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VoidKing
VoidKing

Reputation: 6412

Running multiple sites at once with WebMatrix 2 without opening it up multiple times

Since I have began using WebMatrix, I have developed many of my organization's web-interface, intranet sites. I am now up to four, almost five sites running all at once for users to connect to, and I am afraid that opening up that many instances of the entire WebMatrix app may result in a waste of the server's resources.

I have been scouring the Internet for a reference to how to run multiple sites with WebMatrix. I haven't exactly come up empty handed, however, I haven't found a solution I like either (even though sources suggest this is entirely possible).

Even though I do know how to run multiple sites at once with WebMatrix (simply open up another instance of WebMatrix) my first question is: Isn't this more resource intensive (for the server using iis-express) then it needs to be? Is it beneficial to turn these sites on via command line over simply opening up several instances of WebMatrix?

Last Question: I found this article here...:

http://forums.asp.net/t/1677533.aspx/1

...where Mike Brind suggests that this can be done by using command-line to browse to the correct iis-express directory (for me: C:\Program Files (x86)\IIS Express) and using the command:

iisexpress /site:EmptySite1

Where EmptySite1 is the name of the site desired to be ran.

I get this error when trying this:

Command Line switches must be preceded by a '-' or '/'...

Any clue how I can run multiple sites at once from command-line, or if I even need to? (Sorry I am in no way a command line guru, as I'm sure you can, by now, tell) I am running Windows Server 2008 R2, if that matters.

Thanks for any help!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 762

Answers (1)

Knox
Knox

Reputation: 2919

Since you are running full blown Windows Server 2008, install regular IIS. It can run multiple websites all at once without having any special command lines. Since it runs as a service, IIS will automatically restart if and when the server is rebooted. The downside is that IIS is a bit more complicated to configure than IIS express.

Upvotes: 2

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