Setting up authentication for FMWebSite in IIS

FileMaker Server handles the authentication for password-protected databases that are published via Custom Web Publishing. You can choose whether you want to use IIS website authentication for the FMWebSite site in addition to FileMaker Server authentication.

You can choose from the following configurations:

• Disable IIS authentication: Disable all IIS authentication methods and use anonymous access to the FMWebSite site. This is the simplest configuration. See Disabling IIS authentication.

• Leave IIS authentication enabled and also enable Basic Authentication: Leave the current IIS authentication methods enabled for use with other websites, and use Basic Authentication for the FMWebSite site used by the Web Publishing Engine. You must also set up Windows user accounts that exactly match the user accounts for the web-published FileMaker databases. See Enabling IIS authentication.