Local Host

WHAT IS IT ?

localhost is a hostname that means this computer.
It is used to access the network services that are running on the host.
Used to run a network service on a host without requiring a physical network interface.
The website files are to be stored in the directory we setup as home directory in IIS configuration.
In order to activate localhost server on Windows PC, navigate to > Control Panel -> Programs and Features -> Turn Windows features on or off.
Then search for Internet Information Services and check its checkbox.

IIS acts as a server for a local computer.
A locally installed website may be accessed from a web browser by the URL http://localhost to display its home page.
To open the local site we have to use http://localhost/ or http://127.0.0.1/ in web browser to open the site.

wwwroot folder is for to Deploy in Server i.e IIS.
wwwroot is a Virtual Directory of IIS server.
Place all the files of the website ( developed ) in one directory. For the first time users it is better to store in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\ as this is the default home directory for IIS.
wwwroot may contain many web-site so that are in the separate folder and it would be acces by specific path.
like localhost:8080/mywebsite, where "birendra" is a folder in which files are there for my site.
Here birendra is a folder in which files are there for my site.
The IIS server Runs the website deployed on the directory.
A index.html file has been kept in birendra folder.