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Why does Stadium need an Internet connection?

An internet connection is used in both the installer and in the deployment of applications.

In the installer, it is used to download and install prerequisites that might not yet be installed or be present in the environment.

During deployment (when you deploy the application you built in the Designer to Stadium Server), the connection is used to restore NuGet packages used in the application which is being deployed.

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How to use Stadium in Offline Mode

Stadium Server (since version 6.0.2949) has the option to run in 'Offline Mode'.

Follow the steps below to enable 'Offline Mode'.

Pre-installation Prerequisites

This section can be ignored if Stadium Server has already been installed.

Install the following before installing Stadium Server on an environment without an internet connection:

• ISS - Install IIS before you install the Windows Hosting Bundle. You don't have to select any features inside of IIS as Stadium will install all the features it needs.
• Node.js
• .NET 4.8 Runtime
• .NET Core 2.2 SDK
• ASP.NET Core 2.2 Runtime - Windows Hosting Bundle

Post-installation

Do the following after Stadium Server has been installed.

1. Extract packages.zip to a local folder on the server where Stadium Server is installed
2. Add the path where the packages were extracted to in Step 1 to the Settings.config file:
   
   < add key="NuGetPackagesSourcePath" value="C:\Program Files\Twenty57 Stadium 6 Server\local packages" / >
   
   

Note:
The Settings.config file is generally found at C:\Program Files\Twenty57\ Stadium 6 Server\Settings.config.