Host Headers with Sharepoint

[k8277]

I have a sharepoint server setup with multiple subsites. We created a DNS entry in Active Directory called "intranet" that points to the IP of the sharepoint server.

I would like to be able to use Host Headers to forward the "intranet" DNS entry to a sharepoint subsite. How do I create a host header to point to the sharepoint subsite? I found documentation for creating a host header, but my problem is when I try to setup the host header I can't select my sharepoint subsite because they aren't listed individually within IIS 6.0.

 

[Beowulf005]

Subsite will not accept host headers, since the header they use is based on the site they are apart of.
However one thing you can do is in IIS create a new site.
Give it the header name you are trying to use. Open Sharepoint admin and extend a Virtual server to that site. What sharepoint will do then is make that site a new top level sharepoint site. Downside you will have to recreate all settings and permissions.

 

[k8277]

What settings will have to be recreated?

 

[Beowulf005]

Document libraries
Views
Essentially then entire sub site.
Share point doesn't have the best in transferring pages.