Setting Up Windows Server AppFabric Hosting Features in a Single-Node Development Environment
This topic describes the steps you should take to install and configure Windows Server AppFabric hosting features in a development environment on a single computer.
To install and configure AppFabric hosting features
Go to the Microsoft Download Center (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=183123). Download the appropriate setup download package: WindowsServerAppFabricSetup_amd64_6.1.exe for 64-bit Windows 7 or WindowsServerAppFabricSetup_x86_6.1.exe for 32-bit Windows 7.
On the Accept License Terms page, read the license terms, and then accept the terms and click Next to continue, or do not accept the terms and then exit the setup wizard.
On the Customer Experience Improvement Program page, select Yes to participate in the Customer Experience Improvement program, or No not to participate, and then click Next.
On the Feature Selection page, select Hosting Services.
Note
Hosting Administration is automatically selected when Hosting Services is selected.
The Confirm Installation Selections page will display a list of the AppFabric features that were selected on the Feature Selection page, and a list of the required Windows components that will be installed. Verify that the lists are correct, and then click Install to begin installation.
On the Installation Results page, verify that the installation has succeeded. With the Launch configuration tool check box selected, click Finish to complete the installation wizard and run the configuration wizard.
Go to the Microsoft Support site (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=187209), and download the update for the Windows 7 package, either 32-bit or 64-bit, as appropriate. This will require a restart.
Open the configuration wizard by clicking Start, clicking All Programs, clicking Windows Server AppFabric, and then clicking Configure AppFabric.
On the Before You Begin page of the configuration wizard, select Yes to participate in the Customer Experience Improvement program, or No not to participate, and then click Next.
On the Configure Hosting Services page, select Set monitoring configuration.
In Monitoring provider, select System.Data.SqlClient, and then click Configure.
In the Windows Server AppFabric Monitoring Store Configuration dialog box, select Register AppFabric monitoring store in root web.config and Initialize monitoring store. In the Server box, accept the default of <computer name>\SQLEXPRESS. In Database, enter MyMonitoringDB. Click OK, and then click Yes.
In the pop-up message indicating successful initialization and registration, click OK.
On the Configure Hosting Services page, select Set persistence configuration.
In Persistence provider, select sqlStoreProvider, and then click Configure.
In the Windows Server AppFabric Persistence Store Configuration dialog box, select Register AppFabric persistence store in root web.config and Initialize persistence store. In the Server box, accept the default of <computer name>\SQLEXPRESS. In Database, enter MyPersistenceDB. Click OK, and then click Yes.
In the pop-up message indicating successful initialization and registration, click OK.
Click Next.
On the Configure Application page, click Finish.