Iis – Can’t find IIS Rewrite Rule in Config XML

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I created a new URL rewrite rule through the IIS manager GUI. But when I browse to the site config XML file, I don't see any rewrite rules even though I have confirmed the rewrite is working. I had expected that the rewrite GUI would generate the corresponding XML in the config file. Is that not how it works?

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When adding a rewrite rules to a site it should save it in the site's web.config.

One reason I can think of why you don't see it there, is that you added the rule on the server level rather than the site level.

When done on the server level it is saved in the ApplicationHost.config file.

 %systemroot%\System32\inetsrv\config\applicationHost.config

You can also define it on the folder level, it that case it is saved in a web.config file inside that folder.

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A redirect will send a client-side redirect, but that won't work since 192.168.1.11 is an internal IP that can't be accessed publicly.

What you need is ARR: http://www.iis.net/expand/ApplicationRequestRouting. It's a reverse proxy and will take the public request and forward it on to the internal server. This is the middle man between the client and the internal server. It leverages IIS and URL Rewrite so you're already much of the way there.

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The patterns are relative to the root of the site, not including the domain name, so in this case, the pattern should be:

^test\.html

This will match http://example.com/test.html and then apply the rules you have set for it.

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