Comments on: New features in configuration system and appcmd in IIS 7.5 http://www.ksingla.net/2009/03/new_features_in_configuration_system_and_appcmd_in_iis-75/ Windows, IIS, PHP and more Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:09:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kanwaljeet Singla http://www.ksingla.net/2009/03/new_features_in_configuration_system_and_appcmd_in_iis-75/comment-page-1/#comment-1482 Kanwaljeet Singla Sat, 02 Apr 2011 04:59:36 +0000 http://www.ksingla.net/?p=57#comment-1482 Hi Aaron, Appcmd doesn't supporting adding a remove tag explicitly. All you can do is add/remove an element and it will decide if adding or removing a tag will get the final result. For removing an element from collection you can use /-files.[value='string'] which will add the remove tag. Thanks, Kanwal Hi Aaron,

Appcmd doesn’t supporting adding a remove tag explicitly. All you can do is add/remove an element and it will decide if adding or removing a tag will get the final result. For removing an element from collection you can use /-files.[value='string'] which will add the remove tag.

Thanks,
Kanwal

]]> By: Aaron Neff http://www.ksingla.net/2009/03/new_features_in_configuration_system_and_appcmd_in_iis-75/comment-page-1/#comment-1469 Aaron Neff Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:22:17 +0000 http://www.ksingla.net/?p=57#comment-1469 Hi Kanwaljeet, Thank you for this post on appcmd updates in IIS7.5. Can appcmd also add "remove" tags?  I.e. "removeElement"?  As in this web.config Default Document example: <remove value="index.foo" /> <add value="index.foo" /> Both lines are needed, in case index.foo is already added at server level.  BUT, I haven't found how to add the 1st line (the "remove" line). I've also started a discussion at forums.iis.net: <a href="http://forums.iis.net/p/1176511/1975248.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://forums.iis.net/p/1176511/1975248.aspx</a> The docs state this is the syntax for adding a default document: <strong>appcmd set config /section:defaultDocument /+files.[value='</strong> string <strong>']</strong> That works for adding an "add" tag, and I've found that so does this: appcmd set config /section:defaultDocument /+files.<strong>add</strong>[value=' string '] But, the following does not work for adding a "remove" tag: appcmd set config /section:defaultDocument /+files.<strong>remove</strong>[value=' string '] Any advice here would be greatly appreciated, Thank you much, in advance, -Aaron Hi Kanwaljeet,
Thank you for this post on appcmd updates in IIS7.5.
Can appcmd also add "remove" tags?  I.e. "removeElement"?  As in this web.config Default Document example:
<remove value="index.foo" />
<add value="index.foo" />
Both lines are needed, in case index.foo is already added at server level.  BUT, I haven't found how to add the 1st line (the "remove" line).
I've also started a discussion at forums.iis.net: http://forums.iis.net/p/1176511/1975248.aspx
The docs state this is the syntax for adding a default document:
appcmd set config /section:defaultDocument /+files.[value=' string ']
That works for adding an "add" tag, and I've found that so does this:
appcmd set config /section:defaultDocument /+files.add[value=' string ']
But, the following does not work for adding a "remove" tag:
appcmd set config /section:defaultDocument /+files.remove[value=' string ']
Any advice here would be greatly appreciated,
Thank you much, in advance,
-Aaron

]]> By: Kanwaljeet Singla http://www.ksingla.net/2009/03/new_features_in_configuration_system_and_appcmd_in_iis-75/comment-page-1/#comment-1157 Kanwaljeet Singla Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:34:26 +0000 http://www.ksingla.net/?p=57#comment-1157 Below is what I gathered from IIS powershell snapin developer Sergei. In powershell it is possible to do using -location parameter in set-* commands (where this parameter available). This way you could write to a location not only in apphost, but in any config file, depending where parameter -pspath is pointing to. You don't need specific path to commit, configuration will be written to the file where pspath points to. Location parameter should be relative to that path. PSPath could take either standard format "MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST" and deeper; or provider path like IIS:\, IIS:\Sites -- both will point to apphost, or iis:\sites\siteFoo\appBar, etc -- those will point to relevant web.config. So, if pspath = iis:\sites location = "Default Web Site" then we will write to "Default Web Site" location in apphost. location - "siteFoo/appBar" will write to siteFoo/Appbar location in apphost. pspath="MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST/siteFoo" location="appBar" will write to appBar location in siteFoo web.config, if it is not locked. There is one subtle detail. Like InetMgr, our snapin could automatically write to the lowest available configuration file. If you use -force parameter in any set command, then code will take a look, which config above the pspath is writable, and will split original pspath to path, pointing to that file and location -- rest of original effective path. After that it will follow the same logic, as above. In this case -location parameter is not required. Below is what I gathered from IIS powershell snapin developer Sergei.

In powershell it is possible to do using -location parameter in set-* commands (where this parameter available). This way you could write to a location not only in apphost, but in any config file, depending where parameter -pspath is pointing to.

You don’t need specific path to commit, configuration will be written to the file where pspath points to. Location parameter should be relative to that path. PSPath could take either standard format “MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST” and deeper; or provider path like IIS:\, IIS:\Sites — both will point to apphost, or iis:\sites\siteFoo\appBar, etc — those will point to relevant web.config. So, if

pspath = iis:\sites
location = “Default Web Site”

then we will write to “Default Web Site” location in apphost.

location – “siteFoo/appBar”

will write to siteFoo/Appbar location in apphost.

pspath=”MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST/siteFoo”
location=”appBar”

will write to appBar location in siteFoo web.config, if it is not locked.

There is one subtle detail. Like InetMgr, our snapin could automatically write to the lowest available configuration file. If you use -force parameter in any set command, then code will take a look, which config above the pspath is writable, and will split original pspath to path, pointing to that file and location — rest of original effective path. After that it will follow the same logic, as above. In this case -location parameter is not required.

]]> By: Matt D http://www.ksingla.net/2009/03/new_features_in_configuration_system_and_appcmd_in_iis-75/comment-page-1/#comment-1154 Matt D Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:23:10 +0000 http://www.ksingla.net/?p=57#comment-1154 When using appcmd.exe you can use /commit:apphost to commit values using location tags to applicationhost.config. How do you so the same with the powershell webadministration module? When using appcmd.exe you can use /commit:apphost to commit values using location tags to applicationhost.config. How do you so the same with the powershell webadministration module?

]]> By: Kanwaljeet Singla http://www.ksingla.net/2009/03/new_features_in_configuration_system_and_appcmd_in_iis-75/comment-page-1/#comment-1113 Kanwaljeet Singla Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:21:27 +0000 http://www.ksingla.net/?p=57#comment-1113 Hi, You need to set metadata "defaultManagedRuntimeVersion" to 4.0 for other tools to pick .Net 4 schema. Read http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-SG/dublin/thread/7c0ef535-24db-4d42-baa4-d6b57549aea1. Thanks, Kanwal Hi,

You need to set metadata “defaultManagedRuntimeVersion” to 4.0 for other tools to pick .Net 4 schema. Read http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-SG/dublin/thread/7c0ef535-24db-4d42-baa4-d6b57549aea1.

Thanks,
Kanwal

]]> By: Server Herder http://www.ksingla.net/2009/03/new_features_in_configuration_system_and_appcmd_in_iis-75/comment-page-1/#comment-1097 Server Herder Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:15:48 +0000 http://www.ksingla.net/?p=57#comment-1097 How do you do the equivalent of <strong>/clr:4</strong> using other scripting technologies like WMI?  This post is the closest thing I can find :-) How do you do the equivalent of /clr:4 using other scripting technologies like WMI?  This post is the closest thing I can find :-)

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