IIS (Internet Information Services)
Video tutorial
Integrating PERENDER with IIS (Internet Information Services)
Step 1.
Prerequisites:
1. Install and enable the URL Rewrite Module for IIS (https://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/url-rewrite)
2. Install and enable the Application Request Routing module for IIS (https://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/application-request-routing)
1. Install and enable the URL Rewrite Module for IIS (https://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/url-rewrite)
2. Install and enable the Application Request Routing module for IIS (https://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/application-request-routing)
Step 2.
1. Open the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
2. Select your server (A).
3. Double-click on the URL Rewrite module (B).
2. Select your server (A).
3. Double-click on the URL Rewrite module (B).
Step 3.
1. Select the View Server Variables... option (A).
Step 4.
1. Select the Add... option (A).
Step 5.
Add two variables:
1. BOT_AGENT
2. HTTP_Authorization
1. BOT_AGENT
2. HTTP_Authorization
Step 6.
Now we will configure the Application Request Routing module installed in Step 1.
1. Select your server (A).
3. Double-click on the Application Request Routing module (B).
1. Select your server (A).
3. Double-click on the Application Request Routing module (B).
Step 7.
1. Select the Server Proxy Settings... option (A).
Step 8.
1. Select the Enable proxy option (A).
2. Select the Apply option (B).
2. Select the Apply option (B).
Step 9.
1. Navigate to the path where your website is hosted.
2. If your website does not have a web.config file, create one and paste the provided code below.
3. If your website already has a web.config file, simply add the PERENDER rule. If your web.config has other rules, the PERENDER rule should be included at the top.
4. Within the provided code, replace [PERENDER_TOKEN] with your token from the PERENDER dashboard of PERENDER.
Repository on GitHub at the following address https://github.com/perender/perender-iis/blob/main/web.config
2. If your website does not have a web.config file, create one and paste the provided code below.
3. If your website already has a web.config file, simply add the PERENDER rule. If your web.config has other rules, the PERENDER rule should be included at the top.
4. Within the provided code, replace [PERENDER_TOKEN] with your token from the PERENDER dashboard of PERENDER.
Repository on GitHub at the following address https://github.com/perender/perender-iis/blob/main/web.config
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><configuration> <system.webServer> <rewrite> <rules> <rule name="PERENDER" stopProcessing="true"> <match url="(\.js|\.json|\.css|\.xml|\.less|\.png|\.jpg|\.jpeg|\.gif|\.pdf|\.doc|\.txt|\.ico|\.rss|\.zip|\.mp3|\.rar|\.exe|\.wmv|\.avi|\.ppt|\.mpg|\.mpeg|\.tif|\.wav|\.mov|\.psd|\.ai|\.xls|\.mp4|\.m4a|\.swf|\.dat|\.dmg|\.iso|\.flv|\.m4v|\.torrent|\.ttf|\.woff|\.svg|\.webmanifest|\.webp)" negate="true" /> <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAny" trackAllCaptures="false"> <add input="{HTTP_USER_AGENT}" pattern="(googlebot|bingbot|msnbot|adidxbot|yahoo!\ slurp|qwantify|petalbot|bytespider|sogou\ web\ spider|sogou\ inst\ spider|exabot|seznambot|naverbot|yetibot|yandexbot|yandeximages|yandexaccessibilitybot|perplexity|perplexitybot|oai-searchbot|chatgpt|gptbot|claudebot|cohere-ai|youbot|facebookexternalhit|twitterbot|linkedinbot|embedly|quora\ link\ preview|showyoubot|outbrain|pinterest\/0\.|pinterestbot|slackbot|slackbot-linkexpanding|vkShare|W3C_Validator|w3c-checklink|whatsapp|redditbot|applebot|flipboard|flipboardproxy|flipboardrss|tumblr|bitlybot|skypeuripreview|nuzzel|discordbot|snapchat|viber|mattermost|telegrambot|chrome-lighthouse|lighthouse|google\ page\ speed|siteimprove|serpstatbot|uptimerobot|uptimebot|pingdom|gtmetrix|majestic-12|mj12bot|semrushbot|ahrefsbot|dotbot|screaming\ frog\ seo\ spider|seokicks|rogerbot|360spider|soso|baiduspider-render|bitrix\ link\ preview|xing-contenttabreceiver|integration-test|google-inspectiontool|amazonbot|adsbot-google|googlebot-image|googlebot-news|googlebot-video|facebot|archive.org_bot|paperlibot|dataprovider.com|grapeshotcrawler|zoominfobot|feedly|feedlybot|newsblur|inoreader|ccbot)" /> <add input="{QUERY_STRING}" pattern="_escaped_fragment_" /> </conditions> <action type="Rewrite" url="https://api.perender.com/render?url={HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO}://{HTTP_HOST}{REQUEST_URI}&botAgent={BOT_AGENT}" appendQueryString="false" logRewrittenUrl="true" /> <serverVariables> <set name="BOT_AGENT" value="{C:0}" /> <set name="HTTP_Authorization" value="Bearer [PERENDER_TOKEN]" /> </serverVariables> </rule> </rules> </rewrite> </system.webServer></configuration>