Good article on Medium: https://medium.com/@gusterwoei/how-to-configure-reverse-proxy-on-windows-iis-52a48b90163a
Windows IIS can be configured to act as a reverse proxy server. There are a few pretty outdated guidelines available on the official Microsoft documentation where you can find additional information.
- Reverse Proxy with URL Rewrite v2 and Application Request Routing
- Setup IIS with URL Rewrite as a reverse proxy for real world apps
1. To set up a reverse proxy routing capabilities for IIS, first of all, you need to download and install two additional extensions:
After successful installation of extensions, two additional options, URL Rewrite and Application Request Routing, will appear on the IIS dashboard.
Enable proxy settings
The IIS proxy setting is disabled by default. You need to enable it.
1. Open IIS Manager and click on the Default Web Site.
2. Under the Rooting and Load Balancing section, double click on Application Request Routing.
3. On the right sidebar under the Proxy section, select Server Proxy Settings... action.
4. Select Enable proxy checkbox.
5. On the right sidebar with actions, click Apply to save changes.
URL Rewrite
To create a rule, follow these steps:
1. Go to the IIS Manager and select Default Web Site. Then click on the wscservice directory.
2. In the Feature View, click URL Rewrite.
3. Click on Add Rule(s)... on the right sidebar with actions.
4. In the Add rule(s) dialog, select Blank rule template for inbound rules and click OK.
5. Create Inbound rule for the parent website with the following settings:
- Pattern: wscservice/api
- Check the Ignore case box.
- Rewrite rule set to http://your_host:2880/{R:1} where http://your_host:2880/ is the path to the application server which listens to the 2880 port and {R:1}
