community.windows.win_iis_website_module.rst

community.windows.win_iis_website

Configures a IIS Web site

• Synopsis
• Parameters
• See Also
• Examples
• Status

Synopsis

• Creates, Removes and configures a IIS Web site.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
application_pool string		The application pool in which the new site executes.
hostname string		The host header to bind to / use for the new site.
ip string		The IP address to bind to / use for the new site.
name string / required		Names of web site.
parameters string		Custom site Parameters from string where properties are separated by a pipe and property name/values by colon Ex. "foo:1|bar:2" Some custom parameters that you can use are listed below, this isn't a definitive list but some common parameters. logfile.directory - Physical path to store Logs, e.g. D:\IIS-LOGs\. logfile.period - Log file rollover scheduled accepting these values, how frequently the log file should be rolled-over, e.g. Hourly, Daily, Weekly, Monthly. logfile.LogFormat - Log file format, by default IIS uses W3C. logfile.truncateSize - The size at which the log file contents will be trunsted, expressed in bytes.
physical_path string		The physical path on the remote host to use for the new site. The specified folder must already exist.
port integer		The port to bind to / use for the new site.
site_id string		Explicitly set the IIS numeric ID for a site. Note that this value cannot be changed after the website has been created.
state string	Choices: absent started stopped restarted	State of the web site

See Also

.. seealso::

   :ref:`community.windows.win_iis_virtualdirectory_module`
      The official documentation on the **community.windows.win_iis_virtualdirectory** module.
   :ref:`community.windows.win_iis_webapplication_module`
      The official documentation on the **community.windows.win_iis_webapplication** module.
   :ref:`community.windows.win_iis_webapppool_module`
      The official documentation on the **community.windows.win_iis_webapppool** module.
   :ref:`community.windows.win_iis_webbinding_module`
      The official documentation on the **community.windows.win_iis_webbinding** module.

Examples

# Start a website

- name: Acme IIS site
  community.windows.win_iis_website:
    name: Acme
    state: started
    port: 80
    ip: 127.0.0.1
    hostname: acme.local
    application_pool: acme
    physical_path: C:\sites\acme
    parameters: logfile.directory:C:\sites\logs
  register: website

# Remove Default Web Site and the standard port 80 binding
- name: Remove Default Web Site
  community.windows.win_iis_website:
    name: "Default Web Site"
    state: absent

# Create a WebSite with custom Logging configuration (Logs Location, Format and Rolling Over).

- name: Creating WebSite with Custom Log location, Format 3WC and rolling over every hour.
  community.windows.win_iis_website:
    name: MyCustom_Web_Shop_Site
    state: started
    port: 80
    ip: '*'
    hostname: '*'
    physical_path: D:\wwwroot\websites\my-shop-site
    parameters: logfile.directory:D:\IIS-LOGS\websites\my-shop-site|logfile.period:Hourly|logFile.logFormat:W3C
    application_pool: my-shop-site

# Some commandline examples:

# This return information about an existing host
# $ ansible -i vagrant-inventory -m community.windows.win_iis_website -a "name='Default Web Site'" window
# host | success >> {
#     "changed": false,
#     "site": {
#         "ApplicationPool": "DefaultAppPool",
#         "Bindings": [
#             "*:80:"
#         ],
#         "ID": 1,
#         "Name": "Default Web Site",
#         "PhysicalPath": "%SystemDrive%\\inetpub\\wwwroot",
#         "State": "Stopped"
#     }
# }

# This stops an existing site.
# $ ansible -i hosts -m community.windows.win_iis_website -a "name='Default Web Site' state=stopped" host

# This creates a new site.
# $ ansible -i hosts -m community.windows.win_iis_website -a "name=acme physical_path=C:\\sites\\acme" host

# Change logfile.
# $ ansible -i hosts -m community.windows.win_iis_website -a "name=acme physical_path=C:\\sites\\acme" host

Status

Authors

• Henrik Wallström (@henrikwallstrom)