Redirect to different domain in using IIS URL Redirect Module not redirecting

Question

I'm using IIS 8.5 with the URL Redirect module installed.

My use case is that we have a defunct web site (www.xyz.com) and would like all requests to this site be redirected to another site (www.123.com). In the web.config of www.xyz.com I've added the following code:

<system.webServer>
  <rewrite>
    <globalRules>
      <rule name="Redirect to 123.com" stopProcessing="true" enabled="true">
        <match url="(.*)" ignoreCase="true" />
        <action type="Redirect" url="http://www.123.com/" redirectType="Permanent" />
      </rule>
    </globalRules>
  </rewrite>
</system.webServer>

I don't get any errors but I don't get a redirect either. It just goes to www.xyz.com as always. What am I missing to get this redirect to work?

Thanks

Answer 1

The first thing to check is, does DNS for www.xyz.com point to the same IP address as www.123.com? Sorry for asking here in an "Answer", but I don't have enough points to add a comment yet.

Second, assuming number one is correct, your rewrite rule has no conditions specified so it would do this redirect for every request to your site, even if the URL already specified www.123.com. Try this instead:

<system.webServer>
  <rewrite>
    <rules>
      <rule name="Redirect to 123.com" stopProcessing="true" enabled="true">
        <match url="(.*)" ignoreCase="true" />
        <conditions>
          <add input="{HTTP_HOST}" pattern="^www\.xyz\.com$" />
        </conditions>
        <action type="Redirect" url="http://www.123.com/" redirectType="Permanent" />
      </rule>
    </rules>
  </rewrite>
</system.webServer>