This article explains the prerequisites and steps to install or upgrade to Citrix Director 7.x using the Director .msi file.
Note: Citrix recommends that you use the product installer instead of the .msi file.

Requirements

• Windows Server 2008 R2 or later
• IIS 7 or later
• .Net 4.5.1 or later

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Instructions

Note: If you are installing Director for the first time, follow New Installation instructions. If you are upgrading from an existing Director 7.x version to Director 7.y, follow the Upgrade Instructions.

New Installation of Director 7.x

Prerequisites:

• Install IIS. See the List of IIS features required section.
• Install Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.1.
• If installing Director 2311 or later, install URL Rewrite IIS module.

Installation steps:

1. Install Director 7.x from the .msi file.
2. Install the CitrixGroupPolicyManagement .msi file available in the Citrix Policy folder in XenDesktop DVD.

Post-installation steps:

• To configure Director with the Delivery Controller, run the command: 
  “C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Director\tools>DirectorConfig /ddc <FQDN/IPAddress-of-DDC>”

• For a successful log on to Director, register ASP.net with IIS. To do this, run the command: 
  “C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Director\tools>DirectorConfig.exe /registerdotnet”

• Create a rule in the Windows Firewall to allow communication from Port 80, 443, 2513, 5985.

Upgrade from Director 7.x to Director 7.y

Prerequisites:

• If upgrading from Director 7.0, 7.1, or 7.5, install .Net 4.5.1
• If upgrading from 2308 or earlier, install URL Rewrite IIS module.  

Installation steps:

• Install Director 7.x from the Director .msi file.

Post-installation steps:

• Run the command:
  “C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Director\tools\DirectorConfig.exe /upgrade”

Note: You must run the command with elevated administrative rights to be successful. Running this command is a prerequisite for availability of the latest Director configuration settings.

For more information, see Knowledge Centre article, CTX137990 - Citrix Director - DirectorConfig Tool.

List of required IIS features

To install IIS features, go to Server Manager, select Add Roles and Features, and select the following features from each category:
Web Server:

• Common HTTP Features:
  • Default Document
  • Directory Browsing
  • HTTP Errors
  • Static Content
  • HTTP Redirection
• Health and Diagnostics:
  • HTTP Logging
  • Logging Tools
  • Tracing
• Performance:
  • Static Content Compression
  • Dynamic Content Compression
• Security:
  • Request Filtering
  • Basic Authentication
  • Windows Authentication
• Application Development:
  • .Net Extensibility 4.5
  • ASP
  • ASP.NET 4.5
  • CGI
  • ISAPI Extensions
  • ISAPI Filters
  • Server side Includes
• Management Tools:
  • IIS 6 Management Compatibility:
    • IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility
    • IIS 6 Scripting Tools
    • IIS 6 WMI Compatibility
• IIS Management Scripts and Tools

 Apart from the IIS server role, enable the following features from the Features section in Server Manager:

.Net Framework 4.5 Features:

• WCF Services:

• HTTP Activation
• TCP Port sharing

Windows Process Activation Service:

• Process Model

• Configuration APIs