URL Rewrite with IIS 6

[Dan]

Hi guys!

I've been using IIS for some time now and I've recently moved one of my larger websites over from Linux to Windows web hosting which has caused me a slight pickle.

The website requires mod_rewrite, usually linked to the same job as .htaccess

Does anybody know of a third party application that allows mod_rewrite installation onto IIS 6.0 with separate account configuration that is free?

There is Helicon and a few others but they're rather costly and I cannot afford to pay £100 on average.

Thanks

[jon123]

is this somrthing similar that you are looking for Dan?
IIRF

[Dan]

Hi Jon,

Thanks for your response. I've tried a few including IIRF, ISAPI_Rewrite and none of them seem to be working.

Here's one of my rules; I know it's set out right but none of them are picking it up.

RewriteRule ^login$ 53453946_login.php [L]

[Dan]

I've managed to set it to a singe, more important website and I'll look into the smaller websites another time.

I resolved to using Helicon ISAPI Rewrite 3 LITE.

[black-dog]

Originally Posted by Dan

I've managed to set it to a singe, more important website and I'll look into the smaller websites another time.

I resolved to using Helicon ISAPI Rewrite 3 LITE.

Think I'd just have stuck with Linux

[Dan]

There's positives about Windows and drawbacks at the same time. I prefer IIS than no-GUI

[walterburke]

Hi !
I like the graphical interface and i cannot leave windows beacause of that.
I have never liked Linux too much because it lacks GUI.

Thanks for sharing

Regards
Walter Burke

[Pongers]

Originally Posted by walterburke

Hi !
I like the graphical interface and i cannot leave windows beacause of that.
I have never liked Linux too much because it lacks GUI.

Thanks for sharing

Regards
Walter Burke

Even Linux comes with a good GUI, I would recommend you to download Ubuntu Server edition and then getting a guide to install X and your desktop environment of choice (GNOME, KDE, Xfce, etc).

[Hexosphere]

Pongers is right, you could use the X windows system with the desktop of your choice, gnome, kde etc. And you can remotely access it fairly easily - sure you can't just fire up the desktop in putty. You want something called FreeNX, which is an SSH client that connects to a virtual desktop of the linux system. You'd need to install the server version as well as the client version on your home machine, but it's possible. It's basically acheived through ssh tunneling.

[Cheeso]

Originally Posted by Dan

Hi Jon,

Thanks for your response. I've tried a few including IIRF, ISAPI_Rewrite and none of them seem to be working.

Here's one of my rules; I know it's set out right but none of them are picking it up.

RewriteRule ^login$ 53453946_login.php [L]

In IIRF, you need to precede the URL with a slash.

RewriteRule ^/login$ 53453946_login.php [L]

This will allow you to type in http ://myserver.com/login and the actual server-side resource that serves the request will be http ://myserver.com/53453946_login.php .

IIRF is a free download.
http ://iirf.codeplex.com

[Tokyo Hostel Kyoto]

I am planning to upgrade to IIS7 in next few months, but in the meantime, I have a need to implement URL rewriting in IIS6.

[Harry]

Have you tried IIRF or ISAPI_Rewrite ?
It seems that ISAPI_Rewrite is powerful, stable and worth using. Give it a try and check it yourself.
Dan had mentioned about using 'Helicon ISAPI Rewrite 3 LITE ' previously which had worked for him

Make sure you need to have higher hosting package like a VPS or a Windows Dedicated Server ( without Plesk control panel) if you want to use ISAPI Rewrite module.