Move Intranet to a Different Drive

You can have all of the Intranet files on another drive on the web server.  These steps need to be completed on the web server Intranet Connections is installed on.  

Note your intranet cannot be at the root of the drive; it must be in a folder such as G:\IC\Intranet.

Please make sure to take web server backup/snapshot and database backup before making any changes.

Reconfigure IIS

The steps below describe the process to reconfigure IIS. Note that additional steps are required for more recent software versions due to their added functionality.

Required Steps For All Versions

  1. Open IIS Manager
  2. Expand the left column and click on your site
  3. Click Basic Settings on the far right
  4. Click the ellipses (…) beside Physical Path and point to the new location for your intranet
  5. Click OK

Version 14.5 Additional Steps

If your Intranet Connections software is Version 14.5+, the following additional steps are required:

  1. Open IIS Manager
  2. Click the arrow to the left of the server name in the left column to expand selection
  3. Click the arrow to the left of Sites to expand selection and click on your site
  4. Click the modern application. You may need to first locate and click on the Intranet folder.
  5. Click Basic Settings on the far right
  6. Click the ellipses (…) beside Physical Path and point to the new location for your intranet
  7. Now click the statistics application. You may need to first locate and click on the Intranet folder.
  8. Click Basic Settings on the far right
  9. Click the ellipses (…) beside Physical Path and point to the new location for your intranet
  10. Click OK

Version 14.0 Additional Steps

If your Intranet Connections software is Version 14.0, the following additional steps are required:

  1. Open IIS Manager
  2. Click the arrow to the left of the server name in the left column to expand selection
  3. Click the arrow to the left of Sites to expand selection and click on your site
  4. Click the statistics application. You may need to first locate and click on the Intranet folder.
  5. Click Basic Settings on the far right
  6. Click the ellipses (…) beside Physical Path and point to the new location for your intranet
  7. Click OK

Reconfigure Mappings

  1. Open Lucee Web Console at HTTP://YOURSERVERNAME/lucee/admin/web.cfm (use HTTP://YOURSERVERNAME/railo-context/admin/web.cfm if on Version 13.0.x)
  2. Click Mappings under Archives & Resources
  3. Create a new mapping with the following:
    • Virtual is ‘/Intranet’ or ‘/’ if you do not have /Intranet in your URL
    • Resource is the new location of the Intranet folder
    • Archive is the new location of Intranet\IntranetConnections.ras
  4. Check the box next to the C:\ intranet mapping and click delete

Copy Folders

  1. Stop the Lucee, Elastic Search, SQBoxTaskManager and World Wide Web Publishing services (in order)
    • Stop Railo Server service instead of Lucee if on v13.0.x
  2. Open File Explorer and navigate to C:\inetpub\wwwroot
  3. Copy Coldbox, Elasticsearch, Intranet, and WEB-INF folders
    • WEB-INF will be inside Intranet if you do not have /intranet in your URL
  4. Paste the folders to the folder created for the Intranet on the alternate drive

Add Permissions

  1. Right click the folder in the alternate drive you pasted the folders to and select properties
  2. Select the Security tab and click Advanced
  3. Click Edit
  4. Click Add
  5. Click Locations
  6. Select the machine name at the top and click OK
  7. Type ‘IIS_IUSRS’ in the box and click Check Names
  8. IIS_IUSRS should be found and click OK

Final Steps

  1. Restart the World Wide Web Publishing, SQBoxTaskManager, EasticSearch and Lucee (Railo Server) services (in order)
  2. Clear your browser cache and cookies
  3. Log into your intranet
  4. Click Update Locations at the bottom of the Admin screen

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