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:
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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 .
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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. - 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.