# One radiant, multiple sites, IIS **URL:** \ **Category:** Radiant CMS\ **Created:** [March 22, 2007, 8:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/one-radiant-multiple-sites-iis/89712 "2007-03-22T08:08:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mark\_ASYoon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Mark\_ASYoon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mark_ASYoon)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 8:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/one-radiant-multiple-sites-iis/89712/1 "2007-03-22T08:08:41Z")
Has anybody had any luck deploying multiple sites ([mysite1.com](http://mysite1.com), [mysite2.com](http://mysite2.com)) from one radiant install, using IIS? I’ve attempted using the virtual domain plugin/patch [http://theplant.jp/blog/2006/07/27/radiant-virtual-domain-plugin](http://theplant.jp/blog/2006/07/27/radiant-virtual-domain-plugin) and the IIS → mongrel strategy advocated at [Deployment Strategies for Rails on Windows servers | New Auburn Personal Computer Services LLC](http://www.napcs.com/howto/rails/deploy/) but I’m having a hard time using multiple sites with the reverse proxy plugin. It seems that the reverse proxy plugin only comes into play when rails is asked to generate a url - whereas the patch included with the virtual domain plugin changes how radiant generates a url. That’s about as much as I can figure out thusfar. Any help appreciated. – Mark A. Yoon removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_ASYoon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Mark\_ASYoon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mark_ASYoon)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/one-radiant-multiple-sites-iis/89712/2 "2007-03-22T15:54:25Z")
On Mar 22, 2007, at 3:07 AM, Mark A. Yoon wrote: > Has anybody had any luck deploying multiple sites ([mysite1.com](http://mysite1.com), > [mysite2.com](http://mysite2.com)) from one radiant install, using IIS? Ug. Well, I have Radiant working on multiple domains anyway. Not so much with the using IIS though. > It seems that the reverse proxy plugin only comes into play when rails > is asked to generate a url - whereas the patch included with the > virtual domain plugin changes how radiant generates a url. That’s > about as much as I can figure out thusfar. I don’t know too much about the reverse proxy plugin, but I’m intimately familiar with the virtual domain plugin, having updated it to a 0.6 extension. The virtual domain plugin (and extension) basically alters Radiant to have multiple roots, based on the request hostname. So if your root page is a virtual domain page, and you have “site1” and “site2” as children (and no config), then /site1/about will actually be /about for [site1.com](http://site1.com) (or [site1.example.com](http://site1.example.com)) and /site2/about will be /about for [site2.com](http://site2.com) (or [site2.example.com](http://site2.example.com)). So unless your not using Radiant for the root of your webpage (it’s under /radiant/ or similar), I don’t see a reason why you’d need the reverse proxy plugin. Radiant produces URLs like “/about” not “[http://example.com/](http://example.com/) about”. If you can explain in a bit more detail the problem(s) you’re having, I can take a stab at figuring it out. ~~ Brian ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_ASYoon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Mark\_ASYoon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mark_ASYoon)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 12:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/one-radiant-multiple-sites-iis/89712/3 "2007-03-28T00:37:25Z")
Brian, Thanks for your reply. So, I am using IIS 6 → ISAPI Rerwrite (Helicon) with proxy rule : RewriteProxy (?!.\*images|.\*stylesheets|._javascripts)(._) http://localhost:4001$1 [I,U] and your Virtual Domain plugin. So, I can get two websites and the admin interface to work briefly. But it seems that once a page gets cached, I can no longer access it. That is, I can get [site1.com](http://site1.com), but when I reload it, I get a blank screen. Thanks again, – Mark A. Yoon Senior Web Applications/Software Engineer, Northwestern Radiology removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_ASYoon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Mark\_ASYoon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mark_ASYoon)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 4:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/one-radiant-multiple-sites-iis/89712/4 "2007-03-28T16:55:10Z")
Brian, Thanks for leading me in the right direction with the index caching (by the way, I’m not having trouble with the admin site, just trouble with forming coherent sentences). In “cache\site1”, there’s a file called “.yml” instead of the usual “index.yml” that I see on a regular installation (without the Virtual Domain plugin). – Mark A. Yoon Senior Web Applications/Software Engineer, Northwestern Radiology removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_ASYoon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Mark\_ASYoon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mark_ASYoon)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 5:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/one-radiant-multiple-sites-iis/89712/5 "2007-03-28T05:00:50Z")
On Mar 27, 2007, at 6:36 PM, Mark A. Yoon wrote: > So, I can get two websites and the admin interface to work briefly. > But it seems that once a page gets cached, I can no longer access it. > That is, I can get [site1.com](http://site1.com), but when I reload it, I get a blank > screen. I seem to recall an issue with caching the index page of a site that ended in a change to Radiant, but darn if I can remember what it was exactly. As I recall, it’s because Radiant is caching the index page where the VirtualDomainPlugin is attempting to have a directory. That said, if you’re having an issue with the admin pages it’s not that plugin. Have you tried just running an unmodified Radiant install with that setup? It’ll serve the same pages to both domains, but it should work. If that doesn’t work, it’s something with IIS and I can’t really help with that. ~~ Brian ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_ASYoon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Mark\_ASYoon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mark_ASYoon)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/one-radiant-multiple-sites-iis/89712/6 "2007-03-28T17:02:11Z")
Brian, I found [http://dev.radiantcms.org/radiant/changeset/205](http://dev.radiantcms.org/radiant/changeset/205), which fixed the issue. Thanks for your help and input. – Mark A. Yoon Senior Web Applications/Software Engineer, Northwestern Radiology removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid