Lasso Server 9.3 Installation for Windows Server 2012

Supported platforms

This article discusses Lasso Server 9.3 installation for the AMD64 CPU version of Windows Server 2012.

Downloading

In a default installation of Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Microsoft Internet Explorer is set to block most web-sites.  In order to visit the Lassosoft web-site, you'll need to add an exception.

Click the "Add" button to add the Lassosoft web-site to the list of allowed web-sites.  There is no requirement to add additional web-sites which might provide some content for the Lassosoft web-site.

The Lasso Server 9.3 for Windows Server 2012 installer download can be found from the download-archive page.  On that page, navigate to "Lasso Server", then to "BETA", then download the Lasso 9.3 executable installer corresponding to your needs: Either Apache or Microsoft Internet Information Services.

Before installing

Important: Previous versions of Lasso Server 9.x must not be installed before installing Lasso Server 9.3.

Lasso Server 9.2 requires the following Microsoft updates:

• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5

• Microsoft .NET Framework 4

• Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable Package (x64) (bundled with installer)

• Servers running IIS 7 need ISAPI enabled. 

  • For Windows Server, use the Roles Wizard to add 'ISAPI Extensions' and 'ISAPI Filters' under Web Server > Application Development. 

  • For other Windows versions, open Control Panel > Programs and Features and click 'Turn Windows features on or off', then under 'Internet Information Services > World Wide Web Services > Application Development Features', enable 'ISAPI Extensions' and 'ISAPI Filters'.

Installing Microsoft Internet Information Services X.X

Click the "Server Manager" icon in the task-bar, as shown below.

Scroll down to the "ROLES AND FEATURES" section.  Click on the "TASKS" drop-down menu to the right, then choose "Add Roles and Features".

In the "Add Roles and Features Wizard", choose "Role-based or feture-based installation" and click the "Next" button.

Choose to "Select a server from the server pool" and click the "Next" button.

From the list of "Roles", place a check-mark to the left of "Web Server (IIS)".  A window will appear where you can click the "Add Features" button.  You will return to the previous window where you can click the "Next" button, as shown below.