Host Poker Maven Gold on IIS Server

[ashishbhojani_mrm]

Hi,

I have purchased Poker Maven Gold Licence.
I have Windows Server 2016 Personal Server.

I want to publish the Poker Maven Application to the site in iis.

Locally its works with http://127.0.0.1:8087/ url.

What are the steps to configure it in iis and can be available to end users with the IP Address or Site Name?

Thanks,
Ashish Bhojani

[Kent Briggs]

If you haven't already, add PMServer.exe to the Windows Firewall "Allow" list to let the outside world connect. See the last paragraph of FAQ item #2 (https://www.briggsoft.com/pmfaq.htm#q2).

If you double-click the "Internet IP address" setting in Poker Mavens and then the Lookup button, that will be the address (with :8087 on the end) that is public. If you're going to run the IIS web server with a home page, that is the address you will link to from there.

[ashishbhojani_mrm]

Thanks for your reply Kent.

I have already added PokerMaven.exe into Firewall Allow.

And I have received the IP Address from the Maven Server Lookup.

Now, we have the Domain Name, We have to open the client on that Domain.

I have created the new site in IIS, but what will be the Physical Path for that Site ?
Do we need to show the client in iFrame as you have shown in FAQ 3 ?

or Directly by assigning Public IP Address with Port to the Domain Name will work ?

[Kent Briggs]

I have created the new site in IIS, but what will be the Physical Path for that Site ?
Do we need to show the client in iFrame as you have shown in FAQ 3 ?
or Directly by assigning Public IP Address with Port to the Domain Name will work ?

Keep in mind that if you run IIS (or any web server) on the same machine as Poker Mavens, the domain name applies to both of them but they run on different ports. Typically the IIS web server will have port 80 (and/or 443 for SSL) and thus Poker Mavens will have to use something else like 8087. So if http://www.example.com points to your IIS server (because 80 is the default port for http) then http://www.example.com:8087 will point to the poker server. I wouldn't recommend an iframe though as iPhones don't handle them well. I would just create a button that launches the poker site.

[ashishbhojani_mrm]

I have created the new site in IIS, but what will be the Physical Path for that Site ?
Do we need to show the client in iFrame as you have shown in FAQ 3 ?
or Directly by assigning Public IP Address with Port to the Domain Name will work ?

Keep in mind that if you run IIS (or any web server) on the same machine as Poker Mavens, the domain name applies to both of them but they run on different ports. Typically the IIS web server will have port 80 (and/or 443 for SSL) and thus Poker Mavens will have to use something else like 8087. So if http://www.example.com points to your IIS server (because 80 is the default port for http) then http://www.example.com:8087 will point to the poker server. I wouldn't recommend an iframe though as iPhones don't handle them well. I would just create a button that launches the poker site.

Thanks Kent.
I understood now. So There is no need to create any site which points to the Maven Server.
We directly need to redirect to the http://www.example.com:8087 from a button in HTML Page.

I have applied the changes and it worked.

[Kent Briggs]

I understood now. So There is no need to create any site which points to the Maven Server.

Correct, a web server like IIS is not required at all, unless you want to build a web site around the poker server for other functions. If the web server is turned off you can change your File Port setting to 80 and then you don't need to include the port number in the URL.