salt.modules.win_iis

Microsoft IIS site management via WebAdministration powershell module

maintainer

Shane Lee <slee@saltstack.com>, Robert Booth <rbooth@saltstack.com>

platform

Windows

depends

PowerShell

depends

WebAdministration module (PowerShell) (IIS)

salt.modules.win_iis.create_app(name, site, sourcepath, apppool=None)

Create an IIS application.

Note

This function only validates against the application name, and will return True even if the application already exists with a different configuration. It will not modify the configuration of an existing application.

Parameters

• name (str) -- The IIS application.

• site (str) -- The IIS site name.

• sourcepath (str) -- The physical path.

• apppool (str) -- The name of the IIS application pool.

Returns

True if successful, otherwise False

Return type

bool

CLI Example:

salt '*' win_iis.create_app name='app0' site='site0' sourcepath='C:\site0' apppool='site0'

salt.modules.win_iis.create_apppool(name)

Create an IIS application pool.

Note

This function only validates against the application pool name, and will return True even if the application pool already exists with a different configuration. It will not modify the configuration of an existing application pool.

Parameters

name (str) -- The name of the IIS application pool.

Returns

True if successful, otherwise False

Return type

bool

CLI Example:

salt '*' win_iis.create_apppool name='MyTestPool'

salt.modules.win_iis.create_backup(name)

Backup an IIS Configuration on the System.

New in version 2017.7.0.

Note

Backups are stored in the $env:Windir\System32\inetsrv\backup folder.

Parameters

name (str) -- The name to give the backup

Returns

True if successful, otherwise False

Return type

bool

CLI Example:

salt '*' win_iis.create_backup good_config_20170209

salt.modules.win_iis.create_binding(site, hostheader='', ipaddress='*', port=80, protocol='http', sslflags=None)

Create an IIS Web Binding.

Note

This function only validates against the binding ipaddress:port:hostheader combination, and will return True even if the binding already exists with a different configuration. It will not modify the configuration of an existing binding.

Parameters

• site (str) -- The IIS site name.

• hostheader (str) -- The host header of the binding. Usually a hostname.

• ipaddress (str) -- The IP address of the binding.

• port (int) -- The TCP port of the binding.

• protocol (str) -- The application protocol of the binding.

• sslflags (str) -- The flags representing certificate type and storage of the binding.

Returns

True if successful, otherwise False

Return type

bool

CLI Example:

salt '*' win_iis.create_binding site='site0' hostheader='example.com' ipaddress='*' port='80'

salt.modules.win_iis.create_cert_binding(name, site, hostheader='', ipaddress='*', port=443, sslflags=0)

Assign a certificate to an IIS Web Binding.

New in version 2016.11.0.

Note

The web binding that the certificate is being assigned to must already exist.

Parameters

• name (str) -- The thumbprint of the certificate.

• site (str) -- The IIS site name.

• hostheader (str) -- The host header of the binding.

• ipaddress (str) -- The IP address of the binding.

• port (int) -- The TCP port of the binding.

• sslflags (int) -- Flags representing certificate type and certificate storage of the binding.

Returns

True if successful, otherwise False

Return type

bool

CLI Example:

salt '*' win_iis.create_cert_binding name='AAA000' site='site0' hostheader='example.com' ipaddress='*' port='443'

salt.modules.win_iis.create_site(name, sourcepath, apppool='', hostheader='', ipaddress='*', port=80, protocol='http')

Create a basic website in IIS.

Note

This function only validates against the site name, and will return True even if the site already exists with a different configuration. It will not modify the configuration of an existing site.

Parameters

• name (str) -- The IIS site name.

• sourcepath (str) -- The physical path of the IIS site.

• apppool (str) -- The name of the IIS application pool.

• hostheader (str) -- The host header of the binding. Usually the hostname or website name, ie: www.contoso.com

• ipaddress (str) -- The IP address of the binding.

• port (int) -- The TCP port of the binding.

• protocol (str) -- The application protocol of the binding. (http, https, etc.)

Returns

True if successful, otherwise False.

Return type

bool

Note

If an application pool is specified, and that application pool does not already exist, it will be created.

CLI Example:

salt '*' win_iis.create_site name='My Test Site' sourcepath='c:\stage' apppool='TestPool'

salt.modules.win_iis.create_vdir(name, site, sourcepath, app='/')

Create an IIS virtual directory.

Note

This function only validates against the virtual directory name, and will return True even if the virtual directory already exists with a different configuration. It will not modify the configuration of an existing virtual directory.

Parameters

• name (str) -- The virtual directory name.

• site (str) -- The IIS site name.

• sourcepath (str) -- The physical path.

• app (str) -- The IIS application.

Returns

True if successful, otherwise False

Return type

bool

CLI Example:

salt '*' win_iis.create_vdir name='vd0' site='site0' sourcepath='C:\inetpub\vdirs\vd0'

salt.modules.win_iis.get_container_setting(name, container, settings)

Get the value of the setting for the IIS container.

New in version 2016.11.0.

Parameters

• name (str) -- The name of the IIS container.

• container (str) -- The type of IIS container. The container types are: AppPools, Sites, SslBindings

• settings (dict) -- A dictionary of the setting names and their values.

Returns

A dictionary of the provided settings and their values.

Return type

dict

CLI Example:

salt '*' win_iis.get_container_setting name='MyTestPool' container='AppPools'
    settings="['processModel.identityType']"

salt.modules.win_iis.get_webapp_settings(name, site, settings)

New in version 2017.7.0.

Get the value of the setting for the IIS web application.

Note

Params are case sensitive

Parameters

• name (str) -- The name of the IIS web application.

• site (str) -- The site name contains the web application. Example: Default Web Site

• settings (str) -- A dictionary of the setting names and their values. Available settings: physicalPath, applicationPool, userName, password

Returns

A dictionary of the provided settings and their values.

Return type

dict

CLI Example:

salt '*' win_iis.get_webapp_settings name='app0' site='Default Web Site'
    settings="['physicalPath','applicationPool']"

salt.modules.win_iis.get_webconfiguration_settings(name, settings)

Get the webconfiguration settings for the IIS PSPath.

Parameters

• name (str) -- The PSPath of the IIS webconfiguration settings.

• settings (list) -- A list of dictionaries containing setting name and filter.

Returns

A list of dictionaries containing setting name, filter and value.

Return type

dict

CLI Example:

salt '*' win_iis.get_webconfiguration_settings name='IIS:\' settings="[{'name': 'enabled', 'filter': 'system.webServer/security/authentication/anonymousAuthentication'}]"

salt.modules.win_iis.list_apppools()

List all configured IIS application pools.

Returns

A dictionary of IIS application pools and their details.

Return type

dict

CLI Example:

salt '*' win_iis.list_apppools

salt.modules.win_iis.list_apps(site)

Get all configured IIS applications for the specified site.

Parameters

site (str) -- The IIS site name.

Returns: A dictionary of the application names and properties.

CLI Example:

salt '*' win_iis.list_apps site

salt.modules.win_iis.list_backups()

List the IIS Configuration Backups on the System.

New in version 2017.7.0.

Note

Backups are made when a configuration is edited. Manual backups are stored in the $env:Windir\System32\inetsrv\backup folder.

Returns

A dictionary of IIS Configurations backed up on the system.

Return type

dict

CLI Example:

salt '*' win_iis.list_backups

salt.modules.win_iis.list_bindings(site)

Get all configured IIS bindings for the specified site.

Parameters

site (str) -- The name if the IIS Site

Returns

A dictionary of the binding names and properties.

Return type

dict

CLI Example:

salt '*' win_iis.list_bindings site

salt.modules.win_iis.list_cert_bindings(site)

List certificate bindings for an IIS site.

New in version 2016.11.0.

Parameters

site (str) -- The IIS site name.

Returns

A dictionary of the binding names and properties.

Return type

dict

CLI Example:

salt '*' win_iis.list_bindings site

salt.modules.win_iis.list_sites()

List all the currently deployed websites.

Returns

A dictionary of the IIS sites and their properties.

Return type

dict

CLI Example:

salt '*' win_iis.list_sites

salt.modules.win_iis.list_vdirs(site, app='/')

Get all configured IIS virtual directories for the specified site, or for the combination of site and application.

Parameters

• site (str) -- The IIS site name.

• app (str) -- The IIS application.

Returns

A dictionary of the virtual directory names and properties.

Return type

dict

CLI Example:

salt '*' win_iis.list_vdirs site

salt.modules.win_iis.list_worker_processes(apppool)

Returns a list of worker processes that correspond to the passed application pool.

New in version 2017.7.0.

Parameters

apppool (str) -- The application pool to query

Returns

A dictionary of worker processes with their process IDs

Return type

dict

CLI Example:

salt '*' win_iis.list_worker_processes 'My App Pool'

salt.modules.win_iis.modify_binding(site, binding, hostheader=None, ipaddress=None, port=None, sslflags=None)

Modify an IIS Web Binding. Use site and binding to target the binding.

New in version 2017.7.0.

Parameters

• site (str) -- The IIS site name.

• binding (str) -- The binding to edit. This is a combination of the IP address, port, and hostheader. It is in the following format: ipaddress:port:hostheader. For example, *:80: or *:80:salt.com

• hostheader (str) -- The host header of the binding. Usually the hostname.

• ipaddress (str) -- The IP address of the binding.

• port (int) -- The TCP port of the binding.

• sslflags (str) -- The flags representing certificate type and storage of the binding.

Returns

True if successful, otherwise False

Return type

bool

CLI Example:

The following will seat the host header of binding *:80: for site0 to example.com

salt '*' win_iis.modify_binding site='site0' binding='*:80:' hostheader='example.com'

salt.modules.win_iis.modify_site(name, sourcepath=None, apppool=None)

Modify a basic website in IIS.

New in version 2017.7.0.

Parameters

• name (str) -- The IIS site name.

• sourcepath (str) -- The physical path of the IIS site.

• apppool (str) -- The name of the IIS application pool.

Returns

True if successful, otherwise False.

Return type

bool

Note

If an application pool is specified, and that application pool does not already exist, it will be created.

CLI Example:

salt '*' win_iis.modify_site name='My Test Site' sourcepath='c:\new_path' apppool='NewTestPool'

salt.modules.win_iis.remove_app(name, site)

Remove an IIS application.

Parameters

• name (str) -- The application name.

• site (str) -- The IIS site name.

Returns

True if successful, otherwise False

Return type

bool

CLI Example:

salt '*' win_iis.remove_app name='app0' site='site0'

salt.modules.win_iis.remove_apppool(name)

Remove an IIS application pool.

Parameters

name (str) -- The name of the IIS application pool.

Returns

True if successful, otherwise False

Return type

bool

CLI Example:

salt '*' win_iis.remove_apppool name='MyTestPool'

salt.modules.win_iis.remove_backup(name)

Remove an IIS Configuration backup from the System.

New in version 2017.7.0.

Parameters

name (str) -- The name of the backup to remove

Returns

True if successful, otherwise False

Return type

bool

CLI Example:

salt '*' win_iis.remove_backup backup_20170209

salt.modules.win_iis.remove_binding(site, hostheader='', ipaddress='*', port=80)

Remove an IIS binding.

Parameters

• site (str) -- The IIS site name.

• hostheader (str) -- The host header of the binding.

• ipaddress (str) -- The IP address of the binding.

• port (int) -- The TCP port of the binding.

Returns

True if successful, otherwise False

Return type

bool

CLI Example:

salt '*' win_iis.remove_binding site='site0' hostheader='example.com' ipaddress='*' port='80'

salt.modules.win_iis.remove_cert_binding(name, site, hostheader='', ipaddress='*', port=443)

Remove a certificate from an IIS Web Binding.

New in version 2016.11.0.

Note

This function only removes the certificate from the web binding. It does not remove the web binding itself.

Parameters

• name (str) -- The thumbprint of the certificate.

• site (str) -- The IIS site name.

• hostheader (str) -- The host header of the binding.

• ipaddress (str) -- The IP address of the binding.

• port (int) -- The TCP port of the binding.

Returns

True if successful, otherwise False

Return type

bool

CLI Example:

salt '*' win_iis.remove_cert_binding name='AAA000' site='site0' hostheader='example.com' ipaddress='*' port='443'

salt.modules.win_iis.remove_site(name)

Delete a website from IIS.

Parameters

name (str) -- The IIS site name.

Returns

True if successful, otherwise False

Return type

bool

Note

This will not remove the application pool used by the site.

CLI Example:

salt '*' win_iis.remove_site name='My Test Site'

salt.modules.win_iis.remove_vdir(name, site, app='/')

Remove an IIS virtual directory.

Parameters

• name (str) -- The virtual directory name.

• site (str) -- The IIS site name.

• app (str) -- The IIS application.

Returns

True if successful, otherwise False

Return type

bool

CLI Example:

salt '*' win_iis.remove_vdir name='vdir0' site='site0'

salt.modules.win_iis.restart_apppool(name)

Restart an IIS application pool.

New in version 2016.11.0.

Parameters

name (str) -- The name of the IIS application pool.

Returns

True if successful, otherwise False

Return type

bool

CLI Example:

salt '*' win_iis.restart_apppool name='MyTestPool'

salt.modules.win_iis.restart_site(name)

Restart a Web Site in IIS.

New in version 2017.7.0.

Parameters

name (str) -- The name of the website to restart.

Returns

True if successful, otherwise False

Return type

bool

CLI Example:

salt '*' win_iis.restart_site name='My Test Site'

salt.modules.win_iis.set_container_setting(name, container, settings)

Set the value of the setting for an IIS container.

New in version 2016.11.0.

Parameters

• name (str) -- The name of the IIS container.

• container (str) -- The type of IIS container. The container types are: AppPools, Sites, SslBindings

• settings (dict) -- A dictionary of the setting names and their values.

Returns

True if successful, otherwise False

Return type

bool

CLI Example:

salt '*' win_iis.set_container_setting name='MyTestPool' container='AppPools'
    settings="{'managedPipeLineMode': 'Integrated'}"

salt.modules.win_iis.set_webapp_settings(name, site, settings)

New in version 2017.7.0.

Configure an IIS application.

Note

This function only configures an existing app. Params are case sensitive.

Parameters

• name (str) -- The IIS application.

• site (str) -- The IIS site name.

• settings (str) -- A dictionary of the setting names and their values. - physicalPath: The physical path of the webapp. - applicationPool: The application pool for the webapp. - userName: "connectAs" user - password: "connectAs" password for user

Returns

A boolean representing whether all changes succeeded.

Return type

bool

CLI Example:

salt '*' win_iis.set_webapp_settings name='app0' site='site0' settings="{'physicalPath': 'C:\site0', 'apppool': 'site0'}"

salt.modules.win_iis.set_webconfiguration_settings(name, settings)

Set the value of the setting for an IIS container.

Parameters

• name (str) -- The PSPath of the IIS webconfiguration settings.

• settings (list) -- A list of dictionaries containing setting name, filter and value.

Returns

True if successful, otherwise False

Return type

bool

CLI Example:

salt '*' win_iis.set_webconfiguration_settings name='IIS:\' settings="[{'name': 'enabled', 'filter': 'system.webServer/security/authentication/anonymousAuthentication', 'value': False}]"

salt.modules.win_iis.start_apppool(name)

Start an IIS application pool.

New in version 2017.7.0.

Parameters

name (str) -- The name of the App Pool to start.

Returns

True if successful, otherwise False

Return type

bool

CLI Example:

salt '*' win_iis.start_apppool name='MyTestPool'

salt.modules.win_iis.start_site(name)

Start a Web Site in IIS.

New in version 2017.7.0.

Parameters

name (str) -- The name of the website to start.

Returns

True if successful, otherwise False

Return type

bool

CLI Example:

salt '*' win_iis.start_site name='My Test Site'

salt.modules.win_iis.stop_apppool(name)

Stop an IIS application pool.

New in version 2017.7.0.

Parameters

name (str) -- The name of the App Pool to stop.

Returns

True if successful, otherwise False

Return type

bool

CLI Example:

salt '*' win_iis.stop_apppool name='MyTestPool'

salt.modules.win_iis.stop_site(name)

Stop a Web Site in IIS.

New in version 2017.7.0.

Parameters

name (str) -- The name of the website to stop.

Returns

True if successful, otherwise False

Return type

bool

CLI Example:

salt '*' win_iis.stop_site name='My Test Site'