Host Finder on your Web Server

Finder can optionally be hosted on a Microsoft Internet Information Service (IIS) web server.

To host Finder on your web server, complete the following steps:

Download and unzip the Finder application files.
Copy the contents to your web server so it can be accessed as a website or virtual directory. In Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), the default web server directory is <your directory>\Inetpub\wwwroot\.

Note:

You may need to setup and use a proxy page to support sharing and secure services. View the Using the proxy page for details on installing and configuring a proxy page. If your site needs a proxy, the one that comes with the project will likely be sufficient after you have converted the site to an IIS application.
Browse to Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
Right-click the web server directory folder for the application and choose Convert to Application.
Choose the ASP.NET v4.0 or ASP.NET v4.5 application pool and click OK.

Note:

If you do not see ASP.NET v4.0 or ASP.NET v4.5 as an option in the menu, install and configure it with your web server.
Type the URL http://<yourServer>/<yourSite>/s2.html?app=apps2/Finder_try_it into your Internet browser with the appropriate substitutions. This will open a fully-configured version of Finder and will confirm that the application is properly set up on the web server. The apps2 folder also contains a clean configuration file, Finder.json, for you to work with that is available using the following URL <your server>/<your site>/s2.html?app=apps2/Finder.

To learn more about configuring the Finder.json file, see Additional configuration.