Put ASP.NET MVC application in subdirectory of main MVC application?

Question

I have my main website's application on my server at C:\inetpub\wwwroot, which I can view at http://www.mysite.com

I've created another separate MVC web application, named Subdir. I'd like to set it up so that if I visit http://www.mysite.com/Subdir, it will run my Subdir app.

What do I need to do for that? I obviously can't just drop the app in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\mysite.webui\whatever. Do I need to put the application in a certain directory? Do I need to configure anything in IIS?

Answer 1

Yes you can drop the application in a subfolder of your original applicaiton, but the important thing is how you set up IIS for this new application. I suggest using sibling/parallel folders as a best practice.

1. Deploy your applications in a sibling folder:

   c:\inetpub\wwwroot\ is your main app

   c:\inetpub\mynewapp\ for your secondary application.

2. In IIS, expand your existing website and add a new Application, pointing the root folder to c:\inetpub\mynewapp\

Result:

http://mysite = c:\inetpub\wwwroot\

http://mysite/mynewapp/ = c:\inetpub\mynewapp

You're all good, and this is a pretty accepted "best practice" as you can tighten down NTFS and App Pool Identities easier now. Look up information on these topics and you'll be a step ahead of the game with your sites deployed this way.