{"id":341,"date":"2019-02-22T04:44:23","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T04:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/24x7serversupport-blog\/?p=341"},"modified":"2019-02-22T04:44:23","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T04:44:23","slug":"convert-a-virtual-directory-to-a-website-in-iis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/convert-a-virtual-directory-to-a-website-in-iis\/","title":{"rendered":"Convert a virtual directory to a website in IIS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Steps to convert a virtual directory to a website:<\/h3>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>1. Open\u00a0<b>IIS<\/b>.<\/div>\n<div>2. Right-click\u00a0<b>Default Web Site<\/b>\u00a0(or name of the website newsite is running under) and select\u00a0<b>Manage Website<\/b>\u00a0&gt;\u00a0<b>Advanced Settings<\/b>.<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"342\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/image-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image.png?fit=513%2C313&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"513,313\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image.png?fit=300%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image.png?fit=513%2C313&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-342\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/24x7serversupport-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image-300x183.png?resize=300%2C183&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image.png?resize=300%2C183&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image.png?resize=239%2C146&amp;ssl=1 239w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image.png?resize=50%2C31&amp;ssl=1 50w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image.png?resize=123%2C75&amp;ssl=1 123w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image.png?w=513&amp;ssl=1 513w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>3. Click the\u00a0<b>Application Pool\u00a0<\/b>value and then the\u00a0<b>&#8230;<\/b>\u00a0button to select the application pool running New site<\/div>\n<div>4. Click the\u00a0<b>Physical Path<\/b>\u00a0value and then\u00a0<b>&#8230;\u00a0<\/b>button to select the directory where the New site application files are located.<\/div>\n<div>5. Click\u00a0<b>OK<\/b>.<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"343\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/image1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image1.png?fit=448%2C548&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"448,548\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image1.png?fit=245%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image1.png?fit=448%2C548&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-343\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/24x7serversupport-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image1-245x300.png?resize=245%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image1.png?resize=245%2C300&amp;ssl=1 245w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image1.png?resize=119%2C146&amp;ssl=1 119w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image1.png?resize=41%2C50&amp;ssl=1 41w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image1.png?resize=61%2C75&amp;ssl=1 61w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image1.png?w=448&amp;ssl=1 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>6. Right-click\u00a0<b>Default Web Site\u00a0<\/b>and select\u00a0<b>Rename\u00a0<\/b>to give it a new name (optional). You may receive an error message saying that &#8216;Default Web Site&#8217; does not exist. Click\u00a0<b>OK\u00a0<\/b>and then right-click\u00a0<b>Sites\u00a0<\/b>and select\u00a0<b>Refresh<\/b>.<\/div>\n<div>7. Expand the website and find the virtual directory for Secret Server.<\/div>\n<div>8. Right-click the virtual directory and select\u00a0<b>Remove<\/b>. Click\u00a0<b>Yes\u00a0<\/b>to confirm the operation.<\/div>\n<div>9. Restart IIS (iisreset).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Your users can now access the website by browsing to the server hostname rather than hostname\/newsite.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steps to convert a virtual directory to a website: 1. Open\u00a0IIS. 2. 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