i have hosted the one website "www.example1.com" in port 443(https) in IIS 7. now i bought a new domain for "www.example2.com" for same IP. i would like to host the another website in this domain(www.example2.com) in port 443(i already used port 443 for "www.example1.com").
How can i do this? Is this possible to host two domains in port 443 in same IP? If yes could anyone please let me know the right way to do this? I am using IIS 7.
It CAN be done.
SSL Host Headers in IIS 7 allow you to use one SSL certificate for multiple IIS websites on the same IP address. Through the IIS Manager interface, IIS only allows you to bind one site on each IP address to port 443 using an SSL certificate. If you try to bind a second site on the IP address to the same certificate, IIS 7 will give you an error when starting the site up stating that there is a port conflict. In order to assign a certificate to be used by multiple IIS sites on the same IP address, you will need to set up SSL Host Headers by following the instructions below.
What Type of SSL Certificate Do You Need?
Because you can only use one certificate, that certificate needs to work with all the hostnames of the websites that you use it with (otherwise you will receive a name mismatch error). For example, if each of your IIS 7 websites uses a subdomain of a single common domain name (like in the example below), you can get a Wildcard Certificate for *.mydomain.com and it will secure site1.mydomain.com, site2.mydomain.com, etc.
If, on the other hand, your IIS 7 sites all use different domain names (mail.mydomain1.com, mail.mydomain2.com, etc.), you will need to get a Unified Communications Certificate (also called a SAN certificate).
Setting up SSL Host Headers on IIS 7
Obtain an SSL certificate and install it into IIS 7. For step-by-step instructions on how to do this, see Installing an SSL Certificate in Windows Server 2008 (IIS 7.0).
Once the certificate is installed into IIS, bind it to the first site on the IP address.
Open the command prompt by clicking the start menu and typing “cmd” and hitting enter.
Navigate to C:\Windows\System32\Inetsrv\ by typing “cd C:\Windows\System32\Inetsrv\” on the command line.
In the Inetsrv folder, run the following command for each of the other websites on the IP address that need to use the certificate (copy both lines):
appcmd set site /site.name:"<IISSiteName>" /+bindings.[protocol='https',bindingInformation='*:443:<hostHeaderValue>']
Replace <IISSiteName> with the name of the IIS site and <hostHeaderValue> with the host header for that site (site1.mydomain.com)
Test each website in a browser. It should bring up the correct page and show the lock icon without any errors. If it brings up the web page of the first IIS site, then SSL Host Headers haven’t been set up correctly.
in iis 7.5 or newer versions
- Sites > Add Website
- Site Name: example2.com
- Physical Path: select directory
- Binding: same ip as example.com
- Host name: example2.com
then in binding check this for both websites
You can't in IIS7 - each HTTPS binding requires a unique IP/port combination because the Host Header cannot be used to differentiate sites using SSL. This is because the host header is not visible during the SSL handshake.
Your workaround is to differentiate the sites by binding to a different external IP, or by binding to a port other than 443. Both options are less than ideal I know.
There's a great MSDN blog on this.
Fortunately IIS8 appears to have a solution in the form of Server Name Indication (SNI).
Interestingly this is not an IIS quirk, Apache has the same issue, as would any web server before the introduction of SNI.
I currently use IIS 6.0.
I have managed to set up multiple web sites using port 443 and different certificates.
From the IIS manager, go to the web site and edit site bindings.
Simply make sure that the Require Server Name Indication box is ticked and leave the IP address: as All Unassigned.
You now use the same port (443) for multiple sites by selecting the appropriate certificate for the site from the dropdown list of certificates.
We also host multiple sites in port 443 but we need UNIQUE IP addresses for each site.
You cannot bind multiple sites to port 443 using only one IP address.
Unless there is a work-around, but I'm not aware of any.
This article may help:
http://www.harbar.net/articles/ssl.aspx
If you are using a wildcard certificate, just use the format *.domainname.com in the friendly name and the IIS GUI will enable the hostname control for you when you are editing the binding.
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Firstly, I am more of a dev than admin. And I have always asked questions here. But please let me know if there is a better place to ask this question.
Here's my situation. I have an application that is built to run on linux. It serves both https (on port 443 using nginx) and ssh (on port 22). But due to organizational restrictions, I am forced to run it on a windows host with a linux guest using virtual box. Also, there is another web application on the host box; both these web applications should be served based on the URL (example: app1.com, app2.com). URLs need to be preserved. All ssh traffic can default to guest.
One idea I have to make this work is below, and I would like to know
if I am making this more complicated than it should be. Any help is appreciated.
Steps:
Use an unused port for https (say 8443) on my host and redirect all
traffic to the guest. Use NAT based port forwarding (8443 -> 443, 22 -> 22)
in Virtualbox.
The only thing left would be to setup another nginx on
the host as a reverse proxy. Set up virtual hosts on windows
(/etc/hosts) and have the two IP and URL entries (app1.com and app2.com).
Use a separate nginx on the host as a reverse proxy to redirect app1 traffic
to the web app on the host and app2 traffic to 8443.
Questions:
Can I avoid the extra nginx reverse proxy on the host while preserving the URL?
Also what about ssl. Can I just set up https on the host and route it to port 80 on guest and avoid having two certs? Note: I am using NAT in Virtualbox, so there should not be any security issues I guess.
This is an administration question, and the user posted the identical question to serverfault, where it was answered: https://serverfault.com/questions/835220/multiple-web-applications-same-vm-vs-multiple-vms
I have a server that running IIS7 and DNS server.
I have 2 domains:
www.mydomain1.com
www.mydomain2.com
I want to visitors from internet coming without port of this sites. What may i do for this?
If I understand your question correctly, you need to set up two separate websites within IIS, and configure the bindings on each site - select the Bindings option and specify the correct hostname, for each site.
Note - this will only work for HTTP sites; if you want to route HTTPS to each site, they'll each need a unique IP address as you cannot setup hostname bindings for secure sites.
I have created a website and set it up on IIS on a Windows Server 2008 R2 which is on the local network. What should I do to be able to access that website by typing its name in the browser from client machine? Right now there're only two sites: One is the Default Website and the other one is my newly created one. If I type this IP in the browser of a remote computer, which has access to the server, the default website opens. If I add https:// to the ip address I get directed to my website. This means the website opened is decided upon the protocol (http or https). What if I add another website that would require SSL?
Actually the site you browse to is not decided by the protocol, it's decided by the port. By default HTTPS is port 443, and HTTP is port 80.
So if you have an HTTPS and HTTP protocol added to a website in IIS, you've created bindings for these two ports automatically.
This is visible by going into IIS clicking "Sites" from the "Connections" section in the left pane and then looking at the "Bindings" column in the center pane.
If you create another website on the host which uses SSL you would have to assign it to a different port.
To browse to that new SSL website you would have to enter the port when browsing to it.
e.g. https://serverName:444
(You don't have to enter default ports, 80 & 443, your browser automatically infers which to use from the protocol type and adds them if no other is present)
This is inconvient for users so people get around this by registering domain names such as stackoverflow.com and pointing them to the address with the port e.g. https://stackoverflow.com:444, so users don't have to enter port numbers.
Have you added the website address to the host file which sits in the drives folder of the system32. If you add the website name against the IP in the host file you should be able to access it using the name rather than than IP address
Something like this- 10.18.20.108 test.stackoverflow.com
How can I access different websites hosted on my local IIS 7.5 (using different bindings) from my ipv4 address?
My system32\drivers\etc\host file has my binding names mapped to 127.0.0.1
In IIS, I have the normal "Default Web Site". Its binding hostname is empty, set to all unassigned ip address and port 80. On my network, I can access this site using the server ipv4 address like so : http://192.168.2.1/mySubSite/index.html where mySubSite is a child folder of the "Default Web Site". I can also access it locally using http://localhost/mySubSite/index.html
If I setup a second website in IIS using the same binding as the "Default Web Site" but using a hostname (say "site2"), I can access it locally using http://site2/mySubSite/index.html.
How can I access this second site on my network the same way I access the "Default Web Site" using the ip address? Is it possible?
the easiest way to do this is to change the port binding on each website. This takes minimal configuration and you can place a website on any port you want (I recommend ports over 1024...to a maximum of 65000)
For example, your default site will automatically be on port 80. Place site 2 on Port 2000. Then you can access your default site like you have above, and you can access site 2 with a similar url like http://192.168.2.1:2000/mySubSite/index.html. Notice the port is specified in the url using the :[port] at the end.
Yes, you can have multiple sites on the same IP address and port. It is called binding by domain name.
Open ISS and go to your first default site (one that is functional) and then go to edit bindings. You will see by default it states "http: Port 80 IP Address *"
Notice the hostname is blank? This is where you can tie a domain name to that exact port. Fill out domain name on both your site bindings. This means when someone comes in from that exact domain name, it knows where to forward traffic too. If port 80 inbound doesn't match either of those two domain names, it will default to w/e site has no bindings such as the "default site".
This is driving me nuts. I am trying to setup a webiste on our dev server with a specific url name www.mystpidsite.com as an example. mystupidsite is not the same name as the dev server.
1) specify a specific url to use for the website I create in IIS
2) run it and use that url to access it
I have:
1) created a new site in IIS 7 in Server 2008
2) attempted to access it via the site name which I set to the desired url and port 8888. So if we want it to be www.mystupidsite.com I setup the website name to mystupidsite in IIS 7.
3) I even tried to create an application under mystupidsite with the same name in IIS 7.
The server is definitely accessible and pingable on the network from my local PC, we have other stuff installed on this new server. Do I need to create an application or is just creating the website enough in IIS 7? I specified the IP as the server's IP in the website I made.
For the host name in the bindings of the site I put www.mystupidsite.com
when I try to access the site via www.mystupidsite.com it can't find it and the site in IIS7 on the dev server is running. It's running on a HyperV instance which is our dev server. Everything else has worked just fine. I just wnat to understand how to get a specific url by name setup.
Do I need to add something in the hosts file on the server or something?
You're not going to be able to have a site on your dev box answer to both the mystpidsite.com and mystupidsite.com domain names.
Unless you have the domains registered and have your domain's nameserver directing that name to your dev machine, IIS is only going to answer to requests either the machine name on the network or the IP address of your machine (in addition to 127.0.0.1 and localhost).
The only thing you're going to be able to do outside that scenario is set up two sites on two different ports on your machine and access them from http://localhost:80 and http://localhost:8888 (or network computer name equivalent).
you need to have an entry in dns to be able to hit the server when using www.mystupidsite.com
Because you have the site running on an alternate port you should be able to get to it by http://your-server-IP-address:8888
If you want to test it locally using the host name and do not have access to dns you can add the appropriate entries to the hosts file on your local machine (c:\windows\system 32\drivers\etc\hosts)
What happens when you type 'nslookup www.mystupidsite.com'? Do you get the IP address of the virtual server?
Do you have the windows firewall enabled on the server? if so, did you add an exception for port 8888?
add a default binding (no host header / blank) and try accessing it by IP