Do complex IIS management tasks easily with AppCmd command piping
As much as I hate to re-post someone else's content, I've been real busy in the past few weeks and havent had a chance to post new stuff - and today I saw Kanwal's post on a very near and dear subject...
View ArticleCreating IIS7 sites, applications, and virtual directories
In the course of IIS7 development, the team and I have answered an infinity of questions about IIS7 on any possible topic imaginable.Ironically, neither I nor anyone else I know on the team has ever...
View ArticleAnatomy of an IIS7 configuration path
If you have worked with IIS6 and previous versions of IIS, you are most likely familiar with the IIS metabase paths. You know, the ones that look like LM/W3SVC/1/ROOT. These metabase paths serve as a...
View ArticleFastest way to create IIS7 websites, applications, and application pools
IIS7 provides quite a few ways to create websites, applications, and application pools. The simplest way of course is to use the new GUI Administration tool, where your new website is always a few...
View ArticleFinding your way around IIS 7 configuration sections with AppCmd
The IIS 7 configuration system contains 50+ configuration sections (100+ if you count .NET Framework configuration), 477 attributes, and 57 collections. This can make it pretty challenging to figure...
View ArticleStarting, stopping and recycling IIS 7.0 Web sites and application pools
As many of you know, IIS 7.0 provides the ability to start and stop Web sites, and application pools. However, since previous releases, there has been much confusion as to what exactly happens when...
View ArticleTrace IIS 7.0 Errors Like a Pro with Failed Request Tracing
When you are working with the web server, dealing with errors is a fact of life. They creep in when applications change, when you deploy to a new server, make configuration changes, or add new...
View ArticleWhen to restart IIS when making changes to your application
Knowing when to restart IIS to pick up various types of changes to your application has traditionally been a challenge. IIS and ASP.NET are both stateful software systems, which heavily rely on cached...
View ArticleCaution when stopping and starting an IIS application pool with appcmd
When starting and stopping IIS 7 application pools from command line with appcmd.exe, you should be aware of a behavior that can sometimes lead to unintended circumstances. To explain it, lets first...
View ArticleConfigure IIS websites on Windows Azure with startup tasks and AppCmd
At LeanSentry, we use Windows Azure heavily to scale out our extensive data collection and diagnostic data processing. Just like anyone else, we have our fair share of difficulties with deploying and...
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