Drupal clean URLs on IIS 7

Heine — Thu, 16/10/2008 - 09:57

To get Clean URLs working on IIS 7, install the new URL rewriter module (x86, x64) and add the following to the system.webServer section of the sites' web.config:

<rewrite>

  <rules>

    <rule name="Drupal clean URLs" enabled="true">

      <match url="^(.*)$" ignoreCase="false" />

      <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll">

        <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />

        <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />    

        <add input="{REQUEST_URI}" negate="true" pattern="/favicon.ico$" />

      </conditions>

      <action type="Rewrite" url="index.php?q={R:1}" appendQueryString="true" />

    </rule>

  </rules>

</rewrite>

You also need to install a hotfix to correct REQUEST_URI behaviour when using PHP via the FastCGI module. See KB954946 for more information. A symptom of this problem is when all form submissions get redirected to the frontpage of the site.

Update: You may want to look into the Microsoft Web Platform, which contains an installer for Acquia Drupal.

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Awesome help! However, where do I add that code to.

Cheatah (not verified) — Fri, 27/03/2009 - 17:48

Where do I add the code? Do I need to create a web.config file in the directory?

Nevermind Figured it out.

Cheatah (not verified) — Fri, 27/03/2009 - 17:52

You can just create a web.config from scratch and put the following info:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

Configuration tag

Heine — Thu, 21/05/2009 - 09:14

If you later try to configure your site, IIS complains loudly when there's no configuration tag. Use the following template to prevent this.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<configuration>

    <system.webServer>

    </system.webServer>

</configuration>

The rewrite block then goes inside the system.webServer section.

wha.. where?

n00b (not verified) — Thu, 13/08/2009 - 05:10

for clarification...

The web.config file sits in the site's root directory?

The initial web.config file

n00b (not verified) — Thu, 13/08/2009 - 05:13

The initial web.config file for an application must be placed in the root directory of the web application. Sub-directories within the web application can contain their own web.config files to control individual configuration settings appropriate to the given sub-directory.

Google be my guide.

And a good guide it is

Heine — Thu, 13/08/2009 - 13:30

And a good guide it is :)

Thanks for posting back.

I don't know if that was

ThomasR (not verified) — Thu, 08/04/2010 - 16:10

I don't know if that was already the case before, but you just need to install the rewrite module and import the Drupal .htaccess file...

That did not work in 2008

Heine — Sun, 11/04/2010 - 15:53

That did not work in 2008 :)

Glad to hear it has improved.

Perfect!! =)

Otto (not verified) — Sat, 10/07/2010 - 16:43

Thank you! The tags you mentioned above worked perfectly on my Windows Server 2008 64bits Drupal installation.

Heine