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Kentico allows you to run any number of websites from a single installation. The websites share the same web project (code base) and database. All sites run under a single web site in IIS (opens in a new tab).
Using separate installations for each site
It is recommended to run separate instances of Kentico for every website in the following scenarios:
The following sections demonstrate how to set up multiple websites on an example of two sites:
Open the sites application.
Create two websites.
Edit () each website and set the values (without the prefix and protocol).
Make sure both sites are running.
Make sure you have valid license keys for both domains in the Licenses application.
Open your Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager console (Start -> Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager).
In the tree, right-click Sites and select Add Web Site.
Enter the following details:
Site name: mysite.com
Physical path: disk path to the location of your site's web project (where the application's web.config file is stored).
Host name: www.mysite.com
Click OK.
Right-click the site and select Edit bindings.
Click Add.
Enter the domain name of your second website as the Host name and click OK.
Add two more bindings for both sites without the www prefix.
Your new IIS web site is now configured to handle all incoming requests for domains mysite.com and mysite2.com. You may need to ask your network administrator to redirect the domain in the DNS records to your website. When you open http://www.mysite.com (opens in a new tab) and http://www.mysite2.com (opens in a new tab) (or your own domain names) in a browser, you should see two different websites.
Testing domains
If you do not own the domains, you can test the configuration by modifying the server's C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file.
For this example, add the following lines to the end of the file:
127.0.0.1 mysite.com
127.0.0.1 www.mysite.com
127.0.0.1 mysite2.com
127.0.0.1 www.mysite2.comNote: These are client settings, so the website will only work when accessed from a browser on the server machine.
Multiple websites on a single domain
If you cannot use multiple domain names for your website, you can differentiate websites by subfolder (virtual directory). See Running multiple sites on a single domain for more details.