Tagged articles - PowerShell

Found 22 articles tagged with PowerShell

Jan

2018

Complex parameters in Windows PowerShell scripting

Passing and handling parameter in Windows PowerShell script

Like in any other language, in PowerShell we also want to reuse our code and execute same set of operations with different parameters. PowerShell has great support for parameters which can be used in PowerShell script invocation.If you want your script to accept parameters you need to declare them in the script file...read more

Jan

2018

Setting ASP.NET application on IIS always running with PowerShell

Switch off AppPool timeout with PowerShell script

PowerShell19 titles

When creating new website with new application pool, bu default IIS sets your application pool in a way to save resources when inactive. This is because it does not want to run your website all the time if is there is no activity on it and keep using resources on the host for idle worker processes (w3wp.exe). This is the reason you might experience slow response when opening your website URL from time to time especially if your website has low traffic. ...read more

Jan

2018

Automated clean up and archive of log files with PowerShell 5

Archiving old log files with PowerShell 5 and Windows Scheduled Tasks

PowerShell19 titles

Depending on the application architecture, your Windows virtual machine might have one or more applications or components of a single solution. Those might be WebApi services, Web Applications or Windows applications. Any of these components may generate logs which are important for diagnostics and tracking down events...read more

Jan

2018

Clean up IIS log files from web server using PowerShell

Avoid low disk space because of IIS logs with PowerShell Scheduled Task

PowerShell19 titles

Microsoft IIS Server is by default logging every request that reaches it. This can be pretty useful for tracking down the issue which my occur over time, but it is also pilling up log files on server's disk which eventually can cause low disk space. You an always clean up these files manually, but wouldn't it be nice if server does that for you? ...read more

Jan

2018

Setting up IIS ASP.NET WebApplication using PowerShell

Setup ASP.NET web application hosted on IIS using PowerShell

PowerShell19 titles

PowerShell is the best option for automation on Windows platform. Regardless of which platform and how you organize Continous Deployment, you will always need to introduce certain level of customization during the deployment process. Scripting with PowerShell can play main role with these kind of customizations...read more

Jan

2018

Setting permissions for ASP.NET application on IIS with PowerShell

Setting the write permission for IIS AppPool using PowerShell

PowerShell19 titles

Very often you need to setup ASP.NET Web application on IIS server, you need to setup file and folder permission for your application on order to access content of specific folder. This can be easily done through Windows Explorer Properties window in the Security tab. ...read more

Mar

2017

Clean up IIS log files from you web server

Avoid low disk space because of IIS logs

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