Programmatically adding vdir and app using appcmd in IIS?RSS

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  helpdeskalee...

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  Programmatically adding vdir and app using appcmd in IIS?

  Dec 05, 2020 06:44 PM|helpdeskaleer|LINK

  I am trying to use IIS's appcmd to programatically do the equivalent of the following in the IIS Manager application (inetmgr.exe):

  1. In the Connections sidebar on the left, expand to HOSTNAME -> Sites
  2. Right-click Default Web Site and click Add application... from the context menu.
  3. The Add Application dialog will display
     1. In the Alias: textbox type path1/path2
     2. In the Physical Path: textbox type C:\path1\path2
     3. Click OK
  4. This will cause the app to be displayed in the Connections left sidebar under the path HOSTNAME -> Sites -> Default Web Site -> path1 -> path 2
  5. Restarting IIS will cause http://[::1]/path1/path2 to display the application, assuming it's bound to just [::1].

  Here is what I have so far to do this programmatically:

  # Copy my web.config file for my new site.
  copy C:\test\web.config C:\path1\path2\web.config
  
  C:\windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd add app /site.name:"Default Web Site" /path:path1\path2
  
  C:\windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd vdir /app.name:"Default Web Site/path1/path2" /path:/ /physicalPath:C:\path1\path2
  

  But after restarting IIS, it never displays in the Connections left sidebar and I can't get to my application either.

  However, I can list it using appcmd:

  C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\appcmd list app
  ...
  APP "Default Web Site/windows/gp" (applicationPool:DefaultAppPool)
  ...
  
  C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\appcmd list vdir
  ...
  VDIR "Default Web Site/windows/gp/" (physicalPath:C:\path1\path2)
  ...
  

  What else do I have to do? There's /commit command in appcmd but I don't understand what it does apart from editing an xml .config on the fly at some level...where are my changes?

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  samwu

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  Re: Programmatically adding vdir and app using appcmd in IIS?

  Dec 07, 2020 08:53 AM|samwu|LINK

  Hi helpdeskaleer,

  helpdeskaleer

  But after restarting IIS, it never displays in the Connections left sidebar and I can't get to my application either.

  Before restarting iis, is there a website you created with appcmd in your Connections? 

  Please check if the website you created exists in applicationHost.config. 

  The file is located at:  %windir%\System32\inetsrv\config\applicationHost.config 

  Best regards,

  Sam

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  helpdeskalee...

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  Re: Programmatically adding vdir and app using appcmd in IIS?

  Dec 07, 2020 07:22 PM|helpdeskaleer|LINK

  Sure it's listed, I added an app to the Default Website, not a website; you can see it here:
  
  https://imgur.com/ku427Cqhttps://imgur.com/ku427Cq 

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  helpdeskalee...

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  Re: Programmatically adding vdir and app using appcmd in IIS?

  Dec 07, 2020 07:33 PM|helpdeskaleer|LINK

  See comments <!-- --> below:
  ...
          <sites>
              <site name="Default Web Site" id="1" serverAutoStart="true">
                  <application path="/">
                      <virtualDirectory path="/" physicalPath="%SystemDrive%\inetpub\wwwroot" />
                  </application>

                  <!-- BEGIN: These were added by the GUI (and display, see screenshot) -->
                  <application path="/MyApp" applicationPool="DefaultAppPool">
                      <virtualDirectory path="/" physicalPath="C:\meWikis" />
                  </application>
                  <application path="/Simphony" applicationPool="DefaultAppPool">
                      <virtualDirectory path="/" physicalPath="C:\SimphWiki" />
                  </application>
                  <application path="/Simphony/emc" applicationPool="DefaultAppPool">
                      <virtualDirectory path="/" physicalPath="C:\Simphony_EMC" />
                  </application>
                  <application path="/CasinoLicenses" applicationPool="DefaultAppPool">
                      <virtualDirectory path="/" physicalPath="C:\CasinoLicenses" />
                  </application>

                  <!-- END: These were added by the GUI (and display, see screenshot) -->

                  <!-- BEGIN: These were added by the AppCMD (but does not display, see screenshot) -->

                  <!-- However it does work...go figure... -->
                  <application path="/windows/gp">
                      <virtualDirectory path="/" physicalPath="C:\tw5\windows\gp" />
                  </application>

                  <!-- END: These were added by the AppCMD (but does not display, see screenshot) -->
                  <bindings>
                      <binding protocol="http" bindingInformation="[::1]:80:" />
                  </bindings>
              </site>
              <siteDefaults>
                  <logFile logFormat="W3C" directory="%SystemDrive%\inetpub\logs\LogFiles" />
                  <traceFailedRequestsLogging directory="%SystemDrive%\inetpub\logs\FailedReqLogFiles" />
              </siteDefaults>
              <applicationDefaults applicationPool="DefaultAppPool" />
              <virtualDirectoryDefaults allowSubDirConfig="true" />
          </sites>

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  samwu

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  Re: Programmatically adding vdir and app using appcmd in IIS?

  Dec 08, 2020 09:33 AM|samwu|LINK

  Hi helpdeskaleer,

  helpdeskaleer

  Sure it's listed, I added an app to the Default Website, not a website; you can see it here:

  I suggest you recreate the site in appcmd for testing, and then don’t name it Default WebSite. 

  Normally, there will be a default website in applicationHost.config named Default Web Site, It is possible that your website was not created successfully.

  Best regards,

  Sam

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