Install DNN to my Windows Hosting

DNN is a.NET content management system (CMS) that is open source and free. Like with any CMS, users may easily manage site content, users, and custom themes and extensions (like “plugins” for WordPress).

The following are the system requirements for DNN:

1. Operating Systems
2. Windows 8, 8.1, 10
3. Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012 R2
4. .NET Framework
5. 4.5.1+
6. Web Server
7. Microsoft IIS 7.5, 8.0, 8.5, 10
8. Database Server
9. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, 2008 Express R2, 2012, 2012 Express, 2014, 2014 Express, 2016 (for DNN 8.0.4+)

Install DotNetNuke (DNN)

1. Get the Install package downloaded under your Windows Hosting. https://www.dnnsoftware.com/community/download Install the download.
2. Remove the files. Look for the zip file in your Downloads folder.You can locate the zip file by going to your Downloads folder. To unblock a zip file, right-click it, choose Properties, tick the box, and then click Apply. This authenticates the file and guarantees that all of the content has been extracted and is available.
3. Configure IIS.
   Turn on the following features under Internet Information Services in the Control Panel’s Turn Windows Features on/off section to install IIS (or to make sure the necessary configurations are in place):
   • Web Management Tools
   • IIS 6 Management Compatibility
   • IIS 6 Management Console
   • IIS Metabase and IIS 6 configuration compatibility
   • IIS Management Console
   • World Wide Web Services
   • Application Development Features
   • .NET Extensibility 3.5
   • .NET Extensibility 4.6
   • ASP.NET 3.5
   • ASP.NET 4.6
   • ISAPI Extensions
   • ISAPI Filters
   • WebSocket Protocol
   • Common HTTP Features
   • Default Content
   • Static Content
   • Health and Diagnostics
   • Custom Logging
   • Performance Features
   • Dynamic Content Compression
   • Static Content Compression
   • Security
   • Basic Authentication
   • Request Filtering
   • Windows Authentication

   After IIS has been set up, the site must be made. Right-click Sites in IIS and choose Add Website.

   For the Site and Host names, use dnndev.me. For the Physical Path, type in or choose the website directory you generated in step 2. Select OK.

4. Give permissions for the file.

You may or may not have noticed that an Application Pool with the same name as the newly established website was generated automatically under your Windows Hosting. This Application Pool must be given permission to access our website directory.

The name of the Application Pool must now be entered; in our example, it is iis apppooldnndev.me. Please take note that name has three p’s in it.

Navigate to your website’s directory in File Explorer, right-click the folder, choose Properties, choose the Security tab, and then click Edit.

Click OK after checking that it resolves to our Application Pool, dnndev.me, by clicking Check Name. It might be necessary to update the Location field from the domain to your PC if you are on a domain.

Next, choose dnndev.me from the list of Groups and Users, check Modify permissions, and press Apply. The remaining windows should be closed.

Create the database in your Windows Hosting.

We’ll now make a fresh database and login credentials. Right-click on Databases by opening your database server, then choose New Database. Click OK after entering your database’s name and owner. In this step and step 6, you will require the Database Name. a)

Choose User Mapping from the menu on the left, enter the name of the database we just built, set Default Schema to dbo, and then check the db_owner and public choices for Database role memberships. Select OK.

Start the DNN Installation Wizard.

We’re nearly finished! Now launch a browser and navigate to your website at dnndev.me. You ought to be taken directly to the Installation Wizard.