IIS Learning Path Day 1 - Listing websites

Listing Websites  on IIS

Websites in an IIS web server can be listed and provide useful information to the end user such as:

• Is the website still in operation?
• Site bindings
• Logs about the website
• Capability to change the site properties

How to list websites on an IIS server

There are two possible ways to list the websites on an IIS web server. The first one is the UI and the second one is the command line.

Listing websites from the UI

There are 3 possible ways to list your websites, depending on the version of IIS you are using

First

1. Click Start -> Administrative Tools -> IIS Manager
2. On the left pane expand the websites/site section
3. The websites on this server are now listed

Second

1. Click Start -> Right click on My Computer and click Manage
2. Click on Services and Applications
3. Expand the IIS section
4. Click on sites
5. The websites on this server are now listed

Third

1. Click Start -> Right click on My Computer and click Manage
2. From the options on the left panel, click Roles
3. Then click Web Server (IIS) and then click IIS
4. A new panel will open and on the left panel expand the name of your server and then click sites
5. The websites on this server are now listed

Listing sites from the command line

1. Click Start and open the command prompt
2. Type appcmd list site and press entrer
3. The sites for this server are now listed

To list websites with specific setting

In the command prompt type appcmd list site/ attribute: value and press enter