Exploring IIS

Logging in IIS 8

Logging in IIS 8 Logging is used for keeping the information about Site or Application usage. This information will be used by developers while fixing any issues based on the type and detail of information provided in the log file. Enabling Logging For enabling the logging...

IP Address and Domain Restrictions in IIS 8

IP Address and Domain Restrictions in IIS 8 In this article, i will cover how to configure Dynamic IP Restrictions. Introduction IP Address and Domain Restrictions is one of the great built-in features of IIS 8. On configuring this feature allows website...

Server Certificates in IIS 8

Server Certificates in IIS 8 Certificates are part of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption. Server certificates enable users to confirm the identity of a Web server before they transmit sensitive data, such as a credit card number. Server certificates also contain the server's public...

How to access the site using domain name instead of localhost in IIS

How to access the site using domain name instead of localhost in IIS Whenever we host any website in IIS ( Internet Information Services ), we used to access the website with localhost or with that particular machine IP address in the way of http://localhost/TestSite/TestPage.aspx Did...

How to Setup a Basic Website in IIS 8

How to Setup a Basic Website in IIS 8 In general hosting part of the application is not done by developer but however in some scenario where the team size is small or we need to host the application on the local server, we developer does all the work. In this article, I am going to...

How to install IIS features on Windows 8

How to install IIS features on Windows 8 Windows 8 comes with a new version of IIS (Internet Information Services), version 8. Lets follow the following steps to install IIS features on Windows 8. #1. On the Start page search for Control Panel and select the same. #2. On...