K2 Designer Web Site
The K2 Designer Web Site page establishes where the K2 Designer (design time site) must be installed.
The K2 Designer Web Site page allows you to:
- Create a new K2 Designer Site.
- Select an existing site.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
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Create a New Web Site |
If you want to create a new site, type the name in the Web Site Name field and K2 will create it automatically for you. |
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Use an Existing Web Site Name |
The name of the site that was created under IIS. If the name is left with the default setting for example K2 then the K2 Designer (design time) URL will be similar to "http:// K2/designer" where K2 = the web server name. When selecting "Use an existing Web Site", this site must already exist Note: The site can be created without closing the K2 Setup Manager. Click Refresh to reload the list of available web site options. |
| Bindings | The Bindings button will let you see the bindings in use and which is selected as the default |
If no site is listed in the Web Site drop down, one may need to be created. Type in the name of the web site you want to create, and K2 will do the rest. If a site was recently created and does not display, you may need to perform an IIS reset. Then, click the Refresh button on this page.
Bindings button and pop-up page
Bindings refers to the bindings for the website as set up in IIS.
The Bindings page can be shown by clicking the Bindings button, but will otherwise be hidden as the Setup Manager takes care of Bindings configuration in the background, except under the following conditions:
- The Bindings page will be shown if you have a Binding on your website set up in IIS with a wildcard certificate and with no host name entry.
In this case the Bindings page will show a Binding in this format:
https://[MachineName].[domain].com:443
You're free to use this if you do not want to set up a Host Header. If you want to use a Host Header, see the following points:- If you select this Binding and are using IIS 7.5, you will need to resolve the Binding by following the steps shown in this article:
http://www.sslshopper.com/article-ssl-host-headers-in-iis-7.html - If you are using IIS 8, simply edit the Binging in IIS and enter a host header.
- If you select this Binding and are using IIS 7.5, you will need to resolve the Binding by following the steps shown in this article:
- The Bindings page will be shown if the Setup Manager detects that the value (WebServiceServerURL) in the Workspace web.config file does not match the selected Binding in the Bindings page. In this case you will need to select the Binding seen in the web.config for your site to work.
If, during an Upgrade or Reconfigure, the selected Bindings don't match the STS Issuers in the database, the Resolve STS Issuers page will be shown. See the Resolve Security Token Service Issuers topic for more information.
What to do on this page
To configure the K2 Designer Web Site:
Option 1-Create a new web site:
- Enter the name for the New web site and K2 will create the URL.
- Click on the Browse button and select a certificate if an existing certificate should be used for the new site. If a certificate is not selected, the Setup Manager will automatically create a K2 certificate .
- Click Next to proceed.
- The Setup Manager will create the new Web site.
- The Bindings button will let you see the bindings in use and which is selected as the default.
Option 2 - Use an existing Web site
- Select the web site to use from the Web Site drop down menu. When selecting the same site that is used for K2 Workspace, you will have to select the URL to be used for the K2 Workspace configuration as the K2 Workspace site is now also being secured.
- Click on the Browse button and select a certificate if an existing certificate should be used for the site. If a certificate is not selected, the Setup Manager will automatically create a K2 certificate.
- Click Next to proceed.
- The Bindings button will let you see the bindings in use and which is selected as the default.