Mapping Report Portal to a Virtual Directory (IIS 5.0)

Steps to map the Report Portal to a virtual directory (IIS 5.0).

1. On the machine where Report Portal is installed, start the IIS Manager using either Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Internet Information Services or Start > Administrative Tools > Internet Information Services.

2. Select Local Machine > Web Sites > Default Web Site.

3. Right-click Default Web Site and select New > Virtual Directory.

4. When the Virtual Directory Wizard opens, click Next.

5. Complete the following steps to define the root virtual directory for Report Portal:

   1. When prompted for an alias, type the name of the Report Portal, then click Next. For example, if you want to use “Portal” as the name of your Report Portal, assign the alias “Portal” to the virtual directory. Click Next when finished.

   2. When prompted for the physical path, browse for and select the < PortalName> \PortalASP directory, then click Next.

      Example: C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Portal\PortalASP

   3. When prompted for permissions, verify that the following options are enabled:

      • Read
      • Run scripts (such as ASP)

   4. Click Next, then click Finish. The virtual directory that you created appears under the Default Web Site as shown in the following example.

   

6. Right-click the virtual directory that you just created and select New > Virtual Directory.

7. Use the Virtual Directory wizard to create an alias for each of the following physical directories. Doing this creates an appropriately named virtual directory for each of these physical resources.

1. When you are finished, verify that IIS displays six new virtual directories. Make sure that the directory structure has one parent folder (with the same name as your portal) and five subfolders as shown below.

   

2. When finished, go to Edit the Session Configuration File to continue with the installation process.