Hi,
I previously asked a question here on this type of connectivity but with an earlier version of IIS (version 6 on Windows Server 2003). I was successful in getting it working back then but that was a while ago and a different version of IIS. There is now the need to migrate the setup from Windows Server 2003/IIS 6 to Windows Server 2012/IIS 8.
I need some help configuring IIS 8 so users can browse and display PDF files stored on the Integrated File System (IFS) of an IBM AS/400.
So far I have:
1. shared the directory on the AS/400 using Netserver (a part of the AS/400 Operating system).
2. Defined a virtual directory (pdf) on IIS 8 on the Windows Server 2012 machine that points to the AS/400 directory using UNC notation (\\AS400_server name\directory_name). I have taken the default Connect As value, Application user (pass-through authentication). When I click Test Settings I receive a pop up with a message saying "Cannot verify access to path (\\AS400 server name\directory name).
On the Windows Server 2012 machine, I can open the directory using Windows Explorer (\\AS400 server name\directory name) and see the PDF files in the directory. In the IIS Manager, I can right click on the virtual directory and click Explore to see the list of PDFs. When I attempt to open a PDF from through the IIS server (http://IIS_server/pdf/pdf_filename) I receive "500 - Internal server error."
I know there are additional steps to follow but I don't know (have forgotten) what they are nor do I know how to accomplish them in IIS 8.
IIS is running on Windows Server 2012. IIS version is 8. AS/400 is running OS/400 V5R4.
Any help is appreciated.