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Microsoft IIS 10.0 Cookbook

You're reading from   Microsoft IIS 10.0 Cookbook Task-oriented recipes to manage your web server with ease

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2017
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ISBN-13 9781787126671
Length 410 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ashraf Khan Ashraf Khan
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Preface 1. Integrating IIS 10.0 with Windows Server 2016 FREE CHAPTER 2. Creating an Application Pool in IIS 10.0 3. Hosting Multiple Websites on IIS 10.0 4. Constructing Virtual Directories in IIS 10.0 5. Installing HTTP/2 on IIS 10.0 6. Getting Your Wildcard Host Up and Running 7. Deploying IIS 10.0 on Nano Server 8. Configuring IIS Administration with PowerShell Cmdlets 9. Enabling ASP.NET Core with IIS on Nano Server 10. Installing and Configuring SSL Websites 11. Extending IIS 10.0 to FTP 12. Securing Your Websites on IIS 10.0 13. Managing and Troubleshooting IIS 10.0

Introduction

A virtual directory is a friendly name, or alias, for a physical directory on your IIS Server hard drive that does not reside in the home directory. Because an alias is usually shorter than the path of the physical directory, it is more convenient for users to type. A virtual directory appears to client browsers as if it is in the web server's root directory, even though it can physically reside somewhere else.

A virtual directory can be used for different websites' physical folders or different folders of the same website. A virtual directory's physical location can be on the same IIS server or a different server, and we can mount it on an existing website.

For example, you have website pages at different locations in IIS server, such as d:VD. You can create a virtual directory and use it in an existing website. If you have a different web application...

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