[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change]

Starting and Stopping Sites

By default, sites start automatically when your computer restarts. Stopping a site stops Internet services and unloads Internet services from your computer's memory. Pausing a site prevents Internet services from accepting new connections but does not affect requests that are already being processed. Starting a site restarts or resumes Internet services.

To start, stop, or pause a site

In the IIS snap-in, select the site you want to start, stop, or pause.
Click the Start, Stop, or Pause button on the toolbar.

note Note If a site stops unexpectedly, the IIS snap-in may not correctly indicate the state of the server. Before restarting, click Refresh on the toolbar. If the site is still indicated as being stopped, select the site, click Stop, and then click Start to restart on the toolbar to restart the site.

Related Topics

For information on restarting all of your Internet services, see Restarting IIS.
To quickly establish a site that uses the default settings, see Quick Site Setup with IIS.
To change properties on existing Web or FTP sites, see Changing the Inherited Defaults.
To add multiple sites on one IP address, see Hosting Multiple Sites by Assigning Ports, Addresses, and Host Header Names in About Name Resolution.
To perform common tasks from command-line scripts, see Sample Administration Scripts.