How to start and stop application pool in IIS using powershell script

Question

I want to start and stop application pool in IIS using powershell script. I had try to write the script but i didn\'t get this.

Answer 1

You can use this

if your use (PowerShell 2.0) import WebAdministration module

import-module WebAdministration

Please check the state of the application pool before. If the application pool is already stopped you get an exception.

Stop application pool:

$applicationPoolName = 'DefaultAppPool'

if((Get-WebAppPoolState -Name $applicationPoolName).Value -ne 'Stopped'){
    Write-Output ('Stopping Application Pool: {0}' -f $applicationPoolName)
    Stop-WebAppPool -Name $applicationPoolName
} 

Start application pool:

if((Get-WebAppPoolState -Name $applicationPoolName).Value -ne 'Started'){
    Write-Output ('Starting Application Pool: {0}' -f $applicationPoolName)
    Start-WebAppPool -Name $applicationPoolName
}

Permissions: You have to be a member of the "IIS Admins" group.