Activation or Deactivation of the Forwarding Rule in IIS

The following chapter describes how to activate or deactivate a forwarding rule in IIS.

Activate URL rewrite rules (e.g. start of maintenance window)

In order to activate a forwarding rule (e.g. maintenance window start), the respective rule in the corresponding node in the IIS to the URL Rewrite Module must be navigated to. More information can be found in the chapter Configuration of Forwarding Rules with URL Rewrite. Within the module, the rules are displayed which are active (black background) or deactivated (gray background).

 

In the right pane, the rule can be activated with the button Enable Rule to activate the rule.

 

Activation of a forwarding rule

Activation of a forwarding rule

 

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After activating the rule, it may be necessary to restart IIS.

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Please note, if the server variables are not configured, the request will be stored in the browser cache, thus the browser cache may need to be cleared. More information can be found in the chapter Configuration of Forwarding Rules with URL Rewrite.

Deactivate URL rewrite forwarding rules (e.g. end of maintenance window)

In this step you proceed in exactly the same way and call the URL Rewrite Module again. Active rules can be deactivated via the button Disable Rule . However, the configuration of the rule is generally preserved.

 

Deactivation of a forwarding rule

Deactivation of a forwarding rule

 

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After activating the rule, it may be necessary to restart IIS.

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Please note, if the server variables are not configured, the request will be stored in the browser cache, thus the browser cache may need to be cleared. More information can be found in the chapter Configuration of Forwarding Rules with URL Rewrite.

 

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•For more information on how to install the necessary modules to set up a redirect page, please refer to chapter Installing IIS extensions (IIS ARR, URL Rewrite).

•For more information about the configuration of the IIS ARR module, refer to chapter Configuration or Setup of IIS ARR.

•For more information on configuring redirection rules, refer to the chapter Configuration of Forwarding Rules with URL Rewrite.

•For more information on how to set up a forwarding page, refer to chapter Setup a Maintance Page in IIS.