Convert Apache .htaccess to IIS Web.Config

A web.config file is the settings and configuration for applications on IIS Server (ex: Azure Paas Websites ). But what if you’re coming from a Linux host – what then?

Well, there are few options:

1) Online Conversion Tool

http://www.htaccesstowebconfig.com/

As always, please verify the converted web.config rules on a development site before introducing them directly into production.

2) IIS Manager

More on IIS Manager .htaccess conversions here

3) Manual Conversion

There is a good article on the equivalent components. It can be found here: http://www.iis.net/learn/application-frameworks/install-and-configure-php-applications-on-iis/translate-htaccess-content-to-iis-webconfig

 

Htaccess Component	web.config equivalent
FilesMatch Example: <FilesMatch “\.(gif’|‘jpg|^png)$”> Order allow, deny <\/FilesMatch>	requestFiltering Example: <security> <requestFiltering> <fileExtensions> <add fileExtension=”.gif” allowed=”true” /> <add fileExtension=”.jpg” allowed=”true” /> <add fileExtension=”.png” allowed=”false” /> </requestFiltering> </security>
Default Document # Set the default handler DirectoryIndex index.php	<defaultDocument> <files> <remove value=”index.php” /> <add value=”index.php” /> </files> </defaultDocument>
URL Rewriting RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example.com$ [NC] RewriteRule ^(.)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [L,R=301] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !=/favicon.ico RewriteRule ^(.)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]	<rewrite> <rules> <rule name=”Imported Rule 1″ stopProcessing=”true”> <match url=”^(.)$” ignoreCase=”false” /> <conditions> <add input=”{HTTP_HOST}” pattern=”^example.com$” /> </conditions> <action type=”Redirect” redirectType=”Permanent” url=”http://www.example.com/{R:1}” /> </rule> <rule name=”Imported Rule 2″ stopProcessing=”true”> <match url=”^(.)$” ignoreCase=”false” /> <conditions> <add input=”{REQUEST_FILENAME}” matchType=”IsFile” ignoreCase=”false” negate=”true” /> <add input=”{REQUEST_FILENAME}” matchType=”IsDirectory” ignoreCase=”false” negate=”true” /> <add input=”{URL}” pattern=”^/favicon.ico$” ignoreCase=”false” negate=”true” /> </conditions> <action type=”Rewrite” url=”index.php?q={R:1}” appendQueryString=”true” /> </rule> </rules> </rewrite>
Error Page Redirects / Handling # Make Application handle any 404 errors. ErrorDocument 404 /index.php	<!– HTTP Errors section should only be enabled if the “Error Pages” feature has been delegated as “Read/Write” at the Web Server level. <httpErrors> <remove statusCode=”404″ subStatusCode=”-1″ /> > <error statusCode=”404″ prefixLanguageFilePath=”” path=”/index.php” responseMode=”ExecuteURL” /> </httpErrors> –>
Directory Browsing Example: # Don’t show directory listings for URLs which map to a directory. Options -Indexes	<directoryBrowse enabled=”false” />