i currently use ARR (Application request routing) with a server farms of two server. My ARR is not currently setup with Host name affinity, but i would like to create a rewrite rule to redirect a specific web site request to a specific server in my web farm.
Is it possible ?
Thanks
Best Answer
Yes. When the ARR Server Farm is setup you can say 'yes' to create a new rule for you automatically, but then immediately rename the rule so that ARR doesn't continue to handle it. Otherwise if you make changes and later make a rule related change in ARR, it will blow away your tweaks.
Two good rules to use are {HTTP_HOST} for the domain name and {SERVER_ADDR} for the IP address. You can add conditions to the rules to catch only specific traffic.
I've put together a few blog and video blog posts on URL Rewrite that you may find useful: http://weblogs.asp.net/owscott/archive/tags/URL+Rewrite/default.aspx. I haven't covered ARR+URL Rewrite yet, but they'll be coming soon too.