SI-Windows-IIS

Install Snipe-IT Windows 2008 R2 With IIS

Prereq (Install all of these prior to continuing)
	IIS
	IIS URL Rewrite
	PHP 5.3 for Windows Server via WPM (http://www.microsoft.com/web/platform/phponwindows.aspx)
	MariaDB 5.5 for Windows Server 64-bit (https://downloads.mariadb.org/interstitial/mariadb-5.5.37/winx64-packages/mariadb-5.5.37-winx64.msi/from/http://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/mariadb) | 32-bit (https://downloads.mariadb.org/interstitial/mariadb-5.5.37/win32-packages/mariadb-5.5.37-win32.msi/from/http://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/mariadb)
	PHP Manager for IIS (makes managing PHP on IIS much easier) (http://phpmanager.codeplex.com/)
	Composer install with the shell menus (https://getcomposer.org/Composer-Setup.exe )
	Notepad++ for editing files (http://www.notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v6.6.6.html )

Setting UP IIS Website
1. Download Snipe-IT http://snipeitapp.com/download.php
2. Extract to C:\inetpub\wwwroot\snipe-it (folder name can be changed but i will reference it as is shown here)
3. Run IIS Manager
4. Right Click 'Sites' and Add Website
	
	Site name: Snipe IT
	Physical path: C:\inetpub\wwwroot\snipe-it\public
	
	Binding
	Type: http
	IP address: All Unassigned or a specific IP if you have one you will be using
	Port: 80 or any you wish to use
	Host name: assets.portal.local (this can be changed to suit your needs)

5. Click 'OK'
You site will now appear in the list
6. Double click on your site
7. Double Click 'URL Rewrite'
7.1. In the action pane click 'Import Rules...'
7.2. Click the '...' button
7.3. Goto C:\inetpub\wwwroot\snipe-it\public
7.4. Select .htaccess file
7.5. Click 'Open' then 'Import'
7.6. In the action pane click 'Apply'


Configuring Snipe IT
1. Open Windows Explorer and goto 'C:\inetpub\wwwroot\snipe-it'
2. Open bootstrap/start.php with notepad++
	Update the file under the section 'Detect The Application Environment'
		SAME DETAILS AS README.MD

3. Copy 'app/config/local/database.example.php' to app/config/local/database.php
3.1. Open 'app/config/local/database.php' in notepad++
3.2. Update 'database.php' with your database name and credentials

4. Copy 'app/config/local/mail.example.php'  to 'app/config/local/mail.php'
4.1. Open 'app/config/local/mail.php' in notepad++
4.2. Update 'mail.php' with your mail settings

5. Copy 'app/config/local/app.example.php' to 'app/config/local/app.php'
5.1. Open 'app/config/local/app.php' in notepad++
5.2. Update 'app.php' withb your URL settings

6. Open 'C:\inetpub\wwwroot\snipe-it' in windows explorer
6.1. Right Click and select 'Composer Install'
This will install the dependencies, once completed move to next step
6.2 Right Click and select 'Use Composer here'
6.3 Type 'php artisan app:install' and follow the prompts

7. Add permissions for the IIS user for the “storage” folder:
7.1. Goto 'C:\inetpub\wwwroot\snipe-it\app'
7.2. Right Click 'Storage' -> 'Properties'
7.3. Goto 'Security Tab' -> 'Edit'
7.4. Find 'IIS_IUSRS' and set to 'Full Control'
7.5. Click 'OK' twice

Added this into the official documentation, btw! http://docs.snipeitapp.com/windows/README.html Thanks again! (The docs are generated from the documentation branch, if there's ever anything you need to tweak.)