Follow the steps below to install a Big Commerce Connector or a Shopify Connector above version 2.0.

Install the connector as hosted service on an IIS website

The hosted service requires IIS to have the “.NET Runtime” installed. On Windows, installing the Hosting Bundle version.

• ASP.NET Core 6 Download .NET 6.0 Runtime:
  • BigCommerce Connector all versions.
  • Shopify Connector version 2.1.x
• ASP.NET Core 8 https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/8.0/runtime?cid=getdotnetcore&os=windows&arch=x64:
  • Shopify Connector version 2.2.x

Unzip all the files from “Perfion Connector for <connector name> - x.y.z.zip“ to the location for the IIS website e.g. “C:\inetpub\wwwroot\BigCommerceConnector”.

Make sure IIS user has full control of AppData folder as it needs to write to this folder.

Create a website

Enable Application Initialization and set

Set “Start Mode” to “AlwaysRunning” and “Idle Time-out” to “0” at the Application Pool

Set Perload Enabled = True at the web site

Install a Perfion API

Install a Perfion API and create an Access token in Perfion. Set the “GetDataUri” and “PerfionToken“ and E-Commerce “Channel” in the appsettings.json file. See the Perfion API guide.

The Perfion API must be installed as a secure website (HTTPS). If the Perfion API runs with a self signed certificate, make sure the BigCommerce Connector has access to this certificate e.g. install the self signed certificate as a “Trusted root certification authorities“ via Microsoft Management Console (MMC.exe).