Setting Up Classic M-Files Web and M-Files Mobile

The steps given here tell you how to enable these clients and services:

Classic M-Files Web
M-Files REST API
M-Files Mobile
- The default connection protocol is HTTPS. To set M-Files Mobile to use gRPC, refer to Setting Up M-Files to Use gRPC.

M-Files Web and Microsoft Office for the web services for M-Files Web are not enabled.

Make sure that these requirements are completed:

The server uses IIS (Internet Information Services) and Microsoft .NET Framework (not .NET) 4.7.2, 4.8.x, or later.
You are an M-Files system administrator on the server.
You have set up IIS binding for the website that users access with a DNS name, such as https://myvault.mycompany.com.
- If you want to create a new website for M-Files Web, do the binding setup after you have saved your changes in M-Files Admin.

Important remarks:

If you get an error during the setup, exit the wizard, fix the issue in IIS Manager, and start the wizard again. The error can be, for example, that a newly created website cannot start because the port number is already in use.

Do these steps:

Open M-Files Admin on the server.

Important: If IIS and M-Files are on separate servers, refer to Configuring the Classic M-Files Web on a Separate Server Computer instead of the instructions given here.
In the left-side tree view, select a server connection.
Click Set Up Web and Mobile Use > Set up classic M-Files Web (and REST) and M-Files Mobile > Next.

Select one of these options:

Option	Result and instructions
Use an existing website	Use an existing Internet Information Services site for M-Files Web. In the drop-down menu, select one of the available sites.
Create a new website	Create a new Internet Information Services website for M-Files Web. Enter the name and TCP port for the site. Make sure that the given port number is not already in use. Note: You can use this option only with a server operating system.
Create a new virtual directory	Add a new virtual directory to the selected Internet Information Services website and use the directory for M-Files Web. Select an available site and enter a name for the virtual directory. Note: You can use this option only with a server operating system.

Option

Result and instructions

Use an existing website

Use an existing Internet Information Services site for M-Files Web.

In the drop-down menu, select one of the available sites.

Create a new website

Create a new Internet Information Services website for M-Files Web.

Enter the name and TCP port for the site. Make sure that the given port number is not already in use.

Note: You can use this option only with a server operating system.

Create a new virtual directory

Add a new virtual directory to the selected Internet Information Services website and use the directory for M-Files Web.

Select an available site and enter a name for the virtual directory.

Note: You can use this option only with a server operating system.

Select Save.
Open the Document Vault Advanced Properties dialog and add the M-Files Web URL (or URLs) according to the IIS bindings.
After 20 to 30 seconds, enter your website address in a browser and make sure that the client opens (or clients open) correctly.