I have a ASP.NET website, developed by a freelancer. After developing the website, he directly uploaded the website to my domain. Now, how can I host that website locally on my computer?
I dont have any experience in ASP.NET, however I do know HTML5 and CSS3. Looking at the files, I noticed they are all .cshtml files.
Any help would be great. I have the login credentials of Plesk.
Thanks in advance
You need to use IIS.
To do this, assuming you are on Windows, you need to enable it under the 'Windows Features' setting screen as below:
Check the 'World Wide Web Services' option, and also 'IIS Management Console' under the 'Web Management Tools' section.
After it installs, you will have a new program in your start menu, called 'Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager'.
This is where you setup and configure any local websites. There will already be a default website set up, which you can use, or you can create a new one by right clicking on 'Sites' in the tree on the left, and selecting 'Add Website':
Assuming you just use the default, you will need to copy your application to C:\inetpub\wwwroot\. You will then be able to access this by pointing your browser to http:\\localhost or http:\\127.0.0.1.
Assuming you are working with Windows, you will need to install an IIS on your machine. IIS is a part of Window's features, you can try installing it under: Control Panel > Program and features > Turn windows features On / Off > Internet Information Services.
In some versions of windows, IIS is not available. In that case, you will need to download IISExpress.
After that - Configure a new website under your IIS, and point the website to the directory in your computer which has the project.
