win_iis_webapppool - configures an IIS Web Application Pool

• Synopsis
• Options
• Examples
• Return Values
  • Status

Synopsis

• Creates, removes and configures an IIS Web Application Pool.

Options

Examples

- name: return information about an existing application pool
  win_iis_webapppool:
    name: DefaultAppPool
    state: present

- name: create a new application pool in 'Started' state
  win_iis_webapppool:
    name: AppPool
    state: started

- name: stop an application pool
  win_iis_webapppool:
    name: AppPool
    state: stopped

- name: restart an application pool (non-idempotent)
  win_iis_webapppool:
    name: AppPool
    state: restart

- name: change application pool attributes using new dict style
  win_iis_webapppool:
    name: AppPool
    attributes:
      managedRuntimeVersion: v4.0
      autoStart: false

# Note this format style has been deprecated, please use the newer dict style instead
- name: change application pool attributes using older string style
  win_iis_webapppool:
    name: AppPool
    attributes: 'managedRuntimeVersion:v4.0|autoStart:false'

# This is the preferred style to use when setting attributes
- name: creates an application pool, sets attributes and starts it
  win_iis_webapppool:
    name: AnotherAppPool
    state: started
    attributes:
      managedRuntimeVersion: v4.0
      autoStart: false

# In the below example we are setting attributes in child element processModel
# https://www.iis.net/configreference/system.applicationhost/applicationpools/add/processmodel
- name: manage child element and set identity of application pool
  win_iis_webapppool:
    name: IdentitiyAppPool
    state: started
    attributes:
      managedPipelineMode: Classic
      processModel.identityType: SpecificUser
      processModel.username: '{{ansible_user}}'
      processModel.password: '{{ansible_password}}'
      processModel.loadUserProfile: True

- name: manage a timespan attribute
  win_iis_webapppool:
    name: TimespanAppPool
    state: started
    attributes:
      # Timespan with full string "day:hour:minute:second.millisecond"
      recycling.periodicRestart.time: "00:00:05:00.000000"
      # Shortened timespan "hour:minute:second"
      processModel.pingResponseTime: "00:03:00"

Return Values

Common return values are documented here Return Values, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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