IIS 8 URL Redirect on site level

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I am trying to do a simple 301 perm redirect to another url in IIS 8. The end results would be if i navigated to domain2.com i would end up on domain1.com.

We are moving from IIS 6 to a new server and have aprox 600+ sites that will be configured on this IIS 8 box. All of these sites run a proprietary CMS and are looking at the same directory for source code.
In IIS 6 i would just go to the Home directory tab of each site and check the box that says "Permanent Redirect" and provide a URL. With IIS 8 there is "HTTP Redirect" and this looks like it would do the trick but it is being applied to all the sites in IIS 8 that share the same source code directory. Not on the site level like it use to be in IIS 6. I also looked into URL Rewriting module for IIS 8 but it seems to take rules in the style of a firewall and i am not sure if i could effectively create rules that would cater to 600+ sites.

I am looking for the easiest way to have redirects on my site level so that that customers with multiple domains can have there sites redirect to there main domain for seo purposes. I feel like this was so easily achieved in IIS 6 that i must be overlooking something in the new version.

Best Answer

I have a solution. I am not sure if this is the best way to accomplish this but to get around this had to create a unique directory and a separate site in IIS 8. I configure the redirects for that site and since it is pointing at unique directory the settings do not carry across to other sites in IIS 8.

Related Solutions

Ssl – Multiple Sites with SSL on IIS6

You can't use virtual hosts with SSL, so to host two sites both using SSL you have to have 2 ip addresses, each one with a specific host and ssl cert bound to it.

In short you need 2 ip addresses on your server, one bound to domain1.com, and one bound to domain2.com, and 2 IIS sites one for domain1.com, and one for domain2.com. They can both serve up the same content, but will need to be separate sites.

Apache supports something called SNI (see here) which allows you to do vhosts with SSL but this isn't support by IIS currently.

Iis – Domain redirection to specific page in IIS

Another option is to do it using the appcmd.exe command, using command prompt.
The above commands should do the job.
This commands are also useful to create any kind of redirection.
The url rewrite module is a requirement. It has to be installed on your IIS.
This commands are running without problems on my Windows Server 2012 machine.

C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe set config "%domain%" -section:system.webServer/rewrite/rules /+"[name='Redirect_To_www',enabled='True']" >> output.out
C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe set config "%domain%" -section:system.webServer/rewrite/rules -[name='Redirect_To_www'].match.url:"(.*)" >> output.out
C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe set config "%domain%" -section:system.webServer/rewrite/rules -[name='Redirect_To_www'].match.ignoreCase:true >> output.out

C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe set config "%domain%" -section:system.webServer/rewrite/rules -[name='Redirect_To_www'].conditions.logicalGrouping:"MatchAny" >> output.out
C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe set config "%domain%" -section:system.webServer/rewrite/rules /+"[name='Redirect_To_www'].conditions.[input='{HTTP_HOST}',pattern='^www\.([.a-zA-Z0-9\-]+)$',negate='true']" >> output.out

C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe set config "%domain%" -section:system.webServer/rewrite/rules -[name='Redirect_To_www'].action.type:"Redirect" >> output.out
C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe set config "%domain%" -section:system.webServer/rewrite/rules -[name='Redirect_To_www'].action.url:"http://www.{HTTP_HOST}/{R:0}" >> output.out
C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe set config "%domain%" -section:system.webServer/rewrite/rules -[name='Redirect_To_www'].action.appendQueryString:true >> output.out
C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe set config "%domain%" -section:system.webServer/rewrite/rules -[name='Redirect_To_www'].action.redirectType:"Permanent" >> output.out

Hope that helps.

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