= Create Manual WebSite in IIS = **Summary**: How to manually create a website in IIS \\ **Date**: Around 2017 \\ **Refactor**: 1 March 2025: Checked links and formatting. \\ {{tag>iis webdesign}} I needed to create a redirect in a local environment, as a temporary solution, so end-users could access a specific website using a short url. The url was already made available through dns and was simply: http://applicationtest. > Note that if this is not already done you can add the following line in your hosts file {{{C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts}}} when testing: {{{10.10.10.10 applicationtest}}} where 10.10.10.10 is the IP address of the server running IIS. = Create an IIS Website Manually = Follow the steps below to manually create a website for applicationtest: * Add Application Pool * In IIS Manger, go to Application Pools, right click and select "Add Application Pool" * Set the name to "ApplicationTest" and leave all other setting default, and click OK to create the Application Pool * Add a new website * In IIS Manager, go to Sites, right click and select "Add Website" * Set the Site name to "ApplicationTest" * Select the Application Pool "ApplicationTest" * Set the physical path to C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ApplicationTest (you have to create the folder using the "New Folder" button) * Under Binding, set the Host name to "applicationtest" * Click OK when done * Add a website to redirect * Go to C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ApplicationTest and right click to create a new text file * Name the file index.html * Open the file as an administrator with a text editor and enter the following text: ApplicationTest Redirect

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