{"id":9529,"date":"2021-02-12T11:22:10","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T11:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/?p=9529"},"modified":"2024-04-23T14:16:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T13:16:24","slug":"set-domain-name-to-iis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/set-domain-name-to-iis\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Set a Domain Name to IIS(Internet Information Server) on Windows Server?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Steps to Set a Domain Name to IIS<\/h3>\n<p>Now you are ready to set domain name manually from your Windows Server IIS. You can follow these steps to add a domain:<\/p>\n<p>1. Click on the <strong>Windows<\/strong> icon on the desktop and then click on <strong>Control Panel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/control-panel-new-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"633\" height=\"685\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2. Under <strong>Adjust your computer&#8217;s settings<\/strong>, click on <strong>System and Security<\/strong>. Next click on<strong> Administrative Tools<\/strong> and double-click on <strong>Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11671\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/iis-manager-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"781\" height=\"591\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3. Double-click on your server name, go to <strong>Sites <\/strong>and from the top-right hand-side corner, under <strong>Actions<\/strong> click on<strong> Add Website<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11672\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/add-website-min-1024x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>4. An <strong>Add Website <\/strong>window will get displayed as shown below:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11674\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/add-website-window-1-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"587\" height=\"569\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enter your domain name<strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Set the <strong>Physical path<\/strong> by browsing the site file that usually lies in <strong>inetpub<\/strong> folder.<\/li>\n<li>Select the <strong>Type<\/strong> and<strong> IP address<\/strong> fields to use for this website, set <strong>TCP Port = 80<\/strong>, <strong>Hostname,<\/strong> leave it blank if this is dedicated IP otherwise enter <strong>\u201cwww.yourdomain.com\u201d<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>OK<\/strong> and the website will start automatically as below:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/site-launched-new-min-1024x529.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"529\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11721\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/browse-new-min-1024x536.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" \/><\/p>\n<p>5. For testing your website, right click on <strong>your domain -&gt; Manage Website -&gt; Browse<\/strong>. Your website will get displayed.<\/p>\n<p>In this way, you can set a domain name to IIS on Windows Server.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steps to Set a Domain Name to IIS Now you are ready to set domain name manually from your Windows Server IIS. You can follow these steps to add a domain: 1. Click on the Windows icon on the desktop and then click on Control Panel. 2. 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