IIS URL Rewrite (redirect)

Question

I want to replace "index" with "home" in my URL, eg:

www.mywebsite.com/index should redirect to www.mywebsite.com/home .

www.mywebsite.com/index/contact to www.mywebsite.com/home/contact and so on.

I tried applying this rule

<rule name="Replace index" stopProcessing="true">
    <match url="(.*)(/index)(.*)" />
    <action type="Redirect" url="localhost:6782/home{R:3}" />
</rule>

The rule should pick up (any-string)(/index)(any-other-string) and replace it with localhost:6782/home{any-other-string} but it doesn't do anything.

Answer 1

Here's the answer to my question:

 <rules>
    <rule name="Redirect to home" stopProcessing="false">
      <match url="^index(.*)" />
      <action type="Redirect" url="home{R:1}" redirectType="Permanent" />
    </rule>
 </rules>

Tip : be sure to clear the cache of the browser when trying out different rules (or use incognito mode)