How to get Application Pool name through code (C#, ASP.net)

Question

I want to recycle the application pool through my application.

Previously I was storing the application pool name in my database and using that to recycle. But It ha

Answer 1

May this can help: ApplicationPoolName Property

Namespace: Microsoft.Web.Administration Assembly: Microsoft.Web.Administration (in Microsoft.Web.Administration.dll)

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.web.administration.application.applicationpoolname(v=vs.90).aspx

Answer 2

In many cases it might be enough to just read the name of the application pool from the environment variable:

var apppool = System.Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(
                  "APP_POOL_ID", EnvironmentVariableTarget.Process);

Answer 3

Modified version of @Razon answer :)

public static string GetCurrentApplicationPoolName()
    {
        ServerManager manager = new ServerManager();
        string DefaultSiteName = System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment.ApplicationHost.GetSiteName();
        Site defaultSite = manager.Sites[DefaultSiteName];
        string appVirtualPath = HttpRuntime.AppDomainAppVirtualPath;

        string appPoolName = string.Empty;
        foreach (Application app in defaultSite.Applications)
        {
            string appPath = app.Path;
            if (appPath == appVirtualPath)
            {
                appPoolName = app.ApplicationPoolName;
            }   
        }
        return appPoolName;
    }