SmartForms: Summary of Tool Checks

The following check is performed on a new K2 smartforms installation.

New K2 Designer site created by the installer

Created with the following settings:

Windows Authentication: True  
Anonymous Authentication: True The K2 Designer virtual directory is set to true, but the parent site remains what it was at the time of upgrading and set to false if the installer creates it.
Forms Authentication: False This setting is set to True in Non-AD installations.
Use Kernel Mode Authentication: True  
Use Application Pool Credentials: True  

New K2 Designer Application pool created by the installer

Created with the following settings:

New SmartForms Runtime site created by the installer

Created with the following settings:

Windows Authentication: True  
Anonymous Authentication: True The K2 Designer virtual directory is set to true, but the parent site remains what it was at the time of upgrading and set to false if the installer creates it.
Forms Authentication:False This setting is set to True in Non-AD installations.
Use Kernel Mode Authentication: True  
Use Application Pool Credentials: True  

New SmartForms Runtime application pool created by the installer

Created with the following settings:

Application Initialization

This check ensures that the Application Initialization IIS role is enable / installed. This however differs between the different operating system versions that we support.

OS version What? Repairable?

6.2 (Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8)

Application Initialization is an IIS Server Role that needs to be added in the Server Manager.

 Yes. One can repair this task.

6.1 (Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7)

Application Initialization is a separate IIS module that needs to be installed.

No. We cannot repair this task for you, since it is a non-redist installer that the user needs to run. The user is given a link where to download the module.

6.0 (Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista)

Application Initialization is not supported in this version of Windows / IIS.

No. This is an info task that informs the user that he’ll need to upgrade to a newer version of IIS (i.e. Windows) to ensure optimal Forms performance.

Web Application Performance

This check ensures that the environment is set up in such a way that the K2 smartforms applications will perform optimally. There are 4 Application Pool and 1 Web Application settings that need to be set accordingly for this check to pass (these values are enforced at configuration time of the installer). The values are as follows:

Setting Value
Application Pool Auto Start True
Application Pool Start Mode Always Running
Web Application Pre-Load Enabled True
Application Pool Idle Timeout 24 Hours