Not able to access site with hostname on 2008R2 Server RSS

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  sriharsha_v

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  Not able to access site with hostname on 2008R2 Server

  May 31, 2012 07:28 PM|LINK

  Hi, I have a website hosted on IIS7 on 2008R2 server
  
  I have set the binding as follows:
  Protocol: Http
  IP Address: *
  port: 80
  Hostname: mywebsite.com
  
  Now I mapped servers ip address to mywebsite.com in the hosts file on the server. However I am not able to access the site from the server using http://mywebsite.com, it asks for username/password and even if I give valid username\password authentication fails.
  
  However if I access the site from another machine in LAN (I added the mapping in this machines hosts file) I am able to access the website using http://mywebsite.com.
  
  Can someone help me with what is going wrong. Thank you.
  
  Thanks and Regards Sri Harsha
  • Edited by sriharsha_v on May 31, 2012 07:46 PM
  • Edited by sriharsha_v on May 31, 2012 07:46 PM
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  owjeff

  680 Posts

  Re: Not able to access site with hostname on 2008R2 Server

  Jun 02, 2012 04:12 PM|LINK

  You're likely running into this loopback check issue when browsing locally:

  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896861

  I would recommend disabling it via method #2 decribed in that KB article.

  Jeff Graves
  
  OrcsWeb: Managed Windows Hosting Solutions
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  • Marked as answer by sriharsha_v on Jun 06, 2012 04:06 AM
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  kctt

  654 Posts

  Re: Not able to access site with hostname on 2008R2 Server

  Jun 06, 2012 03:54 AM|LINK

   When you say you give valid username/password, is it a windows user account?

  Does the account have permission on website folder. Check login with administrator account.

  In IIS manager you can configure application pool to use Network Service identity and add Network service permission on website home folder.
  

   

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  • Edited by kctt on Jun 06, 2012 03:55 AM