Introduction
AppCmd.exe can be used to provision Web sites and run many commands to edit configuration.
Creating and Configuring
Use the following code samples for implementing AppCmd.exe.
To create a site and an application pool (with failed request tracing and W3svc log file locations)
%windir%\system32\inetsrv\Appcmd add AppPool -name:%poolname% -processModel.username:%poolaccount% -processModel.password:%poolaccountpwd% -enable32BitAppOnWin64:true
%windir%\system32\inetsrv\AppCmd add site -name:%sitename% -bindings:http/*:80:%sitename% -physicalPath:%sitepath% -logfile.directory:%W3svclogpath% -traceFailedRequestsLogging.directory:%FREBlogpath%
%windir%\system32\inetsrv\Appcmd set app -app.name:%sitename%/ -applicationPool:%poolname%
To configure the Failed Request Tracing log file location
%windir%\system32\inetsrv\AppCmd set config <sitename> -section:traceFailedRequestsLogging.directory:\\remoteserver\content$\<sitename>\logs\failedReqLog
To configure the W3SVC log file location
%windir%\system32\inetsrv\AppCmd set config <sitename> -section:-logfile.directory:\\remotefileshare\content$\<sitename>\logs\logfiles