IIS (10) Reverse Proxy

1. Install IIS Role on Windows (Server) 

 

 Open Server Manager 

 Go to Manage ->  Add Roles and Features 

 Select  Role-based or feature-based installation 

 Select your Server 

 Enable  Webserver (IIS) 

 Click Next until the Assistant is done 

 

 2. Install  ARR  and  URL Rewrite  Module 

 The "Application Request Routing" Module is required for the Reverse Proxy Behavior 

 

 Download ARR from:  Here and Install it. 

 Download URL Rewrite from: Here  and install it 

 

 After that, start  cmd.exe  as Administrator and run  iisreset 

 3. Enable ARR in IIS Manager 

 

 Start the IIS Manager Application (Server Manager -> Tools ->  Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager ) 

 Click on your Server and Select  Application Request Routing Cache 

 On the right side, click  Server Proxy Settings  and check  Enable Proxy 

 

 4. Setup Reverse Proxy Rule 

 

 Open or create your Site 

 Click on  URL Rewrite 

 On the right side, click  Add Rule(s) 

 Select  Blank rule  at  Inbound Rules 

 Give your Rule a Name

 

 Pattern Use a Regex Pattern here that matches whatever URL you want to r' proxy Example: Everything after the URL:  ^(.*)$ 

 Action Rewrite URL is your Target Webserver With the Pattern specified above, it will capture a Part of it using Regex. With the Example, everything after your URL. With this, an example Rewrite Url would be:  http://localhost:16666/your-application/{R:1} {R:1}  is your first captured result. 

 

 

 Apply and restart your Site.