Hi,

 

Using MSBuikd community tasks, you can create IIS Apppool on local or remote servers. This sample code stops and deletes apppool before creating it.

 

<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" InitialTargets="AppPoolSetup">
<Import Project="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\MSBuildCommunityTasks\MSBuild.Community.Tasks.Targets"/>

<!--

All Properties Used-->
<PropertyGroup>
<IISSERVER Condition="'$(IISSERVER)'==''">localhost</IISSERVER>
<ENVIRONMENT Condition="'$(ENVIRONMENT)'==''">Test</ENVIRONMENT>
<APPPOOLUSER>Domain\User1</APPPOOLUSER>
<APPPOOLPASSWORD>password1</APPPOOLPASSWORD>
</PropertyGroup>

<!--

Setup Test Apppool -->
<Target Name="AppPoolSetup">
<AppPoolController Action="Stop" ApplicationPoolName="$(ENVIRONMENT)" ServerName="$(IISSERVER)" ContinueOnError="True" />
<AppPoolDelete ApplicationPoolName="$(ENVIRONMENT)" ServerName="$(IISSERVER)" ContinueOnError="True"></AppPoolDelete>

<!--

This apppool runs under specified user name. If we don't pass periodicrestartschedule code is throwing exception-->
<AppPoolCreate ApplicationPoolName="$(ENVIRONMENT)" ServerName="$(IISSERVER)" AppPoolIdentityType="3" WAMUserName="$(APPPOOLUSER)" WAMUserPass="$(APPPOOLPASSWORD)" PeriodicRestartSchedule="04:00" />
</Target>

</

Project>

-Siva