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Month: July 2017

  • How to – Create multiple IIS sites from text file using Powershell

    The end result is the following script which will import the contents of a .txt file from c:\rs-pkgs\websites.txt by default. Simply populate your text file with each site name on a separate line, e.g.:

    test1.com

    test2.com

    test3.com

    test4.com

    Save that in C:\rs-pkgs as websites.txt and then run the following script:

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    Import-Module WebAdministration
    $i = 0
    ForEach ($Item in Get-Content -Path C:\rs-pkgs\website.test.txt)
    {
        $iisAppPoolName = [string]$Item
        $iisAppPoolDotNetVersion = "v4.0"
        $iisAppName = $iisAppPoolName
        $directoryPath = "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\" + $iisAppPoolName
        #navigate to the app pools root
        cd IIS:\AppPools\
        #check if the app pool exists
        if (!(Test-Path $iisAppPoolName -pathType container))
        {
            #create the app pool
            $appPool = New-Item $iisAppPoolName
            $appPool | Set-ItemProperty -Name "managedRuntimeVersion" -Value $iisAppPoolDotNetVersion
        }
        #navigate to the sites root
        cd IIS:\Sites\
        #check if the site exists
        if (Test-Path $iisAppName -pathType container)
        {
            return
        }
        #create the directory
        md $directoryPath
        #create the site
        $iisApp = New-Item $iisAppName -bindings @{protocol="http";bindingInformation=":80:" + $iisAppName} -physicalPath $directoryPath
        $iisApp | Set-ItemProperty -Name "applicationPool" -Value $iisAppPoolName
        $i += 1
    }

    from https://community.rackspace.com/developers/f/7/t/1735