You get the following error message when you try to login to the web console for the first time:
“Session Time Out”
This problem happens when IIS has not been configured before installing WFBS.
To install and prepare IIS on the Windows 2012 R2 server, follow the steps below:
Disable the UAC from Control Panel
- Go to Start > Control Panel > User Accounts.
- Click on Change User Account Control settings.
- Change it to Never Notify.
- Click OK.
Disable the UAC using Registry Editor
- Open the Registry Editor.
- Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system.
- Modify the value of EnableLUA to “0” (zero).
- Restart the computer.
- Open the Server Manager.
- Click Manage > Add Roles and Features.
- Choose Next.
- Tick Role-Based or feature based installation, and then click Next.
- Choose Local Sever and click Next.
- Tick Web Server (IIS), click Add Features, and then click Next.
- Click Next, and then click Next again.
- Choose Local Sever > click Next.
- On the Select Role Services window, tick the following check boxes:
- Common HTTP Features
- Static Content
- Default Document
- Directory Browsing
- HTTP Errors
- Application Development
- ASP.NET 3.5 and ASP.NET 4.5
- .Net Extensibility 3.5 and .Net Extensibility 4.5
- CGI
- ISAPI Extensions
- ISAPI Filters
- Health and Diagnostic
- HTTP Logging
- Request Monitor
- Security
- Windows Authentication
- Request Filtering
- Performance
- Static Content Compression
- Management Tools
- IIS Management Console
- IIS 6 Management Compatibility
- IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility
- IIS 6 WMI Compatibility
- IIS 6 Scripting Tools
- IIS 6 Management Console
- Common HTTP Features
- Click Next.
- Choose Install.
After the installation and configuration of the IIS Web Server roles and features, install WFBS again, and then try to login to the web console again.