If you run local IIS server on your machine, choose I want to use local IIS server in Step 2 of the Web installer and click Next.

 

1. In Step 3, you need to specify the following information:

 

•Choose website: choose one of the websites configured on your IIS; please make sure that the website you choose is running

•Type of application pool: type of application pool which will be used for the website (Integrated by default, read here for more information)

•Choose target folder: choose the disk folder where web project files will be placed

 

Please note: if you're installing Kentico CMS into the root of your website (such as http://www.domain.com) and do not wish to create a virtual directory (such as http://www.domain.com/cms), please check the This is an installation to the root check-box.

 

 

2. Now you need to decide between the following options:

 

•Full installation - performs full installation using all optional components

•Custom installation - lets you choose which components will be installed

 

Enabling the Register performance counters for Health Monitoring option registers performance counters for the currently installed instance of Kentico CMS in Windows. The counters can be used for monitoring of system load and performance in an external application. Please refer to Modules -> Health monitoring for more details on this feature.

 

 

3. In Step 5, the installer copies the project files to the specified folder:

 

 

4. At the end, the URL of the new Kentico CMS installation is displayed. Please put down this URL for future use.

 

 

5. Now you can continue to the Database setup wizard.