Create a Web Site (IIS 7)

Van toepassing op: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista

When you want to publish content for access over the Internet or an intranet connection, you can add a
Web site to your Web server to hold the content.

During IIS 7 installation, a default Web site configuration is created in the \Inetpub\Wwwroot directory
on your Web server. You can either use this default directory to publish your Web content, or create a
directory at a file system location of your choice.

When you add a Web site in IIS 7, a site entry is created in the ApplicationHost.config file. The entry
specifies the network binding for the site, maps the site to a location in the file system, and optionally
specifies user credentials for content access.

Prerequisites
For information about the levels at which you can perform this procedure, and the modules, handlers,
and permissions that are required to perform this procedure, see Sites Feature Requirements (IIS 7).

Exceptions to feature requirements

• None

To add a Web site

You can perform this procedure by using the user interface (UI), by running Appcmd.exe commands in a
command-line window, by editing configuration files directly, or by writing WMI scripts.

User Interface
To use the UI
1. Open IIS Manager. For information about opening IIS Manager, see Open IIS Manager (IIS 7).
For information about navigating to locations in the UI, see Navigation in IIS Manager (IIS 7).

2. In the Connections pane, right-click the Sites node in the tree, and then click Add Web Site.

3. In the Add Web Site dialog box, type a friendly name for your Web site in the Web site
name box.

4. Click Select if you want to select a different application pool than the one listed in
the Application Pool box. In the Select Application Pool dialog box, select an application
pool from the Application Pool list and then click OK.

5. In the Physical path box, type the physical path of the Web site's folder, or click the browse
button (...) to navigate the file system to find the folder.

6. If the physical path that you entered in step 5 is to a remote share, click Connect as to specify
credentials that have permission to access the path. If you do not use specific credentials, select
the Application user (pass-thru authentication) option in the Connect As dialog box.

7. Select the protocol for the Web site from the Type list.

8. The default value in the IP address box is All Unassigned. If you must specify a static IP
address for the Web site, type the IP address in the IP address box.

9. Type a port number in the Port text box.

10. Optionally, type a host header name for the Web site in the Host Header box.

11. If you do not have to make any changes to the site, and you want the Web site to be
immediately available, select the Start Web site immediately check box.
 12. Click OK.
Command Line
To add a site, use the following syntax:

appcmd add site /name: string /id: uint /physicalPath: string /bindings: string

The variable name string is the name, and the variable id uint is the unsigned integer that you want to
assign to the site. The variables name string and id uint are the only variables that are required when
you add a site in Appcmd.exe.

Note

When you add a site without specifying the values for the bindings and physicalPath attributes, the site will not be able
The variable physicalPath string is the path of the site content in the file system.

The variable bindings string contains information that is used to access the site, and it should be in the
form of protocol/IP_address:port:host_header. For example, a Web site binding is the combination of
protocol, IP address, port, and host header. A binding of http/*:85:enables a Web site to listen for HTTP
requests on port 85 for all IP addresses and domain names (also known as host headers or host names).
On the other hand, a binding of http/*:85:marketing.contoso.com enables a Web site to listen for
HTTP requests on port 85 for all IP addresses and the domain name marketing.contoso.com.

To add a Web site named contoso with an ID of 2 that has content in c:\contoso, and that listens for
HTTP requests on port 85 for all IP addresses and a domain name of marketing.contoso.com, type the
following at the command prompt, and then press ENTER:

appcmd add site /name: contoso /id:2

/physicalPath: c:\contoso /bindings:http/*:85: marketing.contoso.com

For more information about Appcmd.exe, see Appcmd.exe (IIS 7).

Configuration
The procedure in this topic affects the following configuration elements:

<site>

<application>

<virtualDirectory>

<bindings>

For more information about IIS 7 configuration, see IIS 7.0: IIS Settings Schema on MSDN.
Start or Stop a Web Site (IIS 7)
Van toepassing op: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista

You might stop a Web site for health or performance reasons, or to add or delete content. If a Web site is
stopped, you can restart it.

Prerequisites
For information about the levels at which you can perform this procedure, and the modules, handlers,
and permissions that are required to perform this procedure, see Sites Feature Requirements (IIS 7).

Exceptions to feature requirements

• None

To start or stop a Web site

You can perform this procedure by using the user interface (UI), by running Appcmd.exe commands in a
command-line window, or by writing WMI scripts.

User Interface
To use the UI
1. Open IIS Manager and navigate to the level you want to manage. For information about opening
IIS Manager, see Open IIS Manager (IIS 7). For information about navigating to locations in the
UI, see Navigation in IIS Manager (IIS 7).

2. In Features View, in the Actions pane, use one of the following procedures:

• Under Manage Web Site, click Start to start the Web site.

• Under Manage Web Site, click Stop to stop the Web site.

Command Line
To start or stop a Web site, use the following syntax:

appcmd start | stop site /site.name:string

The variable string is the name of the Web site that you want to start or stop.

For example, to stop a Web site named contoso, type the following at the command prompt, and then
press ENTER:

appcmd stop site /site.name: contoso

For more information about Appcmd.exe, see Appcmd.exe (IIS 7).

Configuration
The procedure in this topic affects the following configuration elements:

None

For more information about IIS 7 configuration, see IIS 7.0: IIS Settings Schema on MSDN.

WMI
Use the following WMI classes, methods, or properties to perform this procedure:

• Site.Start method
• Site.Stop method