Install Profit Application Service

The Profit Application Service must be accessible externally so that the OutSite website can retrieve information via the internet. Because this internet traffic is encrypted, you must have an SSL certificate and you must make the Profit Application Service available via HTTPS (port 443). This may also be a different port address. You set the port address when installing the Profit Application Service.

Points of attention

• SSL certificate

  For a secure connection, a valid certificate is always required. The PAS must be accessible externally via HTTPS. That is why the PAS server must have a valid certificate issued for the external address of the PAS server.

  Example:

  Domain name: https://company.nl

  SSL certificate is located on (https://) company.nl

  If the address of the PAS server is 'https://company.nl/PAS', the PAS server uses the SSL certificate of 'company.nl'.

  If the address of the PAS server is 'https://PAS.company.nl', the PAS server cannot use the SSL certificate of 'company.nl'. In this case you need an SSL certificate for the 'PAS.company.nl' domain or sub-domain. (This can also be a wildcard certificate or multi-domain certificate.)

  Note: www. also is a sub-domain, so you need a wildcard certificate for 'www.company.nl/pas' or a specific certificate for 'www.company.nl'.

• Redirect to an internal server address

  If you redirect from an external address to an internal address, you must use the same port.

  Example:

  The external address 'PAS.domein.com:447' redirects to 'PASserver.domein.local:447'.

  This is a correct redirection. A deviating port number is not allowed.

AFAS Support provides no support for the configuration of the PAS site and making it available.

To install the Profit Application Service:

1. Start Windows Explorer and open the following folder:

   ..\Program files (x86)\Profit\AFAS Windows\Kernel\Profit Site Deployment.

2. Start the Profit Site Deployment tool.
3. Configure the Profit Application Service:

   

4. Click on:Log on data.
5. Enter the Username and the Password.

   You need the user data to check the traffic between the site and the Profit Application Service. You must e-mail this data to AFAS Online. Thus, the user does not need to have any rights on his own network (AD) or in Profit.

6. Click on:New service.
7. Select an existing IIS Site on which you want to install the Profit Application Service. This will often be the 'Default Web Site':

   

8. Click on: OK.
9. Enter 'PAS' as the name of the web application:

   

10. Click on: OK.

    The Profit Application Service is added. You must link the SSL certificate to this site.

11. Click on: Close.
12. Click on: Close.