MWA and intellisense for configuration sections
Microsoft.Web.Administration (MWA) returns generic ConfigurationSection, ConfigurationElementCollection, ConfigurationElement classes for dealing with different configuration sections. Using these...
View ArticleTool to generate strongly typed classes for configuration sections
I wrote a simple tool to generate strongly typed classes for IIS configuration sections which can then be used with MWA to enable intellisense. This tool should be able to generate very logical...
View ArticleUsing ahadmin to read/write IIS configuration – Part 1
The Application Host Administration API (ahadmin.idl) interface library can be accessed using native code and any COM-interop means like script or managed code. This blog post details how to use this...
View ArticleUsing ahadmin to read/write IIS configuration – Part 2
Continuing my ahadmin drill down, lets see how to use available interfaces to work with section groups, section definitions, locations and metadata. IAppHostConfigFile interface Working with section...
View ArticleWorking with RSCA using configuration APIs
One of the new features in IIS7 in windows server 2008 enable people to extend existing IIS configuration sections. If you have a schema file in schema folder which defines section already defined in...
View ArticleHow to read/write administration.config
IIS7 configuration system understands machine.config, web.config and applicationHost.config but does not handle administration.config natively. This means reading and writing administration.config is...
View ArticleHow configuration system merges sections
One of the things which was not clear to me when IIS7 configuration system was written was how configuration system merges all the configuration data available and then decide what values are effective...
View ArticleNew features in configuration system and appcmd in IIS 7.5
Following new features have been added to IIS configuration system and appcmd command line tool in IIS 7.5. Configuration System 1. Configuration system tracing and logging
View ArticleImplementing IAppHostPathMapper in C
Few days ago I was required to implement IAppHostPathMapper interface in native C to map configuration path MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST to DefaultAppPool.config and struggled with finding good...
View ArticleUsing IIS configuration tools to manage HWC configuration
I have seen many people built some innovative solutions on top of hostable web core (HWC) functionality which was added in IIS7. One of the questions which HWC users frequently ask is how to make IIS...
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