Installing Aligned Elements Web Server
  • Elements SPA Installation
  • Preparing the Windows Server
    • Before you get started
    • Install and Configure SQL Server for Aligned Elements
    • Install .NET 4.8
    • Install/Activate the IIS
    • Enable ASP.NET 4.5/4.6/4.7
    • Optional: IIS Always running part 1
    • Installing Web Platform Installer and Web deploy
    • Install URL Rewrite Module
    • Install IIS Crypto to disable Weak Ciphers and Protocols
  • Deploying the Aligned Elements Web Solution
    • Install the Aligned Elements Web Server Package
    • Setting HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)
    • Optional: Open Ports in the Network on Azure hosted Virtual Machines
    • Optional: Get a SSL certificate from Let’s Encrypt
    • Binding your SSL certificate to the Aligned Elements web site
    • Creating the „Temp“ and „Files“ directories
    • Remove stdole.dll from bin directory
    • Move ElementsSPA.xml from the "App_Data" folder to the "bin" folder
    • Add the Aligned Elements License Files
    • Set the necessary security permissions for directories
    • Optional: IIS Always running part 2
    • Install necessary Unicode Font
    • Install and Configure File Server Resource Manager
  • Configure Application Options in web.config
    • Configure Application Options in web.config
    • Set the Server and connection string
    • Always Require SSL
    • Referring to the Project Templates
    • Email Configuration
    • Word Add-in Configuration and deployment
      • Distribute an Add-in using the Office 365 admin center
      • Distribute the Add-in using sideloading for Windows
      • Distribute the Add-in using sideloading for Mac
    • Optional: Integration of the Aligned Elements Automation Tool
      • Importing Dashboards with Rename using the Automation Script
    • Optional: Enabling Active Directory Integration
  • Optional: Configuration of AI Features
  • Create an Initial User
    • Option 1: Aligned Elements Projects already exist
    • Option 2: New Web server, no Aligned Elements Projects exist
  • Upgrading the Aligned Elements Web Server
    • Upgrading a Server
  • Troubleshooting
    • Generic Server Error
    • Missing version of stdole.dll
    • Missing Dependencies for Txic.dll
    • Error shown: Could not load file or assembly “System.Net.Http”
    • 500 Internal Server Error
    • Error when trying to start application
    • The server is not starting after upgrading to v2.5 SP 4 Part 1
    • The server is not starting after upgrading to v2.5 SP 4 Part II
    • Load a project works but when clicking on a design Item, you are re-directed to the login
    • The application cannot connect to the license server
    • The urls in email notifications are incorrect/missing port information
    • Missing Font
    • Mismatch of server name between Windows-client and Web.
  • Cannot upload Templates
  • Running 'ElementsSPAPackage.deploy.cmd' closes the Command-Prompt window
  • Web.config Settings
    • Settings of the Web.config
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  1. Preparing the Windows Server

Optional: IIS Always running part 1

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By default, whenever an application on IIS is not used/visited, it will shut-down and thus take a while (30sec) to start the next time it is used (i.e. handling the next request=. To speed up the initial response for Aligned Elements, you can switch on “Application Initialization” feature in IIS (originally from https://weblog.west-wind.com/posts/2013/oct/02/use-iis-application-initialization-for-keeping-aspnet-apps-alive).

The activation procedure is similar to the activation of IIS so use the step Use the same step 1 – 7 described in section Install/Activate the IIS. Then in the section Server Roles, find Application Development => Application Initialization, tick the box and proceed with the installation.

Additional steps to pre-load Aligned Elements are required after the site is deployed, described in section Optional: IIS Always running part 2