Is it possible to set the default web site to redirect to a virtual directory in IIS

Question

Can you set up a website to make a default redirect to a virtual directory?

I tried to do this but it overrode every single website in my setup to that redirect.

I want to be able to open http://mywebsite/ and have that redirect somewhere.

crb · Answer 1 · 2009-06-15 01:44:55Z

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IIS 7 introduces URL rewriting which lets you easily build a rule to do this redirect.

answered Jun 15 '09 at 1:44

crb
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	but when I did this it overrode every single virtual directory. I didn't select override all my virtual directories but it still did it. – Spence Jun 15 '09 at 2:02
	Metabase keys are inherited by default, so if you set this key on your root, and none override it, it may get inherited. I would consider it a bug that this does not work the way you expected. If I'd have known you did this already I would have suggested one of the redirect options (JavaScript or ASP). – crb Jun 15 '09 at 12:28

John Rennie · Answer 2 · 2009-06-15 07:48:20Z

I would do the redirection from /default.asp. You can use something like:

<%
' code to check the request here
...
' Redirect to directory of your choice
response.redirect "http://myserver/somedir/"
%>

Though note that this won't be transparent to the user. They will see the URL they typed in change.

JR

Tim Green · Answer 3 · 2009-06-15 01:45:16Z

Have you tried editing/creating the Default.html in your wwwroot folder?

The following Javascript will redirect to where you want:

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
    window.location = "http://mywebsite/virtualfolder"
//-->
</script>

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