# Problem hosting under Internet Information Service ( IIS ) locally **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [April 7, 2022, 5:24am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/problem-hosting-under-internet-information-service-iis-locally/7206 "2022-04-07T05:24:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![behai-nguyen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/46a35a/32.png) [@behai-nguyen](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/behai-nguyen)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 5:24am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/problem-hosting-under-internet-information-service-iis-locally/7206/1 "2022-04-07T05:24:28Z")
Hi, I am Be Hai, from Melbourne, Victioria, Australia. I have only learned Jekyll in the past 3 days, but I have been a software writer in the past 20 years or so. I am very familiar with HTML, CSS etc. The environment I am using is “Windows Subsystem for Linux” ( WSL2 ), running Ubuntu 20.4. I went through all tutorials on Jekyll – I am very happy with what I have learned. And I have successfully put my Jekyll generate “site” onto GitHub IO: > **[About](https://behai-nguyen.github.io/about.html)** > > Documentation of various aspects of software development that I have been learning. Also on my local machine, in WSL2 works as per instructions. That is: when I run **bundle exec jekyll serve** Then on a Windows browser, I run: **"localhost colon( : ) 4000"** I got the same as **github’s** I have this project locally in **“D:\Codes\behai-nguyen\_github\_io”** , The generated site is in “D:\Codes\behai-nguyen\_github\_io\_site”. **THE PROBLEM:** In my understanding / thinking / assumption, if I set a virtual directory, “behai”, in Internet Information Service ( IIS ) pointings to **“D:\Codes\behai-nguyen\_github\_io\_site”** , then when I run: **[http://localhost/behai/](http://localhost/behai/)** it shoud work – but I have broken pages, no CSS applied. **WHAT I HAVE TRIED and STILL DOES NOT WORK:** A look into “D:\Codes\behai-nguyen\_github\_io\_site” shows that it does not seem to include theme files. So I copied the following folder from WSL2 to D:\Codes\behai-nguyen\_github\_io\ /home/behai/gems/gems/minima-2.5.1/\_includes /home/behai/gems/gems/minima-2.5.1/\_layouts /home/behai/gems/gems/minima-2.5.1/\_sass /home/behai/gems/gems/minima-2.5.1/assets Then, I ran: **bundle exec jekyll serve** – “http localhost behai” still does not work. “localhost colon( : ) 4000” works. **jekyll build** – “http localhost behai” still does not work. After these two commands, content of “\_site” still did not change. This problem also means: if I upload the entire “D:\Codes\behai-nguyen\_github\_io\_site” to a hosting site, my site will not work. Would you please kindly help me with this issue? I know it is possible, I just don’t know how to do it yet. Thank you and best regards, Be Hai Nguyen. ---
**Author:** ![behai-nguyen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/46a35a/32.png) [@behai-nguyen](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/behai-nguyen)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/problem-hosting-under-internet-information-service-iis-locally/7206/2 "2022-04-07T15:57:57Z")
I found out what it is. To recap, I want to run the generated site as: **http colon ( : ) // localhost / behai /** In project config file, **\_config.yml** , I changed **baseurl** and **url** : ```auto baseurl: "/behai" # the subpath of your site, e.g. /blog url: "http://localhost" # the base hostname & protocol for your site, e.g. http colon ( : ) // example.com ``` Generated HTMLs now have the appropriate path for CSS: ```auto ``` I am guessing then, I will have to set these two values appropriately for the domain the site will be hosted on. I hope this would help someone. Be Hai Nguyen. ---
**Author:** ![BillRaymond](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/billraymond/32/5963_2.png) [@BillRaymond](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/BillRaymond)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/problem-hosting-under-internet-information-service-iis-locally/7206/3 "2022-04-07T16:51:54Z")
You are correct that you want to change the `baseurl` and `url` to what you expect for production. However, do not stress changing your `url` every time you run locally. For example, check out these settings in `_config.yml`: ```auto baseurl: "/my-website" # the subpath of your site, e.g. /blog url: "https://mywebsite.com" # the base hostname & protocol for your site, e.g. http://example.com ``` When you use `jekyll build`, those settings get used. However, when you are testing your site with `jekyll serve` (or more commonly `bundle exec jekyll serve --livereload`), you will notice that Jekyll figures out the correct settings and provide you with a URL that looks like this: ```auto http://127.0.0.1:4000/my-website/ ``` The point I am making here is to configure your `baseurl` and `url` with what you expect them to be for production. When you test locally, `jekyll serve` will automatically adjust the `url` for you.