Iis reverse proxy https

Client's with a need to secure legacy servers behind a reverse proxy server have an option to use Microsoft IIS. While we typically recommend using a Linux server that has NGINX installed, we understand the need for such a use case and feel it's important to demonstrate this basic technique.

Iis reverse proxy

We'll be using a VM running Windows Server 2019 with IIS 10 installed. The IIS extension we'll use is called URL Rewrite and has been around since IIS 7, so this technique should work well with older versions of IIS.

Assumptions

We won't cover the basics of spinning up a VM running Windows Server on Microsoft Azure in this article.

For more information on that topic, check out this great Microsoft Quickstart Tutorial on setting up a VM and installing IIS.

This article assumes you have the following items setup prior to starting this tutorial:

• Azure Portal - you will need a Microsoft Azure account.
• Azure Windows VM - we will be running Windows Server 2019 for this tutorial.
• IIS - we have installed IIS 10.
• Domain Name - you will need access to a domain or use a dyn
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