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Manage IIS Settings via ApplicationHost.Config vs. Web.Config
I have an IIS setup where multiple websites exist that all share the same document root. Each of the websites have a specific default document though.
This has been managed in the past by manually editing the applicationHost.config file, adding a section like
<location path="<a href="http://www.website3.com" target="_blank">www.website3.com</a>">
<system.webServer>
<defaultDocument>
<files>
<add value="website3-home.html" />
</files>
</defaultDocument>
</system.webServer>
</location>
I am trying to script some of this setup, and I am trying to use the WebAdministration powershell module, and am looking at AppCmd, but when I try to set a Default Document setting this way, the setting gets added to Web.Config... and since the websites have a shared document root, they all share the same Web.Config, and this causes a problem.
Is there a way when using WebAdministration or AppCmd to specify that I want the change made specifically in applicationHost.config, not Web.config?
I appreciate any suggestions!
~D
Looks like you can use the /AppHostConfig switch
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/iis/extensions/introduction-to-iis-express/iis-80-express-readme
Thanks for the reply Dave;
So, I am looking at the following:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2012-R2-and-2012/jj635852(v=ws.11)
and
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/iis/configuration/system.webserver/defaultdocument/It seems the syntax I want to specifically write the config to applicationHost.config is /COMMIT:APPHOST but I cant seem to figure out the rest of the syntax... keep getting errors:
PS C:\Windows\system32\inetsrv> .\appcmd.exe set config "testsite2" /section:defaultDocument /enabled:true /+files.[value='site2-home.html'] /commit:APPHOST ERROR ( message:Malformed collection indexer; format is [@position,name='value',name2='value2',...]. The @position specifier is optional, and be '@start', '@end', or '@N' where N is a numeric index i nto the collection. ) PS C:\Windows\system32\inetsrv>
