Build and configure IIS website using C#


Microsoft supports System.DirectoryServices namespace to access IIS.The IIS path is
IIsW3SvcPath =”IIS://localhost/W3SVC”

Directory Entry Class is used to connect W3SVC
DirectoryEntry root = new DirectoryEntry(IIsW3SvcPath);

• To find the entries in IIS through using this foreach
foreach(DirectoryEntry e in root.Children)
{}

• Invoke is passed as argument command to create websites

DirectoryEntry site = DirectoryEntry)root.Invoke("Create", IIsConstants.IIsWebServerName, siteID);


• Using Invoke method to set the properties

site.Invoke("Put", "ServerComment", name);
site.Invoke("Put", "KeyType", IIsConstants.IIsWebServerName);
site.Invoke("Put", "ServerBindings", ":" + port.ToString() + ":");
site.Invoke("Put", "ServerState", 1);
site.Invoke("Put", "FrontPageWeb", 1);
site.Invoke("Put", "DefaultDoc", "default.aspx");
site.Invoke("Put", "SecureBindings", ":"+sslport +":");