Configuring IIS applicationHost.Config
This part describes which actions should be taken to change the applicationHost.Config to allow the definition of website-specific settings in the Web.config file for Content Manager websites and to set the necessary mimetype definitions for compression.
Before you begin
About this task
ApplicationHost.config file can be found in the folder %WINDIR%\system32\inetsrv\config. It is the root file of the configuration system when you are using IIS 7 and above. It includes definitions of all sites, applications, virtual directories and application pools, as well as global defaults for the web server settings. It has definitions for locking-down most IIS sections to the global level, so that by default they cannot be overridden by lower-level Web.config files in the hierarchy. To make configuration easier, we will unlock some of these global level settings, so we can define these settings in the Web.config file forContent Manager websites.
Procedure
- Make the necessary changes to allow the definition of website specific settings in the
Web.configfile for the website. - Set the necessary mimetype definitions for static compression:
- Set the necessary mimetype definitions for dynamic compression: