IIS
External
Basic Authentication
To enable it the module for it must be loaded. Maked sure the following is in your applicationHost.config file
<globalModules>
...
<add name="BasicAuthenticationModule" image="%windir%\System32\inetsrv\authbas.dll" />
...
</globalModules>
<modules>
...
<add name="BasicAuthenticationModule" />
...
</modules>
Certificate, how to make and use a self certified one to do https
- Open IIS manager
- Click on the machine name (on the left)
- Double click on Certs
- In the right pane chose Create Self-Signed Certificate
- Give it a name and OK it
Reference: See this page by ScottGu
Logfiles
IIS 7.0 Log files can be found at C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles
ApplicationHostConfig
Found at %windir%\system32\inetsrv\config
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