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On-Premises SharePoint 2013 Provider-hosted Apps – Part I

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Part I – On-Premises Provider-hosted Apps – Creating a Task List and Fundamental Configurations
Part II – Creating a High Trust relationship between your Web Application and SharePoint 2013

There is many information on the Internet in order to configure SharePoint Apps, the problem is that a sequence of small errors can broke your configuration. This article is provided in a way that you can follow a sequence that will help you configuring SharePoint 2013 Provided-hosted Apps On-Premises. I will provide some links in order to you configure each point of the Task List

I assume that you have SharePoint and IT Skills

Before you begin:

SharePoint 2013 Provider Hosted Apps Model:

  1. From Microsoft: Choose patterns for developing and hosting your app for SharePoint – Provider-hosted apps

What tools will i need:

  1. Microsoft Web deploy 3.5
  2. IIS 6.0 Resource Kit

Help me build a Task List in a DEV Environment

  1. Configure DNS
    1. Create a Host A for your main SharePoint Application for IP: 127.0.0.1 sp.domain.local
    2. Create a Host A for IIS Application (Isolated) for IP: 127.0.0.1 web.domain.local
    3. Create a Host A for the App Catalog (Isolated) for IP: 127.0.0.1 apps.domain.local
    4. Edit your host file “C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc”

The goal pointing to localhost, is you can resolve all sites even not connected to Internet

  1. Configure SharePoint 2013 Apps
    1. Create a App Catalog Site in sp.domain.local under /sites/
    2. Configure SharePoint Central Administration for the App Catalog
  2. Configure IIS for web.domain.local
    1. Install Management service delegate
    2. Manage Certificates
    3. Apply SSL to web.domain.local

Create Hosts in DNS

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Install Management service delegate

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Create a App Catalog Site in sp.domain.local under /sites/

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NOTE:

Create as SP_Farm because you Can’t manage Apps as System Account

Manage Certificates

 

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Double Click Your Certificate to CER File
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Right Click Your Certificate to PFX File
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Apply SSL to web.domain.local

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Hope that help you, I’ll see you on part II