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 created fairly quickly and thought I would share. I always try to centralize any scripts I write and have them run on a …

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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 the scenario, the problem could have just as easily impacted HTTP. The server was listening on port 443: …

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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 www app pool has a Managed Service Account specified, and the wwwDev app pool has a standard domain user account …

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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 issued for a single name, but if it's a wildcard certificate, it could be used on lots of different websites within …

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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 website and then verify it exists: 1Import-Module WebAdministration 2New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path …

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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 New-Website PowerShell cmdlet to accomplish this task: 1Import-Module WebAdministration 2New-Item -type directory -path …

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