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Host a site in local IIS with domain

I want to host a site on local IIS 7.5 for internal testing. But I want people can access over the internet.

For this on my rackspace server, I have created an "A" record with subdomain.domainName.com and pointed my static IP address to it.

In IIS I have created a self-signed certificated with *.domainname.com that it can be used to multiple sites.

Now, i have published a site to a local directory and in IIS I have created a site with host name the same domain for which I have created an "A" record.

I have added http and https bindings with port 80 and 443 with the same host name.

But still my site is not working.

The error I am getting is "This webpage is not available"

Can any one help me?

Solution

  • Resolved it my self.

    I was missing Port Forwarding in my router software for HTTPS.

    In my web-application, each HTTP request is automatically be converted to HTTPS. And I forgot to forward Port 443's request to the machine to which I have set the static IP Address and DNS.

    After adding that port forwarding record to the router's software my application is working fine over internet.