Export and Import Web Site and AppPools from IIS

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One of common issues that developers ask me how can we export/import IIS Web Site and App Pool configuration when moving between servers or especially when migrating or re kicking a server to higher operating system.

This may sound easy and out of the box, but it is not. This is only possible using the command line execution but it will save a lot of time for development team from rebuilding the entire app pool settings.

Here are commands.

  • To Export the App Pool configuration in IIS 7.0 and above
%windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd list apppool /config /xml > D:\<AppName>_apppools.xml
  • To Export the Web Sites configuration in IIS 7.0 and above
%windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd list site /config /xml > D:\<AppName>_site.xml
  • To Import the App Pool configuration in IIS 7.0 and above
%windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd add apppool /config /xml > D:\<AppName>_apppools.xml
  • To Import the Web Sites configuration in IIS 7.0 and above
%windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd add site /config /xml > D:\<AppName>_site.xml

This export and import approach can be taken for deployment purposes in case you are using in DMZ environments where deploying using Web Deploy is not possible.

It is recommended to verify all the settings once the import is successfully. However the changes should very minimal and should save you lot of time.

 

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