Chapter 3. Managing IIS with PowerShell

In this chapter we will cover the following recipes:

  • Installing and configuring IIS
  • Configuring IIS for SSL
  • Configuring a Central Certificate Store
  • Configuring IIS bindings
  • Configuring IIS logging
  • Managing log files
  • Configuring NLB across multiple servers
  • Monitoring load balancing on NLB nodes
  • Placing NLB nodes into maintenance
  • Configuring a development/staging/production site scheme
  • Promoting content in websites
  • Reporting on website access and errors

Introduction

Internet Information Services (IIS) has become a key component in Windows Server. With IIS you can host publicly facing websites and internal intranets, as well as integrate with enterprise applications, such as SharePoint, Exchange, and System Center. IIS ...

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