iis idle timeout on shared host

How to deal when iis on shared host  go down after X minutes when no activity

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44383014/how-to-prevent-idle-timeout-in-iis-application-pool-on-a-shared-host


https://tyrrrz.me/blog/iis-idle-timeout-workaround

standalone portable iis express

http://www.iprogrammable.com/2012/04/27/standalone-portable-iis-express-aspnet/

clear iis express configuration

You can find the appcmd.exe for IIS Express in the C:\Program Files (x86)\IIS Express folder. 

from here 
cleaning-up-iis-express-configuration

appcmd list site

appcmd list vdir

appcmd delete site WebSite2

IIS Express - access from android while debugging

i am working on end to end project , need to build the android UI and the web services.
while building the webservice via .NET i wanted to test them via my device connected to my usb.

i noticed i failed to access the IISEXpress ,only localhost works.
i couldn't use localhost  on my url , i get an error.
one of the solution is to use my ip (in the local domain 10.0.0.5),
but i get access error HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request 
i follow this link
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5433786/configure-iis-express-for-external-access-to-vs2010-project/5438322#5438322

and this
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7877523/how-to-allow-iisexpress-to-listen-internet

and i decided to change the next file  (win 7)
%userprofile%\documents\iisexpress\config\applicationhost.config

i change the next line - under my project (replace localhost with 10.0.0.5)
 <binding protocol="https" bindingInformation="*:44300:10.0.0.5" />

and my android managed to consume the service 

enjoy 
yaniv tzanany

Running 32-bit app AND ODBC setting with IIS 7 64bit

in case you need to use 32 bit web site , do not forget to set the application pool to "Enable 32-bit Applications" to true.
To use odbc for 32 bit , you must create your odbc DSN at  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\odbcad32.exe

see this thread
Running 32-bit app AND ODBC logging in IIS 7:

enjoy
Yaniv Tzanany

How to redirect requests from IIS to Tomcat server ?

i found very good links and articles that you will find them useful in case you want to redirect calls / requests from IIS to tomact server.
a step by step guide can be found here how to configure IIS 6 and tomcat with jk 1.2 connector also for IIS 7 on windows server 2008 .

and The Apache Tomcat Connector - Reference Guide
The Apache Tomcat Connector - Webserver HowTo

hope its get you to business
Yaniv T

Create self signed Certificate for IIS via OpenSSL

hello
i follow the instruction at Creating a Self-Signed Certificate using OpenSSL for use with Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) and its works just fine with my IIS 5.1 on my XP sp2 laptop.

this article is very good and simple & clear.

Enjoy
Yaniv