Setting Up

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

for the web services for

The classic , REST API, and are not enabled. If you do not want to set up the classic for the mobile apps, you can set to use gRPC. Refer to Setting Up M-Files to Use gRPC.

The server uses October '22 Update or later.
- If the server uses an older version, we recommend that you upgrade to a more recent version. Alternatively, refer to Setting Up the Backend for M-Files Web and Web-Based Add-Ins (September '22 Update and Earlier).
The server uses IIS () and .
You are an system administrator on the server.
The IIS modules URL Rewrite and Application Request Routing are installed on the IIS 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 , do the binding setup after you have saved your changes in .

Important remarks:

If was previously set up on the server with the instructions in Setting Up the Backend for M-Files Web and Web-Based Add-Ins (September '22 Update and Earlier): We recommend that you remove the old configuration before you set up with the instructions given here.
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 on the server.

Important: If IIS and are on separate servers, see Using Proxy Setup with instead of the instructions given here.
Click Set Up Web and Mobile Use > Set up > Next.

Select one of these options:

Option	Result and instructions
Use an existing website	Use an existing site for . In the drop-down menu, select one of the available sites.
Create a new website	Create a new website for . 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 website and use the directory for . 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 site for .

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

Create a new website

Create a new website for .

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 website and use the directory for .

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

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

Open the Document vault advanced properties dialog and add the 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.