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This post explains how to map domain names with IIS web site

Assumptions:

• We have IIS hosted on a server with static IP and internet access (:|)
• We own a public domain name (:|) which is to be mapped (:|)

For demo, I am assuming following values

• server IP address : 222.222.222.222
• public domain name to be mapped: map.jyotsna.com

Please note that these values are for demostration purpose only. I, in no way, own these.

To do: For IIS version 7

1. Add and ‘A’ record to your DNS settings with value = IP of server. So my “A” record for jyotsna.com has value = 222.222.222.222
2. Create a web site in IIS – if needed. For demostration, I am going to use “Default Web Site”
3. Select the web site and choose bindings in Actions pane.
4. In the Site Bindings dialog box, select the binding for which you want to add a host header and then click Edit or click Add to add a new binding with a host header.
5. In the Host name box, type a host header for the site, which in my case is map.jyotsna.com
   
   

   IIS 7 edit website binding

6. Click on OK/ Apply to close all windows. There is NO NEED to restart IIS to reflect the changes.

To do: For IIS version 5.1 till 6

1. Add and ‘A’ record to your DNS settings with value = IP of server. So my “A” record for jyotsna.com has value = 222.222.222.222
2. Create a web site in IIS – if needed. For demostration, I am going to use “Default Web Site”
3. Right click the concerned web site -> properties. In the “Web Site” tab, click on “Advanced” button.

   

4. In “Multiple identities for this Web Site” section, click “Add” button.

   

5. You now need to mention three values
   
• IP Address – this is IP address of the server. In my case it will be 222.222.222.222
• TCP port – I want this website to be available on map.jyotsna.com irrespective of the actual IIS port assigned to “Default web site”. Hence I am going to specify 80. If I wanted the site to be available on map.jyotsna.com:666, I would have specified 666 as this value.
• Host Header Name – map.jyotsna.com
6. Click on OK/ Apply to close all windows. There is NO NEED to restart IIS to reflect the changes.

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