How to Install IIS on Windows and Map it to Match Data Pro

Open Server Manager (it usually opens automatically on startup)
Click “Add roles and features”
Click “Next” through the “Before you begin” screen
Select “Role-based or feature-based installation” and click “Next”
Select your server from the server pool and click “Next”
Check “Web Server (IIS)”
When prompted, click “Add Features” to include management tools
Click “Next” through the Features screen
On the Web Server Role (IIS) page, click “Next”
Select these additional role services:
- Under Application Development: check ASP.NET 4.8 and WebSocket Protocol
- Under Common HTTP Features: all items should be selected by default
- Under Health and Diagnostics: check HTTP Logging and Request Monitor
- Under Performance: check Static Content Compression and Dynamic Content Compression
- Under Security: check Request Filtering
Click “Install” and wait for installation to complete
Click “Close” when finished
Open a browser and navigate to http://localhost to verify IIS is running (you should see the IIS welcome page)

Download URL Rewrite Module from: https://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/url-rewrite
Run the installer and follow the prompts to complete installation
Download Application Request Routing (ARR) from: https://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/application-request-routing
Run the installer and follow the prompts to complete installation
Open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager (Start → Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager)
Click on your server name in the left tree (top level, not any site)
Double-click “Application Request Routing Cache”
Click “Server Proxy Settings” in the right Actions panel
Check the box “Enable proxy”
Set Time-out to 120 seconds
Click “Apply”

Select “Sites” in the left panel and select “Add Website” on the right panel
Enter the following information:
- Site name: Match Data Pro (or your preferred name)
- Physical path: Click the “…” button and create a new folder at C:\inetpub\mdp, then select it
- Binding – Type: http
- Binding – IP address: All Unassigned
- Binding – Port: 8081
  - you can use another port of your choosing as long as it is not in use
- Binding – Host name: leave blank
Click “OK”

In IIS Manager, click on your new site (“Match Data Pro”) in the left panel
Double-click “URL Rewrite” in the middle section
Click “Add Rule(s)” in the right Actions panel
Select “Reverse Proxy” and click “OK”
Enter in Inbound Rules the IP addres you previously noted as per the image to the right
Click OK then select the newly created rule and click Edit on the right panel menu
Locate the Server Variables section, and click add to create the following 3 server variables
- Nombre: HTTP_X_FORWARDED_HOST
  - Value: {HTTP_HOST}
- Nombre: HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO
  - Value: http
    - add https if you will use https
- Nombre: HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR
  - Value: {REMOTE_ADDR}
Click “Apply” in the right Actions panel

Click “Back to Rules” in the right Actions panel to return to IIS Manager
Click on your server name (newtesting) in the left tree at the TOP level (not the Match Data Pro site)
Double-click “URL Rewrite”
In the right Actions panel, click “View Server Variables”
Click “Add” to add the first server variable:
- Server variable name: HTTP_X_FORWARDED_HOST
- Click “OK”
Click “Add” again for the second variable:
- Server variable name: HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO
- Click “OK”
Click “Add” again for the third variable:
- Server variable name: HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR
- Click “OK”
Click “Back to Rules” in the right Actions panel

In IIS Manager, click the server name (newtesting) at the top level
Select “Stop” from the right panel menu
Wait 3-5 seconds
Select “Start” from the right menu
open a browser outside this server and try to access http://YourServerIP:8081
- Or use the port that you configured