IIS URL redirect directory

Question

I am having an issue using IIS URl redirect module. Trying to redirect from www.site.com/directory1/default.aspx to www.site.com/directory2/default.aspx

So any request to directory1 needs to go to directory 2. I am going to be disabling the application at directory 1 Any ideas? Currently i have the below, but does not work.

<rewrite>
            <rules>
                <remove name="Portal Test Redirect" />
                <rule name="Portal Test Redirect" patternSyntax="Wildcard">
                    <match url="*directory1/*" ignoreCase="false" />
                    <conditions />
                    <serverVariables />
                    <action type="Rewrite" url="{R:1}/directory2/{R:2}" appendQueryString="true" />
                </rule>
            </rules>
        </rewrite>        

Answer 1

You need to change your rule as below

<rewrite>
    <rules>            
        <rule name="Portal Test Redirect">
            <match url="(.*)(directory1)(.*)" patternSyntax="ECMAScript"/>
            <action type="Rewrite" url="{R:1}directory2{R:3}" />
        </rule>
    </rules>
</rewrite>

Answer 2

1.Open web.config in the directory where the old pages reside 2.Then add code for the old location path and new destination as follows:

 <configuration> <location path="services.htm"> <system.webServer> <httpRedirect enabled="true" destination="http://domain.com/services" httpResponseStatus="Permanent" /> </system.webServer> </location> <location path="products.htm"> <system.webServer> <httpRedirect enabled="true" destination="http://domain.com/products" httpResponseStatus="Permanent" /> </system.webServer> </location> </configuration> 

Try above. Refered from Setting up redirect in web.config file