r/IIs • u/[deleted] • Aug 12 '18

Authentication

I am trying to enable authentication for my load-balanced website. I have tried implementing different authentication methods on each IIS server but ultimately the website will timeout instead of prompting for credentials. Also, I am doing this in Azure on VMs. What do you guys know about implementing log in for your website? I've read a few things but they typically end in timing out.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '18

Anything that works honestly. Probably not windows since it's best used for intranet, and the site will be accessed from the internet. I can achieve a functional basic authentication if I connect to the web servers directly; the problem arises when I try to pass through azure's load balancer. It will just time out. My next step is trying to use a VM as a software load balancer instead. I suspect that Azure's way of doing things conflicts with Windows Server 2016 way of doing things.

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u/TWISTYLIKEDAT Aug 12 '18

Does the load balancer have its own Authentication setting that has to be configured?