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How to setup a website in IIS7 (Internet Information Server)

September 19th, 2009

1. To get started, lets
goto the Server Manager and open up the IIS manager. You can do this by
going to Start -> Administrative Tools -> Internet Information Services
(IIS) Manager.

2.Once IIS Manager opens,
expand out the web server and then expand the Sites folder. Right click
on sites and then click on Add Web Site

3. In the Add Web Site
window we have some basic information to fill out for a static site:

Site Name – Name of the site, this will be
either domain.com or *.domain.com (Where * would represent a sub
domain name such as www or blog for example).
Physical Path – The location on the local
server that will hold the files for the website. If you did not set
this up beforehand you can create a folder through this interface.
Type – choose either http or https depending
on whether your site will use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) certificate
or not.
IP Address – From the dropdown you can
specify what IP the website should answer on or use the default
switch of All Unassigned. Now, if you have multiple IP addresses,
you can simply choose the one you wish to assign to the website as
well. Lastly, if you even neeed to change the IP address, you can do
so by going back and clicking on binding’s, which will take you to
the section that allows IP address changes.
Host Name – If you would like this site to
respond to other domain names you can put these here.

4. That’s it. You’ve just configured your
first website in IIS7. While it is a bit different from IIS6, the
process is still the same.