sites Element [IIS Settings Schema]

Note

For more information about the sites element, see the following topic on the Microsoft IIS.net Web site: Sites <sites>.

Defines all sites on the server, and all applications and virtual directories in those sites.

Syntax

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements for this section.

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

Element	Description
applicationDefaults	Optional element. Specifies default settings for all applications on the server.
site	Optional element. Specifies configuration settings for a site.
siteDefaults	Optional element. Specifies default settings for all sites on the server.
virtualDirectoryDefaults	Optional element. Specifies default settings for all virtual directories on the server.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
configuration	Specifies the root element in every configuration file that is used by IIS 7.
system.applicationHost	Specifies the root element for configuring Web process settings.

Remarks

For more information about the sites element, see the following topic on the Microsoft IIS.net Web site: Sites <sites>.

Element Information

Configuration locations	ApplicationHost.config
Requirements	Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 7.0

See Also

Reference

applicationDefaults Element for sites Element [IIS Settings Schema]

site Element for sites [IIS Settings Schema]

siteDefaults Element for sites [IIS 7 Settings Schema]

virtualDirectoryDefaults Element for sites (IIS Settings Schema)