What features need to be enabled in IIS to run the Bold Reports® Application on Windows Client OS?

The Bold Reports® On-Premise Edition can be hosted on both IIS Express and IIS. To run Bold Reports® on IIS, ensure that IIS is enabled and configured with the necessary features and roles.

Steps to enable IIS and features that are needed to run the Bold Report Server in the Windows Client OS:

  1. Open Control Panel and click Programs and Features > Turn Windows features on or off.

  2. Enable Internet Information Services.

    Control Panel

  3. Expand the .NET Framework 4.8 Advanced Services and enable the ASP.NET 4.8 feature.

    Note: You should use Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 or higher version. Learn more here.

    Roles and Features

  4. Expand the Internet Information Services feature and ensure that all the required IIS components listed here are selected. Then, click OK.

    IIS Features Components Enable IIS Components

Required web server components

The IIS components listed below satisfy the minimum requirements to run the Bold Reports®. If other IIS components are enabled, they do not need to be removed.

Section IIS Components
World Wide Web Services Common HTTP Features
- Default Document
- Directory Browsing
- HTTP Errors
- Static Content
Health and Diagnostics
- HTTP Logging
Performance Features
- Static Content Compression
Security
- Request Filtering
- Windows Authentication
Application Development
- .NET Extensibility 4.8
- Application Initialization
- ASP.NET 4.8
- ISAPI Extensions
- ISAPI Filters
- WebSocket Protocol
Web Management Tools IIS Management Console

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