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auburg
auburg

Reputation: 1475

Starting a ASP.net WebApp using IISExpress from the command line

I'm looking for a means to either programmatically or from the command line starting and stopping a WebApp project via IISExpress. I've tried using the command line (as outlined here) - when i run the following command 

iisexpress /path:<folder to bin folder of my webapi>

IISExpress seemingly starts a webapi instance but it's not the named instance of my webapp (it's 'Development Web Site'). Additionally when i attempt to access it via a url i get a 404 not found error, confirming that it's not the specified webapp that's running. I can start it from VS and see in IISExpress the correct named instance but i need to be able to start it running outside VS (and ideally have some means to stop it also).

Upvotes: 0

Views: 745

Answers (1)

vendettamit
vendettamit

Reputation: 14677

When using path with IISExpress commandline it should point to root folder of your website not bin folder.

iisexpress /path:c:\myapp\

Upvotes: 1

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