IIS Learning Path Day 2 - Creating a Website

Once development has came to an end, the content of the website need to be uploaded on a server. IIS provides an easy way to upload your website on the server throughout a wizard. By default, IIS creates a website for you called Default.html - a website which can be stopped later on.

Creating a website with the installation wizard

1. Click Start, then click Administative Tools and then select IIS.
2. Find where your sites are located and on the left pane right click the Sites node. Then select Add web Site.
3. The Add Web Site dialogue will then be displayed. Then type in a name for your website in the Web Site Name section.
4. Type in the physical path of the website's folder in the Physical path box. Alternatively, use the (...) browse button to navigate to the appropriate file path.
5. Then the domain of people who are going to visit your website need to be specified. To do that, click on the Connect as button. Alternative, click on the Application User.
6. To select a protocol for the website, then simply select one from the Type list.
7.  Then specify the appropriate IP address in the IP address box.
8. Specify the port number in the Port Number text box.
9. Optionally, type in a a host for your website in the Host Header
10. To make the website immedietely available to the public, then select Start Web site immediately.
11. Click OK to finish the set up

Creating a website from the terminal

In the terminal type the following:

appcmd add site /name: string /id: uint /physicalPath: string /bindings: string

name: The name of the website to be created

id: A unique id-number that you wish to assign your website to

physicalPath: The destination path from the file system for the website

bindings: It holds information for the host header, port number, protocols and IP address

Points taken from https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772350(v=ws.10).aspx