Re: How do you unlock configuration data using the IIS Powershell snapin.

sergeia — Fri, 15 May 2009 04:45:47 GMT

It is quite confusing, indeed. OverrideMode is metadata on sections, we expose it as property in cmdlets, but it is actually read-only. To remove lock from the section you need to target metadata:

set-webconfiguration //asp machine/webroot/apphost -metadata overrideMode -value Allow

use path to your place instead of 'machine/webroot/apphost'. Use name of your section instead of 'asp'. Metadata is a switch in get-webconfigurationproperty, that adds s.Metadata member to section object 's', and it takes name of metadata that you want to change in set-webconfiguration.

PS IIS:\Sites\testSite\bar #> (get-webconfiguration //asp -metadata).Metadata

overrideMode : Allow
... rest of metadata ...

Thanks for bringing it to our attention,

Sergei

How do you unlock configuration data using the IIS Powershell snapin.

Bob Landau — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:20:25 GMT

I want to be able to unlock some sections in particular the module, security among others

This is the XML data I'd like to be able to set using the cmdlets

This works with Set/Get-WebConfigurationProperty
(Get-WebConfiguration -filter /system.webServer/directoryBrowse).enabled
Get-WebConfigurationProperty -filter /system.webServer/directoryBrowse -name enabled

But neither of these do

Get-WebConfigurationProperty -filter /system.webServer/modules -name OverrideMode

Set-WebConfigurationProperty -filter /system.webServer/modules -name OverrideMode -value $false

The error I get back is
WARNING: Property OverrideMode is not found on /system.webServer/modules.

This property is there I can see using either of these methods

Get-WebConfiguration -Filter /system.webServer/modules | fl *
(Get-WebConfiguration -Filter /system.webServer/modules).OverrideMode

I'm having similar difficulties modifying the Security and other sections

Is this a bug? Please let me know what I'm doing wrong and how I can set these

thx

bob

IIS 7.0 - PowerShell

Re: How do you unlock configuration data using the IIS Powershell snapin.

How do you unlock configuration data using the IIS Powershell snapin.