Is it possible to to create IIS Site and application Pool using Web Deploy

Question

I'm trying to automate the deployment process and so far am being able to build and deploy asp.net web site.

Now, I'd like to create IIS site and Application pool for any new IIS if it doesn't exist.

Can I do it with web deploy or is there any other way to do it?

Answer 1

You can try and use the ServerManager class. It's in the Microsoft.Web.Administration namespace.  You can use the ApplicationPools and Sites properties to you benefit like this

ServerManager sm = new ServerManager();
Site site = serverMgr.Sites.Add(“MySiteName”, “C:\\inetpub\\wwwroot”, 8080);
sm.ApplicationPools.Add(“MyAppPool”);
sm.CommitChanges()

Check this out https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.web.administration.servermanager(v=vs.90).aspx