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To host the Orion Web Console, Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) must be installed and enabled on your Orion NPM server. Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP require IIS version 6; Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista require IIS version 7, as detailed in the following sections:

• Enabling IIS on Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP
• Enabling IIS on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista
• Enabling IIS on Windows 7

The following procedure enables IIS on Windows Server 2003.

To enable IIS on Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP:

1. Click Start > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs.
2. Click Add/Remove Windows Components.
3. Click Application Server, confirm it is checked, and then click Details.
4. Confirm that both ASP.NET and Enable network COM+ access are checked.
5. Click Internet Information Services (IIS), confirm it is checked, and then click Details.
6. Click World Wide Web Service, confirm it is checked, and then click Details.
7. Confirm that World Wide Web Service is checked, and then click OK.
8. Click OK on the Internet Information Services (IIS) window, and then click OK on the Application Server window.
9. Click Management and Monitoring Tools, confirm it is checked, and then click Details.
10. Confirm that both Simple Network Management Protocol and WMI SNMP Provider are checked, and then click OK.
11. Click Next on the Windows Components window, and then click Finish after completing the Windows Components Wizard.
    Note: You may be prompted to install additional components, to provide your Windows Operating System media, or to restart your computer.
12. If you are currently enabling IIS as part of an Orion installation, restart the Orion installer. For more information, see the installation instructions in the Adminstrator Guide for your specific Orion product.

Enabling IIS on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista

The following procedure enables IIS on Windows Server 2008.

To enable IIS on Windows Server 2008:

1. Click Start > All Programs > Administrative Tools > Server Manager.
2. Click Roles.
3. Click Add Roles.
4. Click Next to start the Add Roles Wizard.
5. Check Web Server (IIS).
6. If you are prompted to add features required for Web Server (IIS), click Add Required Features.
7. Click Next on the Select Server Roles window, and then click Next on the Web Server (IIS) window.
8. Confirm that Common HTTP Features > Static Content is installed.
9. Check Application Development > ASP.NET.
10. Click Add Required Role Services.
11. Check both Security > Windows Authentication and Security > Basic Authentication, and then confirm that Request Filtering is checked.
12. Check Management Tools > IIS 6 Management Compatibility.
13. Click Next on the Select Role Services window, and then click Install on the Confirm Installation Selections window.
14. Click Close on the Installation Results window.
15. Click Start > All Programs > Administrative Tools > Services.
16. Confirm that Windows Process Activation Service has started.
17. If Windows Process Activation Service has not started, right-click Windows Process Activation Service, and then click Start.
18. If you are currently enabling IIS as part of an Orion installation, restart the Orion installer. For more information, see the installation instructions in the Adminstrator Guide for your specific Orion product.

SolarWinds only supports evaluations of Orion NPM version 10 and higher on Windows 7. In these versions of Orion NPM, IIS is enabled automatically after installation and prior to the start of the Configuration Wizard.

This article applies to:
All Orion NPM versions