Configuring the website IP

In this recipe, we are going to configure the website IP 172.16.15.61. The default website IP was 172.16.15.60; we will configure a different IP to access the website over this newly configured IP.

Getting ready

To step through this recipe, you will need a running IIS 10 instance, one static IP address, and an administrator user account for editing properties and files.

How to do it...

1. Open Server Manager on Windows Server 2016. Click on the Tools menu and open IIS Manager.
2. Expand the IIS server (WIN2016IIS). We get the listed application pools and sites.
3. Select the website v4mysite.com, click on the Binding option, and you will see the Site Bindings details of Host Name, Port, and IP Address, as shown in this figure:

4. v4mysite.com has the existing IP 172.16.15.60; it might even be *.
5. Click on the Edit button, and you will get the Edit Site Binding property window:

6. You have to add the new IP 172.16.15.61, leave the port as 80, and Host name as it is.
7. Click on the OK Button...