Enabling IIS authentication

If you enable any IIS authentication method for the IIS web server, you must enable Basic Authentication for the FMWebSite site, which connects to the Web Publishing Engine. The Web Publishing Engine uses only Basic Authentication. Other websites on the web server can use the other IIS authentication methods.

In this configuration, you must also create Windows user accounts on the web server host machine that contain user names and passwords. These user names and passwords must exactly match the user names and passwords for all password-protected accounts defined in all FileMaker databases that are published via Custom Web Publishing.

The following steps show how to install Basic Authentication in each supported version of Windows and then how to enable authentication.

To install IIS Basic Authentication in Windows versions with the Start menu:

  1. Click the Start menu > Administrative Tools > Server Manager.

  2. Click Add Roles.

  3. In the Add Roles wizard, select Web Server (IIS), then click Next.

  4. Select Web Server > Security. Ensure that Basic Authentication is selected.

  5. Click Next until you reach the end of wizard, then click Close.

To install IIS Basic Authentication in Windows versions with the Windows Start screen:

  1. On the Windows Start screen, choose Server Manager.

  2. Choose Manage menu > Add Roles and Features.

  3. Select Role-based or feature-based installation, then click Next.

  4. Select the server, then click Next.

  5. Choose Web Server (IIS), then click Next.

  6. Choose any additional features, if necessary, then click Next.

  7. Click Next.

  8. Select Web Server > Security. Ensure that Basic Authentication is selected.

  9. Click Next until you reach the end of wizard, then click Close.

To enable IIS authentication:

  1. Open Control Panel, then choose System and Security > Administrative Tools > Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

  2. In IIS Manager, select the FMWebSite site. You may have to expand some of the nodes to see the websites.

  3. In the center pane, double-click Authentication.

  4. In the Authentication pane:

    • enable Anonymous Authentication

    • enable Basic Authentication