Managing IIS from powershell

Managing IIS from powershell

Start aspnet_state service

get-service | Where {$_.Name -eq 'aspnet_state'}
get-service | Where {$_.Name -eq 'aspnet_state'} | Start-Service
start-service aspnet_state

Set custom app pool identity

get-module
get-module -ListAvailable
import-module webadministration
import-module iisadministration
$appPool= get-iisapppool DefaultAppPool
$appPool.ProcessModel.IdentityType
$appPool.ProcessModel.UserName = "domain\username"
$appPool.ProcessModel.Password = ""
$appPool.ProcessModel.IdentityType = 3 # or $appPool.ProcessModel.IdentityType = "SpecificUser"

Getting configuration information about a module docs

IIS:\> Get-WebGlobalModule -Name "UriCacheModule"