Using Command Line Management Tools
It isn’t always possible or practical to use IIS Manager to perform administration tasks. Quite often, Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) administrators need to use command line tools for on-demand or automated tasks. Common administration tasks such as creating and configuring sites, application pools, and virtual directories can be performed more efficiently through command line tools and programming interfaces.
This chapter focuses on command line management of IIS 7.0 by using Appcmd.exe, a single command line tool that replaces multiple scripts and tools provided by previous versions of IIS. Appcmd is installed by default and is immediately available for managing IIS from the command line. It ...
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