2 IIS server on 1 ip address

[GHULAM]

Is it possible to have 2 IIS server on a single IP adddress 1 on NT 4.0 server & 2nd on Windows 2000 server. I know I can setup 2 web site on a single IP on Windows 2000 server through host header. Thanks

 

[dkediger]

Not sure natively, but I'm doing that with ISA server and Web Publishing rules - SBS 03 with the OWA/RWW sites on one server and Server 03 Web Edition for 2 other sites.

 

[Serbtastic]

You cannot have 2 machines on your network with the same IP address.

 

[dkediger]

I'm sure he means on a single public IP address.

 

[mrdenny]

Yeah, it should be no problem. You just need to do the load ballancing with ISA or with the router/switch.

Denny

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[GHULAM]

Denny Do you mean its possible? How ?????????????

 

[lgarner]

I think it'll be up to your gateway device in any case. You could load-balance the two servers via something like Local Director or Big/IP.

If the sites are different, you'll need to assign a nonstandard port to one of them. I think the load balancing products might support redirection based on headers, you'd have to check with them.

Or, maybe you could have all requests go to one server and have it serve content from the other.

 

[mrdenny]

As lgarner said you'll have to get something to load ballance the connections. Either a network switch, or an ISA server should to the trick. I prefer to do it with a network switch. I know that Cisco and Foundry can both do the trick. You'll have to check with your switch vendor support department for instructions on how do handle the config.

Denny

--Anything is possible. All it takes is a little research. (Me)

http://www.mrdenny.com

(My very old site)

 

[chiph]

One question that we haven't asked the OP, is whether the two machines are running the identical web site.

If he's running two different sites (a.com and b.com), then a load balancer won't help, and I'm not sure host headers on the IIS machines would help either. It'd require a router with some intelligence to look at the request to determine which server it gets forwarded to.

Chip H.


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[dkediger]

Yep - that's what ISA server's Web Publishing Rules do: examines the requested URL and directs to wherever you specify, even to another public web server. No need to jigger ports in the public URL or headers in the site.

I'm sure there are other products that will do this as well, but ISA server is the one I'm familiar with.

 

[Fargowind]

If you don't want to buy ISA for big bucks you can always use a reverse proxy server and run as many servers as you want all on the same machine. A great tool is at32 Reverse Proxy get it here:

http://www.at32.com/doc/rproxy.htm

it worked out great for me. hope this helps