How do I change the physical path of web site in IIS7 with APPCMD?

Question

I need to change the physical path of a web site through the command line via the appcmd.exe tool, but I can\'t figure out the syntax. Can someone help?

Answer 1

To get a list of virtual directories by site and app name to help ensure you are attempting to set the right thing.

C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe list apps /config /xml

optionally pipe that |more and/or mode con cols=160 this regex pulled out the parts I wanted

var q= from siteApp in config.XPathSelectElements("appcmd/APP")
        let appName=siteApp.Attribute(XNamespace.None+"APP.NAME").Value
            from app in siteApp.XPathSelectElements("application")
        let appPath=app.Attribute(XNamespace.None+"path").Value
        let pool=app.Attribute(XNamespace.None+"applicationPool").Value
        let vd=app.XPathSelectElements("virtualDirectory[@path]")
        let virtuals=vd.Select (v => new{VirDir=v.Attribute(XNamespace.None+"path").Value,PhysicalPath=v.Attribute(XNamespace.None+"physicalPath").Value})
        let xvirtuals=virtuals.Select (v => new{ VirDir=v.VirDir,
            PhysicalPath=v.PhysicalPath,
            EnvRoot=v.PhysicalPath.ToString().StartsWith("%")})
        select new{AppName=appName,AppPath=appPath, Pool=pool,Virtuals=xvirtuals};

so then for a specific site it becomes appcmd.exe set vdir "DefaultWebSite/jms" -physicalPath:"c:\inetpub\wwwroot\mytargetPath"

here's the variable substitutions:

appcmd.exe set vdir " + appName + virt.VirDir + " -physicalPath:" + targetPath+"

and to look at the config settings for just that site:

    C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe list apps /config /xml /path:/jms

another usage to be aware of:

    C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe list apps /metadata /config:* /xml