Question

Background:

I have a Visual Studio solution consisting of a website + REST web-service that I’d like to split into a web services project and a web site project.

Currently, the web service is kicked off during application startup via App_Code\global.asax.cs, with the following code:

public class Global : System.Web.HttpApplication
{
    void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        // Code that runs on application startup
        RouteTable.Routes.Add(new ServiceRoute("api/", new WebServiceHostFactory(), typeof(myWebInterfaceSvc)));
    }
    // more code here
}

I imagine I’ll need to split it up starting from the above …

Concern:

Now, my concern is that without the common HTTP handler and extra route above i.e. once I have them as two separate projects, they will be two separate IIS sites/applications so they will run on two different ports. I’d still like BOTH to respond to port 80 as

http(s)://www.site.com -> web site project

http(s)://www.site.com/api -> web service

Assuming I’m successful in separating the website and the web service, how would I setup IIS for the above?

Answer 1

I ended up setting the main website as the root / primary site in IIS and then added the service as a virtual sub directory within that.