How to specify application pool identity user and password from PowerShell

Question

I have been having lots of difficulty automating the setup of a Web application and configuring IIS appropriately with the Application Pool Identity. I am doing this in a Web a

Answer 1

You would do this as follows:

Import-Module WebAdministration
Set-ItemProperty IIS:\AppPools\app-pool-name -name processModel -value @{userName="user_name";password="password";identitytype=3}

See this document here for an explanation, and a reference of the indentity type numeric for the user type you will run the app pool under: http://www.iis.net/configreference/system.applicationhost/applicationpools/add/processmodel