IIS Rewrite Examples

<!-- Redirect to HTTPS -->
<rule name="HTTPS_AlwaysOn" patternSyntax="Wildcard" stopProcessing="false">
  <match url="*" />
  <serverVariables>
	  <set name="HTTPS" value="on" />
  </serverVariables>
  <action type="None" />
  <conditions>
		<add input="{HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO}" pattern="https" />
  </conditions>
</rule>

<!-- 301 Redirect -->
<rule name="Simple_301_Redirect" stopProcessing="true">
	<match url="Control/Some/productID/(.*)"/>
	<action type="Redirect" url="Catalog/Category/Product/{R:1}" redirectType="Permanent" />
</rule>

<!-- 301 Redirect that uses a rewrite map -->
<rules>
  <rule name="Example_Rewrite" stopProcessing="true">
		<match url=".*" />
		<conditions>
			<add input="{ExampleRedirects:{REQUEST_URI}}" pattern="(.+)" />
        </conditions>
		<action type="Redirect" url="{C:1}" appendQueryString="false" redirectType="Permanent" />
  </rule>
</rules>
<rewriteMaps>
  <rewriteMap name="ExampleRedirects">
		<add key="/some/page_product_51.html" value="Catalog/Category/Product/51" />
    <add key="/Home/Index" value="/" />
  </rewriteMap>
</rewriteMaps>

<!-- Redirect Based on query string -->
<rule name="Example_Validate_Query_String" stopProcessing="true">
  <match url="search$" />
  <conditions>
    <add input="{QUERY_STRING}" pattern="^query=value$" />
  </conditions>
  <action type="Redirect" url="/Results/{R:1}" appendQueryString="false" />
</rule>
    
<!-- Redirect Based on host name -->
<rule name="Based on host name" stopProcessing="true">
  <match url="^path/sub path/page\.aspx$" />
  <conditions>
    <add input="{HOST_NAME}" pattern="www.mydomain.net" />
  </conditions>
  <action type="Redirect" url="http://www.mydomain.com/home/index"  />
</rule>

rewriteMaps.config_empty

<rewriteMaps>
</rewriteMaps>

rewriteRules.config_empty

<rules>
</rules>

web.config_external_sources

<system.webServer>
    <rewrite>
      <rules configSource="rewriteRules.config" />      
      <rewriteMaps configSource="rewriteMaps.config" />
    </rewrite>
  <!-- rest of your stuff -->
</system.webServer>