I am trying to give users a short URL (http://www.gggggg.com/xxxxxxxxxx) that IIS 8 will translate into a longer one (http://www.gggggg.com/cgi-bin/aaaaaaaa?parm1=VAL1&parm2=VAL2&parm3=VAL3&parm4=VAL4&parm5=VAL5) automatically.
Based on some research I did online, I believe the web.config statements below should accomplish this. However, when I attempt to use http://www.gggggg.com/xxxxxxxxxx, I receive a "500 - Internal server error. There is a problem with the resource you are looking for, and it cannot be displayed." message. The long URL,http://www.gggggg.com/cgi-bin/aaaaaaaa?parm1=VAL1&parm2=VAL2&parm3=VAL3&parm4=VAL4&parm5=VAL5), works fine.
Can anyone help me with this? I had this functionality working in IIS 6 but IIS 8, which we are migrating to and I am new to, seems to be a whole new beast.
Is this even the best way to do this? If not, what is the better way?
web.config statements:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<rewrite>
<rewriteMaps>
<rewriteMap name="eCASAppRewrites" defaultValue="">
<add key="/xxxxxxxxx" value="/cgi-bin/aaaaaaaa?parm1=VAL1&parm2=VAL2&parm3=VAL3&parm4=VAL4&parm5=VAL5" />
</rewriteMap>
</rewriteMaps>
<rules>
<rule name="eCASAppRules">
<match url="(.*)" />
<conditions>
<add input="{eCASAppRewrites:{REQUEST_URI}}" pattern="(.+)" />
</conditions>
<action type="Rewrite" url="{C:1}" />
</rule>
</rules>
</rewrite>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>
