Create a New IIS Website with PowerShell
On a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine, IIS has already been installed and you want to create an additional website. If necessary, an additional IP Address has been added to the server also. Use the...
View ArticleRename an IIS Web Application with PowerShell
Want to rename an IIS Web Application on a Windows 2008 R2 server? It's not possible from the GUI, but it's simple to accomplish using PowerShell. First, let's create a web application in an existing...
View ArticleUsing PowerShell to Find Expiring SSL Certificates & the Websites they’re...
Have you recently received a notification about an expiring SSL certificate and don't remember where all it's used at? It's generally not an issue to figure this out with normal certificates which are...
View ArticleUse PowerShell to Display IIS Application Pool Identity Account Passwords in...
It's fairly common to see the identity for an IIS application pool changed to a domain user account. The following image shows three application pools, the DefaultAppPool has the default settings, the...
View ArticleAn Uncommon Cause for IIS 503 Service Unavailable Errors
Recently, while migrating IIS websites to a new server, I encountered "Service Unavailable HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable." errors, but only for HTTPS, while HTTP worked fine. Depending on...
View ArticleUse PowerShell to Monitor IIS Websites and Application Pools
I recently received a request to write a script for monitoring IIS websites and their application pools on a specific Windows 2012 R2 server and start them if they were stopped. This is something I...
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