
You may have a need to server files over http. Here’s how you can achieve this via Virtual Directory.
- If you’re wanting authentication via username and password before allowing access to the files over http, set up a user for accessing these files in User Manager. T
- Right click the folder you’re wanting to share over http and set permission for Read to the user you created above, IUSR and IIS_USRS.
- Right click your website root in IIS Manager and select Add Virtual Directory
- Pick an Alias (this will be the ‘stub’ of the http address – e.g. https://yoursite/files) and pick the path to the folder you wish to share.
- If you are adding authentication, ensure Application User is selected in Connect As
- Once created, right click the virtual directory and select Convert to Application
- Now select the application and double click Authentication. Disable Anonymous Authentication and enable Basic Authentication.
- You need to set up the Mime Types to enable download of files. Select the application you’ve just made and click Mime Types under IIS
- If you need to add a catch-all file extension, create a new Mime Type with File Extension = “.*” and Mime Type = “application/octet-stream”
And that’s it!
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