Deploy Bold Reports^® server as a sub-application in Windows Environment

To deploy Bold Reports^® as a sub-application in Windows, create an IIS application pool for each application and add each one as a sub-application.

How do I create the application pools?

Bold Reports^® Report Server has several applications, so you create one IIS application pool for each of them.

Install the Bold Reports^® application. By default, it is deployed in the C:\ Boldservices location. Then, take a backup of boldservices.
Location - C:\BoldServices-Copy
Open the IIS server, right-click Application Pools, and click Add Application Pool.
Provide the name SubApp_IDPWeb and click OK.

You can give the application pool any name you prefer. Include IDPWeb in it to differentiate it from other Bold Reports^® applications.
Right-click the new application pool and select Advanced Settings.
Click the Enable 32-Bit Applications property under the general category and set it to true.
Click the Start Mode property under the general category and select the AlwaysRunning option.
Click the identity property menu button under the process model category.
Select LocalSystem under Built-in account type and click ok.
Click the Idle Time-out(minutes) property menu button under the process model category, set it to zero, and click ok.

Create application pools for the remaining applications on the Bold Reports^® server. You already created the application pool for IDP-Web in step 2. Repeat steps 2 to 9 to add application pools for the applications in the following table:

Application name	Application Pool Name
IDP - Web	SubApp_IDPWeb (We have created at step 2)
IDP - API	SubApp_IDPApi
IDP - UMS	SubApp_IDPUMS
IDP - Windows Authentication	SubApp_IDPWinAuth
Reports - Web	SubApp_ReportsWeb
Reports – Api	SubApp_ReportsApi
Reports - Reportservice	SubApp_ReportsDesigner
Reports – Jobs	SubApp_ReportsJobs
Reports - Viewer	SubApp_ReportsViewer

You can give each application pool any name you prefer. Make sure each application pool name is distinct.

How do I add Bold Reports^® as a sub-application?

Add the Bold Reports^® IDP web application under your main IIS application, then add the other applications beneath it.

Right-click your application (main application) in IIS and select Add Application, as shown in the following image.
Fill in the Alias name, Application pool, and Physical path, and click Ok.
- Alias name - Provide the name bold for the Bold Reports^® application, which acts as a sub-application. You can choose a different name if you prefer.
The alias name provided in this step will be used in the URL.
- Application pool - Select the application pool SubApp_IDPWeb that you created in step 2.
- Physical path - Click Browse and go to your backup location (C:\BoldServices-Copy), then select the web folder under the IDP folder.
Alias name should be in lowercase.
Right-click the Bold Reports^® sub-application name and select Add Application.
Provide the alias name, application pool, and physical path, and click OK.
- Alias name - Provide the name api.
- Application pool - Select the application pool SubApp_IDPApi that you created in step 5.
- Physical path - Click Browse, go to the backup location, and choose the api folder under idp.
(C:\BoldServices - Copy\idp\api)

Add the following applications as sub-applications with the listed alias name, application pool, and physical path:

Application	Alias Name	Application Pool	Physical path	Example
{your application}	bold (Did at step 10)	SubApp_IDPWeb	{Deployed location}\idp\web	C:\BoldServices - Copy\idp\web
{your application}\bold\	api (Did at step 12)	SubApp_IDPApi	{Deployed location}\idp\api	C:\BoldServices - Copy\idp\api
	ums	SubApp_IDPUMS	{Deployed location}\idp\ums	C:\BoldServices - Copy\idp\ums
	windowsauthentication	SubApp_IDPWinAuth	{Deployed location}\idp\winauth	C:\BoldServices - Copy\idp\windowsauthentication
	reporting	SubApp_ReportsWeb	{Deployed location}\reporting\web	C:\BoldServices - Copy\reporting\web
{your application}\bold\reporting\	api	SubApp_ReportsApi	{Deployed location}\reporting\api	C:\BoldServices - Copy\reporting\api
	jobs	SubApp_ReportsJobs	{Deployed location}\reporting\jobs	C:\BoldServices - Copy\reporting\jobs
	reportservice	SubApp_ReportsDesigner	{Deployed location}\reporting\reportservice	C:\BoldServices - Copy\reporting\reportservice
	viewer	SubApp_ReportsViewer	{Deployed location}\reporting\viewer	C:\BoldServices - Copy\reporting\viewer

Note: Starting from v5.x, the viewer service is available in the Report Server.

You must provide an alias name in the above table for api, ums, windowsauthentication, reporting, api, jobs, and reportservice.

Make sure the Bold Reports^® application has the sub-applications, as shown in the following image.

How do I update the configuration files for the sub-application?

To run Bold Reports^® as a sub-application, update the URLs in the config.xml and product.json files, then restart the application.

Update the config.xml and product.json files under {DeployedLocation}\app_data\configuration\config.xml. Eg. C:BoldServices-Copy\app_data\configuration\config.xml
Update the URL with the sub-app for the Idp, Reports, and ReportsService nodes in the config.xml file.
Update the URL with the sub-app for the Idp, Reports, and ReportsService keys in the product.json file.
Restart and run the application from IIS.

Frequently asked questions

Does the alias name appear in the URL?

Yes. The alias name you provide for the Bold Reports^® application is used in the URL, and it should be in lowercase.

Which application pool settings do I change?

Set Enable 32-Bit Applications to true, Start Mode to AlwaysRunning, the identity to LocalSystem, and Idle Time-out(minutes) to zero.

Deploy Bold Reports® server as a sub-application in Windows Environment