Configure SharePoint 2013 for Apps

This blog is part of Series : Comprehensive SharePoint 2013 Development Environment Installation and Configuration

Overview

This blog article discusses how to configure your environment for SharePoint 2013 Apps.

Reference: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fp161236.aspx

Steps

Create new Zone

Under your DNS, first create a forward lookup zone for the app domain name

Create a wildcard Alias (CNAME) record for the new domain name

Ensure Servers are started

Validate Service Applications

Create Subscripts Settings Service Application via Powershell

# Gets the name of the managed account and sets it to the variable $account for later use.

$account = Get-SPManagedAccount corp\spservices

# Creates an application pool for the Subscription Settings service application.
# Uses a managed account as the security account for the application pool.
# Stores the application pool as a variable for later use.

$appPoolSubSvc = New-SPServiceApplicationPool -Name SettingsServiceAppPool -Account $account

# Creates the Subscription Settings service application, using the variable to associate it with the application pool that was created earlier.
# Stores the new service application as a variable for later use.

$appSubSvc = New-SPSubscriptionSettingsServiceApplication –ApplicationPool $appPoolSubSvc –Name SettingsServiceApp –DatabaseName SettingsServiceDB

# Creates a proxy for the Subscription Settings service application.

$proxySubSvc = New-SPSubscriptionSettingsServiceApplicationProxy –ServiceApplication $appSubSvc

Configure App Domain

Set-spappdomain -appdomain "mydomainapps.com"

Set-spappSiteSubscriptionName -Name "app"

Configure the app URLs to use

From your VS.net 2012 create a new sample App