OpenManage Enterprise 4.0.x User's Guide

Configure an HTTP network share on a Windows server

Configure an HTTP or HTTPS network share on a Windows server for offline software update and backing up OpenManage Enterprise appliances.

1. Open Windows Server Manager, and select Add Roles and Features to open the wizard:
   1. On the Before You Begin screen, click Next.
   2. On the Installation Type screen, select Role-based or feature-based installation, and click Next.
   3. On the Server Selection screen, select Select a server from the server pool, select a server, and click Next.
   4. On the Server Roles screen, select the required options, and click Install:
      • Common HTTP Features:
        • Default Document
        • Directory Browsing
        • HTTP Errors
        • Static Content
        • HTTP Redirection
        • WebDAV Publishing
      • Heath And Diagnostics:
        • HTTP Logging
        • Custom Logging
        • Logging Tools
        • ODBC Logging
      • Performance (All)
      • Security
        • Request Filtering
        • Basic Authentication
        • Digest Authentication
        • IP And Domain Restrictions
        • URL Authorization
        • Windows Authentication
      • Application Development
        • .NET Extensibility
        • ASP .NET 4.8
        • ISAPI Extensions
        • ISAPI Filters
2. Once the installation is complete, restart the Windows server.
3. Set the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) types in Internet Information Services (IIS):
   1. Confirm that the default MIME types .xml, .tar.gz, and .json exist.
   2. Add the .xml.asc, .zip.asc, and .json.asc MIME types.
      Alternatively, open the Windows command prompt and run the following commands for each required MIME type:

      1. cd \Windows\System32\inetsrv
      2. appcmd.exe set config /section:staticContent /+[fileExtension='<fileExtension>', mimeType='<mimeType>'].

      For example: appcmd.exe set config /section:staticContent /+[fileExtension='.xml', mimeType='application/xml'].

      Table 1. MIME typesThe table lists the fileExtension and mimeType that can be used in the windows command prompt.

      fileExtension	mimeType
      .xml	application/xml
      .zip	application/zip
      .tar.gz	application/octet-stream
      .json	application/json
      .xml.asc	text/plain
      .zip.asc	text/plain
      .json.asc	text/plain

4. Click Add Authoring Rule to enable read/write access to the content on the network share. In the Add Authoring Rule dialog box:
   1. Set Allow access to All content.
   2. Set Allow access to this content to All users.
   3. Set Permissions to Read/Write.
   4. Click OK.
5. Configure the user authentication method:
   1. Click Select Authentication.
   2. Enable both Allow Basic Authentication and Anonymous Authentication.