Set Application Pool for package using MSDeploy

Question

I am deploying a website using MSDeploy so using something like the below code.

"%ProgramFiles%\IIS\Microsoft Web Deploy\msdeploy.exe" 
     -verb:sync
     -source:package=WebAppServer.zip 
     -dest:Auto 
     -setParamFile="was_params.xml" 
     -verbose 
          >  webappserversync.log

Is there anyway to set the application pool ? I want to do this from the command line and not set it in a manifest or anything like that.

Shouldn't matter but this is in IIS7.

score 19 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 22 '11 at 11:53

When you generate your package, you need to have an entry in the parameters.xml file for setting the Application Pool. When deploying, you either include a value for that in your setParameters.xml file, or use -setParam from the command line.

Here is the command I used to grab a site, which generated the proper parameters.xml file ...

msdeploy.exe 
  -verb:sync -source:appHostConfig="Default Web Site" 
  -enableLink:AppPoolExtension 
  -dest:package=site.zip 
  -declareParam:name="Application Pool",
       defaultValue="Default Web Site",
       description="Application pool for this site",
       kind=DeploymentObjectAttribute,
       scope=appHostConfig,
       match="application/@applicationPool"

And to install this site from the command line, this ...

msdeploy.exe 
    -verb:sync 
    -dest:appHostConfig="MagicSite" 
    -enableLink:AppPoolExtension 
    -source:package=site.zip 
    -setParam:"Application Pool"="MagicPool"

Dig around in the parameters.xml file to see the entry necessary. And if you prefer, that -setParam entry can exist in your params.xml file instead.

blowed if I can get this to work. Scripting out the app pool just fine, but setting that parameter when I call msdeploy seems to make no difference. — piers7, Sep 11 '12 at 00:33
I seem to get the following error when I try this: `Error: Source (sitemanifest) and destination (appHostConfig) are not compatible for the given operation.` — Andy Joiner, Jun 28 '19 at 22:32
I get this `Error: Using a 64-bit source and a 32-bit destination with provider appHostConfig is not supported.` — Daniel Leach, Feb 09 '21 at 19:06

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

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Take a look at this answer:

Set application pool with MSDeploy and TFS 2010

Basically, you create a batch file with an adsutil script to set the app pool, and then you call MSDeploy to run that batch file on the target computer.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

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answered Mar 08 '11 at 17:24

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...to create the app pool. But how to target it for the website? – piers7 Sep 11 '12 at 00:35

Set Application Pool for package using MSDeploy

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