK ADC to SAP Solution’s ASP.NET application should be assigned an Application Pool that allows 32-bit applications to run. If IIS defaults are used then the "Default App Pool” can be used.
    2. For “Physical Path” choose the folder of the installed ASP.NET application. (The default location is “C:\Program Files (x86)\Junot Systems\NLINK Server\CoNNectors\ADC5”.)
    3. Click “OK” to complete setting up the NLINK ADC to SAP Solution’s ASP.NET application.
  6. If successful, you should see alias "ADC" (or whatever you chose to name it) added under the selected web site (e.g., Default Web Site).
  7. Start the web site.
  8. You should see the NLINK ADC Website on your default browser.

That's it. You're done!