Cannot connect to Localhost on server running IIS
I recently installed IIS on a Windows 2012 R2 server and can't seem to connect to localhost, the IP, server DNS, etc. I've tried the following and nothing seems to be helping:
- In CMD run netstat -ano to check that port :80 is listening (it is)
- Bound the site to All Unassigned and the IP address on port 80 (no hostname)
- Adjusting the security permissions on the wwwroot folder to confirm that IIS_IUSRS has access and tried adding IUSR
- Changed the Application Pool settings for Load User Profile from False to True
- Edit the hosts file to add the line
127.0.0.1 localhost - Ensured that Anonymous Authentication is enabled and no others are enabled
- Temporarily disable the MacAfee running on the machine
Not sure what else to try or where it might be failing here.
Answer
I was struggling with a similar problem - I didn't have any connections and couldn't connect to even localhost with IIS.
Turns out I had forgotten to open IIS as an administrator. That fixed the problem.