Hi All
Recently I installed FileMaker server 12 on dedicated server (windows server 2003). It use IIS 6.0 as web publishing engine. This Application use ODBC, XML, IWP for it own functions. Installation was stright forward. the local IP address is 192.168.1.9. To find out if the FileMaker is running fine You can check that with handy tools available in administrator console. Just by clicking test it will run web browser with localhost/fmi-test/test.xml. To check all datase and work on it we use localhost/fmi/iwp and that brings you to logon screen.
In the network we have few other PC's. They will comunicate with The server through 192.168.1.9/fmi/iwp or eventually if neccessary we can use 192.168.1.9:16000 and this allow you an access to admin concole for FM if you need to upload the database.
The desired efect is to be able comunicate with the FM and I got 3/4 of it:
1. In local network get to admin console: 192.168.1.9:16000 - Yes, it works
2. In local network get acces to application: 192.168.1.9/fmi/iwp - Yes, it works
3. On global network via internet get to admin console: global_IP:16000 - Yes, it works
4. On global network via internet get access to application: global_IP/fmi/iwp - Well... this does not work :(
In point 4 I'm getting "503 Service unavailable" and I never saw what is comming up in point no.2. Now I know it means that the server might be to bussy or something but there is actually no one connected to that and the server is dedicate only for FM. I think there is something either with:
- the IIS setup
- The firewall setting - We have a hardware firewall and I had to do some port forwarding but to be unest the service on port 16000 on global connection is working perfect and every other sevices and ports needed for FileMaker had been forwarded the same way (there is no doubth) so if 16000 is working so shold be with others and that includes port 80. There is no other service running on port 80 (unless OWA but I don't think so).
I need to mention a bit about network: cable router is giving us External global IP (no firewal for suire), that connectct to Hardware Firewal. From firewall there is two outgoing connections: one is the the work server (main server for common busines application and that is NOT server for FM), second is the rest of the network (switch) together with dedicated server for FM.
If more info needed, just ask. All I want to see is working state over global connection.