Robert Beal

Hosting Multiple SSL Sites with IIS6

// July 16th, 2008 // Programming

A simple tip I came across when hosting multiple sites on a server.

It’s easy to assign a new ip address to the adapter, but creating a new ip address per website is a bit much.

I like to, where possible, use host-headers when hosting a website. Host headers across SSL are now supported by IIS6 (in Windows 2003 RC2).

1. Start > Run > type “cmd”, press Enter.
2. Paste… cd c:\inetpub\adminscripts\ into the command prompt …and press Enter.
3. Paste… cscript.exe adsutil.vbs set /w3svc/{siteid}/SecureBindings ":443:{url}" …into the command prompt. You’ll need to replace {siteid} and {url}.

You can find the SiteId in IIS when looking at the list of websites. For example, I have a SiteId of “87257621” and url of “www.robertbeal.local” (this url points at 127.0.0.1 in my windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts file).