Caveat: using one line each!
I had these commands for use in IIS 6, and they worked just fine.
Start:
(get-wmiobject -namespace 'root\MicrosoftIISv2' -computername 'REMOTE_SERVER' -class 'IIsApplicationPool' | where-object {$_.Name -eq 'W3SVC/AppPools/MY_FANCY_APPPOOL'}).InvokeMethod('Stop', $null)"
-and-
Stop:
(get-wmiobject -namespace 'root\MicrosoftIISv2' -computername 'REMOTE_SERVER' -class 'IIsApplicationPool' | where-object {$_.Name -eq 'W3SVC/AppPools/MY_FANCY_APPPOOL'}).InvokeMethod('Start', $null)
I'm looking for an alternative in IIS 8. I need a couple of one-liners and they must be Powershell commands. I'm invoking them via a InvokePowerShellCommand
activity in TFS. Is there anyone out there who can help me out?
You can do the following to start your application pool :
Invoke-Command -ComputerName "REMOTE_SERVER" -ScriptBlock { Start-WebAppPool -Name "MY_FANCY_APPPOOL" }
You can do the following to stop your application pool :
Invoke-Command -ComputerName "REMOTE_SERVER" -ScriptBlock { Stop-WebAppPool -Name "MY_FANCY_APPPOOL" }