= 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
This page will redirect you to ApplicationTest in the cloud. If that fails, click the link below:
Application Test
= Useful Links =
* https://portal.databasemart.com/kb/a338/how-to-add-a-new-web-site-in-iis-manually.aspx
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