How can I set IIS Application Pool recycle times without resorting to the ugly syntax of Add-WebConfiguration?
- by ObligatoryMoniker
I have been scripting the configuration of our IIS 7.5 instance and through bits and pieces of other peoples scripts I have come up with a syntax that I like:
$WebAppPoolUserName = "domain\user"
$WebAppPoolPassword = "password"
$WebAppPoolNames = @("Test","Test2")
ForEach ($WebAppPoolName in $WebAppPoolNames ) {
$WebAppPool = New-WebAppPool -Name $WebAppPoolName
$WebAppPool.processModel.identityType = "SpecificUser"
$WebAppPool.processModel.username = $WebAppPoolUserName
$WebAppPool.processModel.password = $WebAppPoolPassword
$WebAppPool.managedPipelineMode = "Classic"
$WebAppPool.managedRuntimeVersion = "v4.0"
$WebAppPool | set-item
}
I have seen this done a number of different ways that are less terse and I like the way this syntax of setting object properties looks compared to something like what I see on TechNet:
Set-ItemProperty 'IIS:\AppPools\DemoPool' -Name recycling.periodicRestart.requests -Value 100000
One thing I haven't been able to figure out though is how to setup recycle schedules using this syntax.
This command sets ApplicationPoolDefaults but is ugly:
add-webconfiguration system.applicationHost/applicationPools/applicationPoolDefaults/recycling/periodicRestart/schedule -value (New-TimeSpan -h 1 -m 30)
I have done this in the past through appcmd using something like the following but I would really like to do all of this through powershell:
%appcmd% set apppool "BusinessUserApps" /+recycling.periodicRestart.schedule.[value='01:00:00']
I have tried:
$WebAppPool.recycling.periodicRestart.schedule = (New-TimeSpan -h 1 -m 30)
This has the odd effect of turning the .schedule property into a timespan until I use $WebAppPool = get-item iis:\AppPools\AppPoolName to refresh the variable.
There is also $WebappPool.recycling.periodicRestart.schedule.Collection
but there is no add() function on the collection and I haven't found any other way to modify it.
Does anyone know of a way I can set scheduled recycle times using syntax consistent with the code I have written above?
