For what it's worth, we use host headers extensively for our websites
and services, and they seem to work just fine.
On one of our servers we have about a dozen web services that have the
same IP address and port, but different host headers (external IP
addresses, really.) I haven't had a problem getting them to install
properly, create apps, etc.
If 'twere me, I'd create host headers for your unique site(s) and
identify them that way. Even if you don't technically *use* the host
headers, you can uniquely identify very similar websites that way. Just
make something up and put it in there. You just have to be sure when you
update/alter a website later that you use the correct (what I call the)
'triad of identification' to refer to them: IP, port, header.
We're using a pretty recent build of Wix 3.0, but this has been working
with not-so-recent builds of 3.0 for nearly a year.
-Matt
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob
Mensching
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 7:45 AM
To: Rennie Petersen; George Reilly; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Installing a web server
The WebAddress is how you do that and the Headers attribute should do
what you are looking for. I have to admit, I've never used the host
headers to separate web sites so it is possible there is a bug in the
CustomAction somewhere. A little more detail about what you saw would
help diagnose the root issue.
Also, the version of the WiX toolset you are using is important.
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Petersen
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 1:35 AM
To: George Reilly; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Installing a web server
Do you need to do it via an MSI? If so, I have no ideas.
If you just want to do it any old way, you use the web server's
management console. Can't remember the details off hand, but if you
confirm that that is what you want, I'll dig up the information.
Rennie
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Reilly
Sent: 5. juni 2007 23:23
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Installing a web server
I want to set up multiple web sites in IIS 6: each listening on
port 80, but using different Host headers. For example, www.coke.com
<http://www.coke.com/> and www.pepsi.com <http://www.pepsi.com/> .
These correspond to IIsWebServer nodes in metabase.xml.
I have not figured out how to do it. My hopes for the Header
attribute in <WebAddress> were quickly dashed. I also tried setting Port
to "80:www.pepsi.com", but the website stubbornly remained under IIS's
Default website.
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