Step 3: Configuring the Web Server

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Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2

This step includes procedures for setting up a claims-aware application on the Web server (adfsweb). You can use the following procedures to configure Internet Information Services (IIS) and the claims-aware application:

  • Configure IIS on the Web server

  • Create and configure the claims-aware application

Administrative credentials

To perform all the procedures in this step, log on to adfsweb with the local Administrator account.

Configure IIS on the Web server

Use the following procedure to configure IIS on the Web server (adfsweb).

To configure IIS on the Web server

  1. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

  2. In the console tree, double-click ADFSWEB, double-click Sites, and then click Default Web Site.

  3. In the Actions pane, click Bindings.

  4. In the Site Bindings dialog box, click Add.

  5. In Type, click https.

  6. Under SSL certificate, click adfsweb, click OK, and then click Close.

  7. In the center pane, double-click SSL Settings, select the Require SSL check box.

  8. Under Client certificates, click Accept, and then click Apply.

Create and configure the claims-aware application

Use the following procedure to configure the Web server (adfsweb) to host a sample claims-aware application.

To create and configure the claims-aware application

  1. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

  2. In the console tree, double-click ADFSWEB, double-click Sites, right-click Default Web Site, and then click Add Application.

  3. In the Add Application dialog box, in Alias, type claimapp.

  4. Click Select, select Classic .NET AppPool in the drop-down menu, and then click OK.

  5. Click the … button, and then highlight the d:\inetpub\wwwroot folder.

  6. Click Make New Folder, name the folder claimapp, click OK, and then click OK again.

Note

Do not use capital letters in the claimapp folder name. If this folder name contains capital letters, users must also use capital letters when they type the address of the Web site.

  1. Create the three files that make up the sample claims-aware application by using the procedures in Appendix: Creating the Sample Claims-Aware Application. After you create the files, copy them into the d:\inetpub\wwwroot\claimapp folder.