Hello,
I'm relatively new to configuring IIS settings and would really appreciate an educated opinion on how best to do what I'm needing. Seems basic but I don't want to mess anything up already working!....
Here's what I have:
Running IIS 7 and have installed a few peices of software our team uses internally to create and publish documents that we are wanting to make public online. When I installed the software and various components that allow us to push items public (called the web adapter) I installed them under the default website. So when in IIS 7 and expand under the default website tree you see all of my software folders.
I then created a new site with the sub domain we are wanting to use (ie. name.domain.com) for publishing to the web. I had thought we were going to be able to simply take our exported documents and place them in the new site I created, and push live to the world. doesn't work that way with this software. I now understand they have to be in the same site as the software and adapter. Simply put, I know need to make the default website my name.domain.com and remove the previous new site setup.
Is this as easy as just removing the existing site I already setup (name.domain.com), and then selecting the default web site under sites in IIS 7, choosing bindings... from the right hand actions menu, and configuring the exact same setup as I did for the first site i created, and then do the same for basic settings? Or will it not work that way?
Can I do that to the default site and not mess up everything else installed under that or will it not effect it at all? The alternative would be to remove all existing software and re-install it under my existing name.domain.com setup, but would like to avoid this option if possible for a number of reasons...
Would really appreciate anyone's input as what my best option is here and how to properly set up the existing site as the defualt site, and get them live.
Thanks, MR.