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Tom Robinson
Asked: 2011-01-12 05:58:51 +0800 CST

How can I get just the site name from the "AppCmd.exe list site" command?

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If I run the following command on my server:

%windir%\system32\inetsrv\AppCmd.exe list site

I get this output:

SITE "MyCompany.MyProject.WebRole_IN_0_Web" (id:1273337555,bindings:https/555.555.555.555:443:,state:Started)

How can I get just the site name:

MyCompany.MyProject.WebRole_IN_0_Web

Is some kind of nasty string parsing my only option? The server is a Windows Azure instance.

iis iis-7.5 azure appcmd

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Got it:

    appcmd list site /text:name

    Gives you this:

    MyCompany.MyProject.WebRole_IN_0_Web

    The help describes how this works:

    /text<:value>    Generate output in text format (default).
                 /text:* shows all object properties in detail view.
                 /text:<attribute> shows the value of the specified
                 attribute for each object.

    I worked out that name was the correct attribute by calling:

    appcmd list site /xml

    Which returns in XML format (including attribute names):

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<appcmd>
    <SITE SITE.NAME="MyCompany.MyProject.WebRole_IN_0_Web" SITE.ID="1273337555" bindi
gs="https/555.555.555.555:443:" state="Started" />
</appcmd>
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  2. If you are looking to configure the site/application pool using an AppCmd startup task, check out my recent post about this:

    http://mvolo.com/configure-iis-websites-windows-azure-startup-tasks-appcmd/

    This covers how to find the site/application pool to edit, and also how to run the task AFTER the site/apppool configuration is created and not before.

    Hope this helps.

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