Question

We have an MVC application that is accessed from two separate websites. The default website is fine, however how can I setup the second site to startup in a specific Controller?

Our default site is www.mysite.com, and we’d like to add a second IIS site for the header www.subdomain.mysite.com that should take users to www.subdomain.mysite.com/controller

But how can I tell IIS to startup www.mysubdomain.mysite.com with the specific controller action mycontroller?

Answer 1

I ended up adding a value to my AppSettings in web.config, and adjusting the default route of the application based on that value.

public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
    var defaultController = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["DefaultController"];

    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(defaultController))
        defaultController = "Home";

    routes.MapRoute(
        "Default", // Route name
        "{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters
        new { controller = defaultController, action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional } // Parameter defaults
    );

    ...
}

This allows me to host any number of IIS sites that can each start with a different controller in the application.