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I am using SSRS 2014, and on the server it runs, it binds to port 80 and exposes two paths, /Reports and /reportserver. I know how to configure these through the SSRS Configuration Manager.

I am wondering about the web server in the backend running on port 80. Is this IIS under the covers? Or if not, is there a way to plug in additional configuration to it? Basically, all I am after is to be able to add a redirect from path / to /Reports, so if people just type http://reports.mycompany.com, they will automatically be redirected to http://reports.mycompany.com/Reports. Is this possible out of the box?

(I know my other option is to bind it to a port other than 80 and then use an actual web server like IIS or Apache on port 80 to act as a proxy for SSRS, but I am wondering if anyone know if what I want can be done out of the box – I am not sure if there are any performance impacts with this option.)

Michael Plautz
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  • It's not IIS under the surface but if you install IIS on that server, change the default.asp page to redirect to the reports url. – Jerry Ritcey Feb 15 '17 at 20:38
  • If I install IIS on that same server, I would assume it would not be able to bind to port 80 since SSRS already is. Am I incorrect with that? Or is IIS smart enough to recognize that SSRS is present and play well with it? – Michael Plautz Feb 16 '17 at 14:38
  • No, Reporting Services grabs http://machinename/Report and /ReportServer, not the root http://machinename/. Reporting Services config lets you specify the foldernames it uses and the ports as well, if you don't want to use 80. – Jerry Ritcey Feb 18 '17 at 03:58

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