How to host Bold BI Application as a Sub Application in IIS

The Bold BI Application can be hosted as a sub-application in IIS by following the steps below.

Steps to Create Application Pools for Bold BI as Sub Application inside IIS

Each application in Bold BI will run on a separate application pool. To create an application pool, follow these steps:

1. Click on Application Pools and then right-click to select Add Application Pool.
   
2. Name the application pool and then click OK.
   
3. Right-click the newly created application pool and then select Advanced Settings.
   
4. Need to change the application pool type as localSystem as shown in the following image.
   

You need to repeat the same procedure for creating application pools for the following Bold BI sub-applications:

• IDP - Web
• IDP - API
• BI - Web
• BI - API
• BI - DataService
• BI - Jobs
• IDP - UMS
• IDP - Windows Authentication
• ETL - Web

Steps to Create a Bold BI Sub-Applications in IIS

Follow these steps to create a Bold BI sub-applications:

1. Right-click on the required application hosted in IIS, under which Bold BI will be running as a sub-application, and select Add Application as shown in the following image.
   

2. Fill out the following details and then click Ok as shown in the image below.

   • Alias name - Enter the name you would like to use as an alias for the domain.
   • Application pool - Application Pools are logical groupings of web applications that will execute in a common process.
   • Physical path - In the Physical Path box, click Browse to navigate the file system and locate the IDP - Web from the Bold BI deployed location.
   

   NOTE:

   • Alias name should be in lowercase.
   • By default, the Bold BI is deployed in “C:\BoldServices” location for Windows.

3. Repeat the same procedure for the sub-application of Bold BI as given in the table below,

   Application Name	Under Sub Application	Application Pool	Physical Path
   bold	-	SubApp-BoldIDWeb	{Deployed Location}\idp\web
   api	bold	SubApp-BoldIDApi	{Deployed Location}\idp\api
   bi	bold	SubApp-BoldBIWeb	{Deployed Location}\bi\web
   api	bi	SubApp-BoldBIApi	{Deployed Location}\bi\api
   designer	bi	SubApp-BoldBIDesigner	{Deployed Location}\bi\dataservice
   jobs	bi	SubApp-BoldBIJob	{Deployed Location}\bi\jobs
   ums	bold	SubApp-BoldUMS	{Deployed Location}\idp\ums
   windowsauthentication	bold	SubApp-BoldWinAuth	{Deployed Location}\idp\windowsauthentication
   etlservice	bold	SubApp-BoldETLWeb	{Deployed Location}\etl\etlservice

4. Ensure that the BI application has sub-applications, as shown in the following image.
   

   

5. Finally, the sub-application structure has been successfully created, as shown in the following image.
   

   

Configure Bold BI to run as the sub-application

1. Need to update the binding values in the configuration files at the deployed location.

2. Update the Idp, Bi, BiDesigner, and Reports values in the file located at.{Deployed Location}\app_data\configuration\config.json.

   Note: Starting from version 6.19.14, use the config.json and config.xml for versions that came before this one.

   

3. Update the binding values in the product.json file located at the following location: {Deployed Location}\app_data\configuration\product.json.