Adding a Default Binding <binding>

The <binding> element of the <bindings> element allows you to configure the information required for requests to communicate with a Web site.

You can configure binding information when you create a Web site, or you can edit the binding information after you create the site. Binding information includes the protocol that clients use to communicate with the site, the site's IP address, the port number, and a host header.

The <binding> element contains two attributes to configure the binding information: bindingInformation and protocol. The bindingInformation attribute contains the IP address, the port number and, optionally, the host header for the site. The protocol attribute defines the protocol to use to communicate with the site.

The <binding> element is included in the default installation of IIS 7 and later.

1. Open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager:

   • If you are using Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2012 R2:

     • On the taskbar, click Server Manager, click Tools, and then click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

   • If you are using Windows 8 or Windows 8.1:

     • Hold down the Windows key, press the letter X, and then click Control Panel.
     • Click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

   • If you are using Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2:

     • On the taskbar, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

   • If you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7:

     • On the taskbar, click Start, and then click Control Panel.
     • Double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

2. In the Connections pane, select the server name.

3. In the Home pane, double-click Configuration Editor.

4. Move to system.applicationHost/sites in Section.

5. In the Site Bindings dialog box, click Add....

6. Expand siteDefaults.

7. Select bindings and then click the ellipsis to the right to open the Collection Editor.

   

8. Click Add, and enter values for bindingInformation, protocol, and sslFlags.

9. Close Collection Editor and in the Actions pane, click Apply.

You can add default <binding> elements within the <bindings> element in the <siteDefaults> section of the ApplicationHost.config file.

None.

The following configuration sample specifies the default bindings options for IIS 7.

<system.applicationHost>
   <sites>
      <siteDefaults>
         <bindings>
            <binding protocol="http" bindingInformation="127.0.0.1:8080:" />
         </bindings>
      </siteDefaults>
   </sites>
</system.applicationHost>

The following code samples configure the default bindings options for IIS 7.

appcmd.exe set config -section:system.applicationHost/sites /siteDefaults.bindings.[protocol='http',bindingInformation='*:8080:contoso.com'].bindingInformation:"127.0.0.1:8080:" /commit:apphost

using System;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.Web.Administration;

internal static class Sample
{
   private static void Main()
   {
      using (ServerManager serverManager = new ServerManager())
      {
         Configuration config = serverManager.GetApplicationHostConfiguration();
         ConfigurationSection sitesSection = config.GetSection("system.applicationHost/sites");
         ConfigurationElement siteDefaultsElement = sitesSection.GetChildElement("siteDefaults");

         ConfigurationElementCollection bindingsCollection = siteDefaultsElement.GetCollection("bindings");
         ConfigurationElement bindingElement = bindingsCollection.CreateElement("binding");
         bindingElement["protocol"] = @"http";
         bindingElement["bindingInformation"] = @"127.0.0.1:8080:";
         bindingsCollection.Add(bindingElement);

         serverManager.CommitChanges();
      }
   }
}

Imports System
Imports System.Text
Imports Microsoft.Web.Administration

Module Sample

   Sub Main()
      Dim serverManager As ServerManager = New ServerManager
      Dim config As Configuration = serverManager.GetApplicationHostConfiguration
      Dim sitesSection As ConfigurationSection = config.GetSection("system.applicationHost/sites")
      Dim siteDefaultsElement As ConfigurationElement = sitesSection.GetChildElement("siteDefaults")

      Dim bindingsCollection As ConfigurationElementCollection = siteDefaultsElement.GetCollection("bindings")
      Dim bindingElement As ConfigurationElement = bindingsCollection.CreateElement("binding")
      bindingElement("protocol") = "http"
      bindingElement("bindingInformation") = "127.0.0.1:8080:"
      bindingsCollection.Add(bindingElement)

      serverManager.CommitChanges()
   End Sub

End Module

var adminManager = new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.ApplicationHost.WritableAdminManager');
adminManager.CommitPath = "MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST";
var sitesSection = adminManager.GetAdminSection("system.applicationHost/sites", "MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST");
var siteDefaultsElement = sitesSection.ChildElements.Item("siteDefaults");

var bindingsCollection = siteDefaultsElement.ChildElements.Item("bindings").Collection;
var bindingElement = bindingsCollection.CreateNewElement("binding");
bindingElement.Properties.Item("protocol").Value = "http";
bindingElement.Properties.Item("bindingInformation").Value = "127.0.0.1:8080:";
bindingsCollection.AddElement(bindingElement);

adminManager.CommitChanges();

Set adminManager = WScript.CreateObject("Microsoft.ApplicationHost.WritableAdminManager")
adminManager.CommitPath = "MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST"
Set sitesSection = adminManager.GetAdminSection("system.applicationHost/sites", "MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST")
Set siteDefaultsElement = sitesSection.ChildElements.Item("siteDefaults")

Set bindingsCollection = siteDefaultsElement.ChildElements.Item("bindings").Collection
Set bindingElement = bindingsCollection.CreateNewElement("binding")
bindingElement.Properties.Item("protocol").Value = "http"
bindingElement.Properties.Item("bindingInformation").Value = "127.0.0.1:8080:"
bindingsCollection.AddElement(bindingElement)

adminManager.CommitChanges()