November 2012
Intermediate to advanced
984 pages
27h 56m
English
book
Professional Microsoft IIS 8
by Kenneth Schaefer, Jeff Cochran, Scott Forsyth, Dennis Glendenning, Benjamin Perkins
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Command-Line Management
One of the tools for command-line management in IIS 8.0 is AppCmd.exe. This one tool contains functions that give the administrator complete control of the web server. A few examples of what you can do include the following:
- Add, delete, and modify websites and application pools.
- Stop and start websites and application pools.
- View information about worker processes and requests.
- List and modify the configurations of IIS and ASP.NET.
AppCmd.exe provides a consistent set of supported commands for performing queries and tasks against a set of supported object types. You can run these commands individually or in combination with other commands to perform complex tasks or queries.
| Object Name | Description |
| site | To administer virtual sites |
| app | To administer applications |
| vdir | To administer virtual directories |
| apppool | To administer application pools |
| config | To administer general configuration sections |
| wp | To administer worker processes |
| request | To administer HTTP requests |
| module | To administer server modules |
| backup | To administer server configuration backups |
| trace | To administer failed request trace logs |
Supported commands include the following:
- add
- clear
- configure
- delete
- inspect
- install
- list
- lock
- migrate
- recycle
- reset
- restore
- search
- set
- start
- stop
- uninstall
- unlock
AppCmd.exe is located in the %systemroot%\system32\inetsrv directory, which is available only to members of the Administrators group. Additionally, if applicationhost.config, machine.config ...
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