PowerShell – IIS automation
You can view the IIS gui conole by running “Inetmgr” on the commandline.
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To automate IIS you first need to ensure you have the “webadministration”:
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PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-Module -ListAvailable
Directory: C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules
ModuleType Version Name ExportedCommands
———- ——- —- —————-
Manifest 1.0.0.0 ADRMS {Update-ADRMS, Uninstall-ADRMS, Install-ADRMS}
Manifest 1.0.0.0 AppLocker {Set-AppLockerPolicy, Get-AppLockerPolicy, Test-AppLockerP…
Manifest 1.0 BestPractices {Get-BpaModel, Invoke-BpaModel, Get-BpaResult, Set-BpaResult}
Manifest 1.0.0.0 BitsTransfer {Add-BitsFile, Remove-BitsTransfer, Complete-BitsTransfer,…
Manifest 1.0.0.0 CimCmdlets {Get-CimAssociatedInstance, Get-CimClass, Get-CimInstance,…
Script 1.0.0.0 ISE {New-IseSnippet, Import-IseSnippet, Get-IseSnippet}
Manifest 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Diagnostics {Get-WinEvent, Get-Counter, Import-Counter, Export-Counter…
Manifest 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Host {Start-Transcript, Stop-Transcript}
Manifest 3.1.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Management {Add-Content, Clear-Content, Clear-ItemProperty, Join-Path…
Manifest 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Security {Get-Acl, Set-Acl, Get-PfxCertificate, Get-Credential…}
Manifest 3.1.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility {Format-List, Format-Custom, Format-Table, Format-Wide…}
Manifest 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.WSMan.Management {Disable-WSManCredSSP, Enable-WSManCredSSP, Get-WSManCredS…
Binary 1.0 PSDesiredStateConfiguration {Set-DscLocalConfigurationManager, Start-DscConfiguration,…
Script 1.0.0.0 PSDiagnostics {Disable-PSTrace, Disable-PSWSManCombinedTrace, Disable-WS…
Binary 1.1.0.0 PSScheduledJob {New-JobTrigger, Add-JobTrigger, Remove-JobTrigger, Get-Jo…
Manifest 2.0.0.0 PSWorkflow {New-PSWorkflowExecutionOption, New-PSWorkflowSession, nwsn}
Manifest 1.0.0.0 PSWorkflowUtility Invoke-AsWorkflow
Manifest 1.0.0.0 ServerManager {Get-WindowsFeature, Add-WindowsFeature, Remove-WindowsFea…
Manifest 1.0.0.0 TroubleshootingPack {Get-TroubleshootingPack, Invoke-TroubleshootingPack}
Manifest 1.0.0.0 WebAdministration {Start-WebCommitDelay, Stop-WebCommitDelay, Get-WebConfigu…
Directory: C:\Program Files\System Center Operations Manager\Agent\PowerShell
ModuleType Version Name ExportedCommands
———- ——- —- —————-
Binary 0.0.0.0 Microsoft.MonitoringAgent.PowerS… {Checkpoint-WebApplicationMonitoring, Get-WebApplicationMo…
PS C:\Windows\system32>
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If you have windows 2008 with IIS 7.5 installed, then you should see a module called “WebAdministration”. Next do:
[powershell]
Import-Module -Name WebAdministration
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After that you should have a bunch of IIS related commands ready for use:
[powershell]
PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-Command -Module webadministration
CommandType Name ModuleName
———– —- ———-
Alias Begin-WebCommitDelay webadministration
Alias End-WebCommitDelay webadministration
Function IIS: webadministration
Cmdlet Add-WebConfiguration webadministration
Cmdlet Add-WebConfigurationLock webadministration
Cmdlet Add-WebConfigurationProperty webadministration
Cmdlet Backup-WebConfiguration webadministration
Cmdlet Clear-WebConfiguration webadministration
Cmdlet Clear-WebRequestTracingSettings webadministration
Cmdlet ConvertTo-WebApplication webadministration
Cmdlet Disable-WebGlobalModule webadministration
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Along with this you should have the IIS drive available too:
[powershell] PS C:\Windows\system32> psdrive Name Used (GB) Free (GB) Provider Root CurrentLocation —- ——— ——— ——– —- ————— A FileSystem A:\ Alias Alias C 30.80 19.10 FileSystem C:\ Windows\system32 Cert Certificate \ D FileSystem D:\ Env Environment Function Function HKCU Registry HKEY_CURRENT_USER HKLM Registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE IIS WebAdminis… \\OSVM1043 Variable Variable WSMan WSMan [/powershell]
Create a Virtual Directory
You need to use the New-WebVirtualDirectory command:
http://www.jasonholden.com/blog/index.cfm/2014/1/7/Use-PowerShell-to-add-IIS-virtual-directory-with-Login-Connect-As
Here is an example command:
New-WebVirtualDirectory -Name “xxx” -site “Default Web Site” -PhysicalPath ‘C:\Program Files\path\to\folder’
Name – This is the name as you want it to when viewing it in the Inetmgr’s tree structure.
Sites – on the inetmgr gui, it is the parent too the name, within the tree.
physicalpath – it is the full path to the folder where the folder should reside. For consistency it might be a good idea to mirror the folder’s name with the “name”
Resources
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5963647/webadministration-powershell-module-not-found-on-windows-server-data-center
http://www.iis.net/learn/manage/powershell/powershell-snap-in-creating-web-sites-web-applications-virtual-directories-and-application-pools
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14236406/how-to-enable-a-windows-feature-via-powershell
After this, you should see IIS when you do:
get-psprovider
Also you should see the following new commands:
Get-Command -Module webadministration