Reputation: 1975
Automating installation of IIS
The goal is to automate enabling of IIS on a new Windows Workstation, like Windows 10, for a .NET development environment. I realize that Powershell scripts can be written to do something like this but I don't know where to start.
I realize I could easily go into Control Panel and enable the service there however it seems more efficient to just run a script to do this.
What would an example script look like that would be run in Powershell to enable IIS?
Upvotes: 9
Views: 7486
Answers (2)
Reputation: 624
Server OS's
On Windows Server you could run the following command to automate installation of IIS:
#-LogPath can be added if you want a log to be created of the installation
#-Restart can be added if you want to auto restart after installation
Install-WindowsFeature -ComputerName SomePCHere -Name Web-Server
Here are the names of the IIS features from PowerShell's point of view:
Display Name Name
------------ ----
[ ] Web Application Proxy Web-Application-Proxy
[ ] Web Server (IIS) Web-Server
[ ] Web Server Web-WebServer
[ ] Common HTTP Features Web-Common-Http
[ ] Default Document Web-Default-Doc
[ ] Directory Browsing Web-Dir-Browsing
[ ] HTTP Errors Web-Http-Errors
[ ] Static Content Web-Static-Content
[ ] HTTP Redirection Web-Http-Redirect
[ ] WebDAV Publishing Web-DAV-Publishing
[ ] Health and Diagnostics Web-Health
[ ] HTTP Logging Web-Http-Logging
[ ] Custom Logging Web-Custom-Logging
[ ] Logging Tools Web-Log-Libraries
[ ] ODBC Logging Web-ODBC-Logging
[ ] Request Monitor Web-Request-Monitor
[ ] Tracing Web-Http-Tracing
[ ] Performance Web-Performance
[ ] Static Content Compression Web-Stat-Compression
[ ] Dynamic Content Compression Web-Dyn-Compression
[ ] Security Web-Security
[ ] Request Filtering Web-Filtering
[ ] Basic Authentication Web-Basic-Auth
[ ] Centralized SSL Certificate Support Web-CertProvider
[ ] Client Certificate Mapping Authentic... Web-Client-Auth
[ ] Digest Authentication Web-Digest-Auth
[ ] IIS Client Certificate Mapping Authe... Web-Cert-Auth
[ ] IP and Domain Restrictions Web-IP-Security
[ ] URL Authorization Web-Url-Auth
[ ] Windows Authentication Web-Windows-Auth
[ ] Application Development Web-App-Dev
[ ] .NET Extensibility 3.5 Web-Net-Ext
[ ] .NET Extensibility 4.5 Web-Net-Ext45
[ ] Application Initialization Web-AppInit
[ ] ASP Web-ASP
[ ] ASP.NET 3.5 Web-Asp-Net
[ ] ASP.NET 4.5 Web-Asp-Net45
[ ] CGI Web-CGI
[ ] ISAPI Extensions Web-ISAPI-Ext
[ ] ISAPI Filters Web-ISAPI-Filter
[ ] Server Side Includes Web-Includes
[ ] WebSocket Protocol Web-WebSockets
[ ] FTP Server Web-Ftp-Server
[ ] FTP Service Web-Ftp-Service
[ ] FTP Extensibility Web-Ftp-Ext
[ ] Management Tools Web-Mgmt-Tools
[ ] IIS Management Console Web-Mgmt-Console
[ ] IIS 6 Management Compatibility Web-Mgmt-Compat
[ ] IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility Web-Metabase
[ ] IIS 6 Management Console Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console
[ ] IIS 6 Scripting Tools Web-Lgcy-Scripting
[ ] IIS 6 WMI Compatibility Web-WMI
[ ] IIS Management Scripts and Tools Web-Scripting-Tools
[ ] Management Service Web-Mgmt-Service
[ ] IIS Hostable Web Core Web-WHC
Separate each feature you wish to install by a comma on the "Name" parameter. Example:
Install-WindowsFeature -ComputerName SomePCHere -Name Web-Server, Web-Mgmt-Tools, Web-Security
Clients OS's
On Windows 8.1+ you can use the Get-WindowsOptionalFeature and Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature to install IIS.
By running the following you can get the names of the IIS features from PowerShell's point of view:
PS C:\> Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -online | Where {$_.FeatureName -like 'IIS*'} | Sort FeatureName | Format-Table
FeatureName State
----------- -----
IIS-ApplicationDevelopment Disabled
IIS-ApplicationInit Disabled
IIS-ASP Disabled
IIS-ASPNET Disabled
IIS-ASPNET45 Disabled
IIS-BasicAuthentication Disabled
IIS-CertProvider Disabled
IIS-CGI Disabled
IIS-ClientCertificateMappingAuthentication Disabled
IIS-CommonHttpFeatures Disabled
IIS-CustomLogging Disabled
IIS-DefaultDocument Disabled
IIS-DigestAuthentication Disabled
IIS-DirectoryBrowsing Disabled
IIS-FTPExtensibility Disabled
IIS-FTPServer Disabled
IIS-FTPSvc Disabled
IIS-HealthAndDiagnostics Disabled
IIS-HostableWebCore Disabled
IIS-HttpCompressionDynamic Disabled
IIS-HttpCompressionStatic Disabled
IIS-HttpErrors Disabled
IIS-HttpLogging Disabled
IIS-HttpRedirect Disabled
IIS-HttpTracing Disabled
IIS-IIS6ManagementCompatibility Disabled
IIS-IISCertificateMappingAuthentication Disabled
IIS-IPSecurity Disabled
IIS-ISAPIExtensions Disabled
IIS-ISAPIFilter Disabled
IIS-LegacyScripts Disabled
IIS-LegacySnapIn Disabled
IIS-LoggingLibraries Disabled
IIS-ManagementConsole Disabled
IIS-ManagementScriptingTools Disabled
IIS-ManagementService Disabled
IIS-Metabase Disabled
IIS-NetFxExtensibility Disabled
IIS-NetFxExtensibility45 Disabled
IIS-ODBCLogging Disabled
IIS-Performance Disabled
IIS-RequestFiltering Disabled
IIS-RequestMonitor Disabled
IIS-Security Disabled
IIS-ServerSideIncludes Disabled
IIS-StaticContent Disabled
IIS-URLAuthorization Disabled
IIS-WebDAV Disabled
IIS-WebServer Disabled
IIS-WebServerManagementTools Disabled
IIS-WebServerRole Disabled
IIS-WebSockets Disabled
IIS-WindowsAuthentication Disabled
IIS-WMICompatibility Disabled
Similar to windows server, you can install the features above by running the following or something similar (you can install multiple features by using a comma to separate the values on the FeatureName parameter :
#you can add -NoRestart to prevent automatic restarting (if required)
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName IIS-Webserver
Hope this Helps!
Upvotes: 19
Reputation: 437042
See Tyler Helder's helpful answer for the full list of IIS-related features and more information about the parameters of the Install-WindowsFeature cmdlet; the focus of this answer is more conceptual.
There's a good chance that the ServerManager PowerShell module comes preinstalled with your Windows server OS (W2K8R2+; note that client OSs require a different method):
If so, you can install IIS as follows:
- Open an elevated PowerShell console (Run as Administrator)
- Run
Add-WindowsFeature Web-Server
Add-WindowsFeature, present since W2K8R2, was renamed to Install-WindowsFeature in W2K12R2, but Add-WindowsFeature was retained as an alias, so it works in both versions.
To list all server features and their installation status, run Get-WindowsFeature.
Note that it is the values from the Name column that must be provided as arguments to the Add-WindowsFeature / Install-WindowsFeature cmdlets, whereas the DisplayName column often contains the keyword of interest.
Case in point: To discover all features whose display name contains "IIS" - and thereby discover that the name of the IIS feature is Web-Server - run (PSv3+):
Get-WindowsFeature | ? DisplayName -like *IIS*
Upvotes: 3
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