Would you like to learn how to redirect image hotlinking on the IIS server? In this tutorial, we are going to configure the IIS server to redirect image hotlinking on your website.
• Windows 2012 R2
• Windows 2016
• Windows 2019
In our example, the IIS server is hosting the website WWW.GAMEKING.TIPS.
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Tutorial IIS - Rewrite image hotlinking
Access the URL REWRITE website and download the installation package.
Perform the URL REWRITE installation.
Start the application named: IIS Manager.
On the IIS Manager application, select your website.
On the right part of the screen, access the option named: URL Rewrite.
On the top right part of the screen, click on the Add Rule option.
On the inbound rules, create a new blank rule.
To detect image hotlinking, use the following configuration:
Change the Pattern option to the desired image extensions.
Here is our configuration.
On the Conditions area, click on the Add button and use the following configuration:
Change the Pattern option to your website.
Click on the OK button.
On the Action area, perform the following configuration.
On the top-right part of the screen, click on the Apply option
Create a replacement image to be delivered.
In our example, the IIS server will rewrite the hotlinking to images on our website to a local image.
If someone tries to hotlink your images, the image request will be rewritten.
Congratulation! You configured the IIS server to rewrite image hotlinking to another local image.
Tutorial IIS - Redirect image hotlinking
Access the URL REWRITE website and download the installation package.
Perform the URL REWRITE installation.
Start the application named: IIS Manager.
On the IIS Manager application, select your website.
On the right part of the screen, access the option named: URL Rewrite.
On the top right part of the screen, click on the Add Rule option.
On the inbound rules, create a new blank rule.
To detect image hotlinking, use the following configuration:
Change the Pattern option to the desired image extensions.
Here is our configuration.
On the Conditions area, click on the Add button and use the following configuration:
Change the Pattern option to your website.
Click on the OK button.
On the Action area, perform the following configuration.
On the top-right part of the screen, click on the Apply option
In our example, the IIS server will redirect image hotlinking on our website.
If someone tries to hotlink your images, the image request will be redirected.
From a remote Linux computer, try to perform hotlinking to an image.
Here is the command output.
The IIS server will redirect hotlinking to images on our website.
Congratulation! You configured the IIS server to redirect image hotlinking.
