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Chapter 11: Configuring Servers
Managing Internet Information Services
Configuring Custom Error Messages for a Web Site,
Application, or Virtual Directory
When an end user tries to connect to a Web site and a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) error occurs,
the end user’s browser displays a default message describing the error. You can have your installation
configure IIS so that it uses custom error messages instead of the default error messages by mapping the
HTTP error codes to a file or a URL.
Task To configure custom error messages for a Web site, application, or virtual directory:
1. Create a file that contains your custom error message and add it to your installation.
2. In the View List under Configure the Target System, click Internet Information Services.
3. Select the Web site, application, or virtual directory for which you want to customize HTTP error
messages. The settings for the Web site, application, or virtual directory are displayed on the right.
4. In the Custom Errors setting, click the ellipsis button (...). The Custom Errors dialog box
opens.
5. Select the HTTP error code that you want to change and then click the Edit Properties button. The
Error Mapping Properties dialog box opens.
6. To map the error code to a file:
a. In the Message Type list, select File.
b. In the File box, type the path and file name that points to the custom error message in your
installation, or click the browse button to locate the file.
To map the error code to a URL:
a. In the Message Type list, select URL.
b. In the URL box, type the URL that points to your custom error message.
Deploying Web Services on a Target Machine
Deploying a Web service onto a target system requires copying the Web service–specific files to a
particular location and assigning a virtual directory name for that folder so that the Web service can be
accessed via HTTP.
Tip: To learn how to add a virtual directory to your project, see Creating a Web Site and Adding an Application or a Virtual
Directory.
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