IIS Inbound 'Global' rules not propogating to individula websites

Question

I have applied Global Outbound Rules via URL Rewrite on my IIS WebServer and these have populated and are shown against each individual website.

However, if I try and do this for an Inbound rule, it is not propogating and is not showing in the URLRewrite module against any website.

The rule is shown below, and it appear as below in ApplicationHost.Config - note that the outbound rul is fine

        <rewrite>
	   <globalRules>
                <rule name="Redirect http to https" stopProcessing="true">
                    <match url="(.*)" />
                    <conditions>
                        <add input="{HTTPS}" pattern="^OFF$" />
                    </conditions>
                    <action type="Redirect" url="https://{HTTP_HOST}/{R:1}" redirectType="SeeOther" />
                </rule>
            </globalRules>
            <outboundRules>
                <rule name="Add the STS header in HTTPS responses">
                    <match serverVariable="RESPONSE_Strict_Transport_Security" pattern=".*" />
                    <conditions>
                        <add input="{HTTPS}" pattern="on" />
                    </conditions>
                    <action type="Rewrite" value="max-age=31536000" />
                </rule>
            </outboundRules>
        </rewrite>

Thanks in anticipation

Answer 1

@GaryC

If you create the Inbound rule on the root site, its rules will appear in ApplicationHost.Config. If you create it on a site, its rules will appear in web.config. why does the rule about the root site not appear on a site like the outbound rul, It is because the inbound rule is conditional and does not apply to all sites.

There are no conditions in the outbound rule. If you create a rule in the root site, its rule will appear in ApplicationHost.Config, but it is also applicable to sub-sites, so it will also appear in sub-sites. If you are in a sub-site create an outbound rule, its rule will appear in web.config, and it will only be used for the current site, and will not appear in the root site.

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Answer 2

@GaryC

I re-edited my answer, hope this explanation can make you understand.