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Dynamically create website on IIS using Asp.net web C#

We referred stackOverflow and a few other sites to create a website on IIS using console application. It worked after we run the console with administration permission. Code does create an Application pool and host site on a given port. Same code when we tried on asp.net web application it completed its execution but we did not found metadata on IIS.
Here is a code that works on console..
try
{
ServerManager server = new ServerManager();
ApplicationPool myApplicationPool = null;
//we will first check to make sure that this pool does not already exist
//since the ApplicationPools property is a collection, we can use the Linq FirstOrDefault method
//to check for its existence by name
if (server.ApplicationPools != null && server.ApplicationPools.Count > 0)
{
if (server.ApplicationPools.FirstOrDefault(p => p.Name == "TestPool") == null)
{
//if the pool is not already there we will create it
myApplicationPool = server.ApplicationPools.Add("TestPool");
}
else
{
//if we find the pool already there, we will get a referecne to it for update
myApplicationPool = server.ApplicationPools.FirstOrDefault(p => p.Name == "TestPool");
}
}
else
{
//if the pool is not already there we will create it
myApplicationPool = server.ApplicationPools.Add("TestPool");
}
if (myApplicationPool != null)
{
//for this sample, we will set the pool to run under the NetworkService identity
myApplicationPool.ProcessModel.IdentityType =
ProcessModelIdentityType.NetworkService;
//for this sample, we will set the pool to run under the identity of a specific user
//myApplicationPool.ProcessModel.IdentityType =
ProcessModelIdentityType.SpecificUser;
//myApplicationPool.ProcessModel.UserName = UserName;
//myApplicationPool.ProcessModel.Password = Password;
//we set the runtime version
myApplicationPool.ManagedRuntimeVersion = "v4.0";
//we save our new ApplicationPool!
server.CommitChanges();
}
//Create website
if (server.Sites != null && server.Sites.Count > 0)
{
//we will first check to make sure that the site isn't already there
if (server.Sites.FirstOrDefault(s => s.Name == "MySite") == null)
{
//we will just pick an arbitrary location for the site
string path = #"C:\inetpub\Custom";
//we must specify the Binding information
string ip = "*";
string port = "98";
string hostName = "*";
string bindingInfo = string.Format(#"{0}:{1}:{2}", ip, port, hostName);
//add the new Site to the Sites collection
Site site = server.Sites.Add("MySite", "http", bindingInfo, path);
//set the ApplicationPool for the new Site
site.ApplicationDefaults.ApplicationPoolName = myApplicationPool.Name;
//save the new Site!
server.CommitChanges();
Console.WriteLine("Web site created successfully...");
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
Console.ReadLine()
}
Here site gets listed in IIS as well.
Now when tried the same code on the web application, it does not create anything on IIS. when we inspect the server manager object we found that the Application pool list was coming from the project's
applicationhost.config
file which is located on .vs hidden folder.
We installed the latest IIS on the local machine for a test, is there any changes needed to get it to work on the web as well. (: we are new to IIS stuff)

You could try below code:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.Web.Administration;
namespace IISTest
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
try
{
Console.WriteLine("Do you want to create an Application Pool:y/n");
string response = Console.ReadLine();
if (response.ToString() == "y")
{
Console.Write("Please enter Application Pool Name:");
string poolname = Console.ReadLine();
bool isEnable32bit = false;
ManagedPipelineMode mode = ManagedPipelineMode.Classic;
Console.Write("Need to enable 32 bit on Windows 64 bit?y/n [Applicable for 64 bit OS]: y/n?");
string enable32bit = Console.ReadLine();
if (enable32bit.ToLower() == "y")
{
isEnable32bit = true;
}
Console.Write("Please select Pipeline Mode: 1 for Classic, 2 for Integrated:");
string pipelinemode = Console.ReadLine();
if (pipelinemode.ToLower() == "2")
{
mode = ManagedPipelineMode.Integrated;
}
Console.Write("Please select Runtime Version for Application Pool: 1 for v2.0, 2 for v4.0:");
string runtimeVersion = Console.ReadLine() == "1" ? "v2.0" : "v4.0";
CreateAppPool(poolname, isEnable32bit, mode, runtimeVersion);
Console.WriteLine("Application Pool created successfully...");
}
Console.WriteLine("Do you want to create a website:y/n");
response = Console.ReadLine();
if (response.ToString() == "y")
{
Console.Write("Please enter website name:");
string websiteName = Console.ReadLine();
Console.Write("Please enter host name:");
string hostname = Console.ReadLine();
Console.Write("Please enter physical path to point for website:");
string phypath = Console.ReadLine();
Console.WriteLine("Application pool Name:");
foreach (var pool in new ServerManager().ApplicationPools)
{
Console.WriteLine(pool.Name);
}
Console.WriteLine("");
Console.Write("Please enter Application pool Name for web site:");
string poolName = Console.ReadLine();
CreateIISWebsite(websiteName, hostname, phypath, poolName);
Console.WriteLine("Web site created successfully...");
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
private static void CreateIISWebsite(string websiteName, string hostname, string phyPath, string appPool)
{
ServerManager iisManager = new ServerManager();
iisManager.Sites.Add(websiteName, "http", "*:80:" + hostname, phyPath);
iisManager.Sites[websiteName].ApplicationDefaults.ApplicationPoolName = appPool;
foreach (var item in iisManager.Sites[websiteName].Applications)
{
item.ApplicationPoolName = appPool;
}
iisManager.CommitChanges();
}
private static void CreateAppPool(string poolname,bool enable32bitOn64, ManagedPipelineMode mode,string runtimeVersion="v4.0")
{
using (ServerManager serverManager = new ServerManager())
{
ApplicationPool newPool = serverManager.ApplicationPools.Add(poolname);
newPool.ManagedRuntimeVersion = runtimeVersion;
newPool.Enable32BitAppOnWin64 = true;
newPool.ManagedPipelineMode = mode;
serverManager.CommitChanges();
}
}
}
}
note: do not forget to add a reference to Microsoft.Web.Administration.

Denied access to User Folder

I Need to find my pictures in my User folder. But I get the runtime error Access Denied
Here is my code
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string pic = "*.jpg";
string b = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.UserProfile);
string appdata = Path.Combine(b, "AppData"); // I Dont want search in this folder.
string data = Path.Combine(b, "Data aplikací"); // Here also not.
foreach (string d in Directory.GetDirectories(b))
{
try
{
if ((d == data) || (d == appdata))
{
continue;
}
else
{
foreach (string f in Directory.GetFiles(d, pic))
{
//...
}
}
}
catch (System.Exception excpt)
{
Console.WriteLine(excpt.Message);
}
}
}
Running the application as admin doesn't work either. How to avoid this?

check if the folder is read only (in windows) if it is, just clear the read only flag.
if it isn't read only, make sure that the admin user has full rights on that folder. You can check this by right clicking on the folder --> properties --> security
check out this link for more information on how to set it programatically:
C# - Set Directory Permissions for All Users in Windows 7

Oh, don't go changing your directory/folder permissions - that's just asking for future pain.
There's no "one-liner" solution here - basically, you need to recursively walk through the folder structure looking for the files you care about, and absorbing/eating the UnauthorizedAccessExceptions along the way (you could avoid the exception altogether by checking DirectoryInfo.GetAccessControl, but that's a whole different question)
Here's a blob o'code:
void Main()
{
var profilePath = Environment
.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.UserProfile);
var imagePattern = "*.jpg";
var dontLookHere = new[]
{
"AppData", "SomeOtherFolder"
};
var results = new List<string>();
var searchStack = new Stack<string>();
searchStack.Push(profilePath);
while(searchStack.Count > 0)
{
var path = searchStack.Pop();
var folderName = new DirectoryInfo(path).Name;
if(dontLookHere.Any(verboten => folderName == verboten))
{
continue;
}
Console.WriteLine("Scanning path {0}", path);
try
{
var images = Directory.EnumerateFiles(
path,
imagePattern,
SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly);
foreach(var image in images)
{
Console.WriteLine("Found an image! {0}", image);
results.Add(image);
}
var subpaths = Directory.EnumerateDirectories(
path,
"*.*",
SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly);
foreach (var subpath in subpaths)
{
searchStack.Push(subpath);
}
}
catch(UnauthorizedAccessException nope)
{
Console.WriteLine("Can't access path: {0}", path);
}
}
}

ServerManager How to get site's physical path on disk?

How I can get physical path of site on a disk ?
using (ServerManager serverManager = new ServerManager()) {
var sites = serverManager.Sites;
foreach (Site site in sites) {
Console.WriteLine(site.Name); // This will return the WebSite name
//but how i get it's path on disc ??????
}

ServerManager m = new ServerManager();
m.Sites["default web site"].Applications["/"].VirtualDirectories["/"].PhysicalPath;
basically every site has a "root application" which must have a "root virtual directory".

To improve a bit what others wrote, remember if you have multiple application pools pr site you get multiple directories.
using (var iisManager = new ServerManager())
{
SiteCollection sites = iisManager.Sites;
foreach (var site in sites)
{
Console.WriteLine(site.Name);
foreach(var app in site.Applications)
{
foreach (var virt in app.VirtualDirectories)
{
Console.WriteLine(site.Name);
}
}
}
}

Use the following code to get path
using (ServerManager serverManager = new ServerManager())
{
var sites = serverManager.Sites;
foreach (Site site in sites)
{
foreach (Application app in site.Applications)
{
Console.WriteLine("path: {0}", app.Path);
}
}
}

Extract Exchange 2007 Public Calendar Appointments using Exchange Web Services API

We have a public calendar for our company set up in an Exchange 2007 Public Folder. I am able to retrieve my personal calendar appointments for the current day using the code below. I have searched high and low online and I cannot find one example of someone retrieving calendar information from a Public Folder calendar.
It seems like it should be doable, but I cannot for the life of me get it working. How can I modify the code below to access the calendar? I am not interested in creating any appointments through asp.net, just retrieving a simple list. I am open to any other suggestions as well. Thanks.
ADDED BOUNTY
- I can't be the only person that ever needed to do this. Let's get this problem solved for future generations.
UPDATED AGAIN DUE TO IGNORANCE
- I failed to mention that the project I am working on is .NET 2.0 (very important don't you think?).
* ADDED MY CODE SOLUTION BELOW *
- I have replaced my original code example with the code that ended up working. Many thanks to Oleg for providing the code to find the public folder, which was the hardest part.. I have modified the code using the example from here http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2009/04/21/451126.aspx to use the simpler FindAppointments method.
This simple example returns an html string with the appointments, but you can use it as a base to customize as needed. You can see our back and forth under his answer below.
using System;
using Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data;
using System.Net;
namespace ExchangePublicFolders
{
public class Program
{
public static FolderId FindPublicFolder(ExchangeService myService, FolderId baseFolderId,
string folderName)
{
FolderView folderView = new FolderView(10, 0);
folderView.OffsetBasePoint = OffsetBasePoint.Beginning;
folderView.PropertySet = new PropertySet(FolderSchema.DisplayName, FolderSchema.Id);
FindFoldersResults folderResults;
do
{
folderResults = myService.FindFolders(baseFolderId, folderView);
foreach (Folder folder in folderResults)
if (String.Compare(folder.DisplayName, folderName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) == 0)
return folder.Id;
if (folderResults.NextPageOffset.HasValue)
folderView.Offset = folderResults.NextPageOffset.Value;
}
while (folderResults.MoreAvailable);
return null;
}
public static string MyTest()
{
ExchangeService myService = new ExchangeService(ExchangeVersion.Exchange2007_SP1);
myService.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("USERNAME", "PASSWORD", "DOMAIN");
myService.Url = new Uri("https://MAILSERVER/ews/exchange.asmx");
Folder myPublicFoldersRoot = Folder.Bind(myService, WellKnownFolderName.PublicFoldersRoot);
string myPublicFolderPath = #"PUBLIC_FOLDER_CALENDAR_NAME";
string[] folderPath = myPublicFolderPath.Split('\\');
FolderId fId = myPublicFoldersRoot.Id;
foreach (string subFolderName in folderPath)
{
fId = Program.FindPublicFolder(myService, fId, subFolderName);
if (fId == null)
{
return string.Format("ERROR: Can't find public folder {0}", myPublicFolderPath);
}
}
Folder folderFound = Folder.Bind(myService, fId);
if (String.Compare(folderFound.FolderClass, "IPF.Appointment", StringComparison.Ordinal) != 0)
{
return string.Format("ERROR: Public folder {0} is not a Calendar", myPublicFolderPath);
}
CalendarFolder AK_Calendar = CalendarFolder.Bind(myService, fId, BasePropertySet.FirstClassProperties);
FindItemsResults<Appointment> AK_appointments = AK_Calendar.FindAppointments(new CalendarView(DateTime.Now,DateTime.Now.AddDays(1)));
string rString = string.Empty;
foreach (Appointment AK_appoint in AK_appointments)
{
rString += string.Format("Subject: {0}<br />Date: {1}<br /><br />", AK_appoint.Subject, AK_appoint.Start);
}
return rString;
}
}
}

Like promised here is a code example. I used the Microsoft Exchange Web Services (EWS) Managed API 1.0 and recommend you to do the same. The most comments I included in the code
using System;
using Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data;
using System.Net;
namespace ExchangePublicFolders {
class Program {
static FolderId FindPublicFolder (ExchangeService myService, FolderId baseFolderId,
string folderName) {
// We will search using paging. We will use page size 10
FolderView folderView = new FolderView (10,0);
folderView.OffsetBasePoint = OffsetBasePoint.Beginning;
// we will need only DisplayName and Id of every folder
// se we'll reduce the property set to the properties
folderView.PropertySet = new PropertySet (FolderSchema.DisplayName,
FolderSchema.Id);
FindFoldersResults folderResults;
do {
folderResults = myService.FindFolders (baseFolderId, folderView);
foreach (Folder folder in folderResults)
if (String.Compare (folder.DisplayName, folderName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) == 0)
return folder.Id;
if (folderResults.NextPageOffset.HasValue)
// go to the next page
folderView.Offset = folderResults.NextPageOffset.Value;
}
while (folderResults.MoreAvailable);
return null;
}
static void MyTest () {
// IMPORTANT: ExchangeService is NOT thread safe, so one should create an instance of
// ExchangeService whenever one needs it.
ExchangeService myService = new ExchangeService (ExchangeVersion.Exchange2007_SP1);
myService.Credentials = new NetworkCredential ("MyUser#corp.local", "myPassword00");
myService.Url = new Uri ("http://mailwebsvc-t.services.local/ews/exchange.asmx");
// next line is very practical during development phase or for debugging
myService.TraceEnabled = true;
Folder myPublicFoldersRoot = Folder.Bind (myService, WellKnownFolderName.PublicFoldersRoot);
string myPublicFolderPath = #"OK soft GmbH (DE)\Gruppenpostfächer\_Template - Gruppenpostfach\_Template - Kalender";
string[] folderPath = myPublicFolderPath.Split('\\');
FolderId fId = myPublicFoldersRoot.Id;
foreach (string subFolderName in folderPath) {
fId = FindPublicFolder (myService, fId, subFolderName);
if (fId == null) {
Console.WriteLine ("ERROR: Can't find public folder {0}", myPublicFolderPath);
return;
}
}
// verify that we found
Folder folderFound = Folder.Bind (myService, fId);
if (String.Compare (folderFound.FolderClass, "IPF.Appointment", StringComparison.Ordinal) != 0) {
Console.WriteLine ("ERROR: Public folder {0} is not a Calendar", myPublicFolderPath);
return;
}
CalendarFolder myPublicFolder = CalendarFolder.Bind (myService,
//WellKnownFolderName.Calendar,
fId,
PropertySet.FirstClassProperties);
if (myPublicFolder.TotalCount == 0) {
Console.WriteLine ("Warning: Public folder {0} has no appointment. We try to create one.", myPublicFolderPath);
Appointment app = new Appointment (myService);
app.Subject = "Writing a code example";
app.Start = new DateTime (2010, 9, 9);
app.End = new DateTime (2010, 9, 10);
app.RequiredAttendees.Add ("oleg.kiriljuk#ok-soft-gmbh.com");
app.Culture = "de-DE";
app.Save (myPublicFolder.Id, SendInvitationsMode.SendToNone);
}
// We will search using paging. We will use page size 10
ItemView viewCalendar = new ItemView (10);
// we can include all properties which we need in the view
// If we comment the next line then ALL properties will be
// read from the server. We can see there in the debug output
viewCalendar.PropertySet = new PropertySet (ItemSchema.Subject);
viewCalendar.Offset = 0;
viewCalendar.OffsetBasePoint = OffsetBasePoint.Beginning;
viewCalendar.OrderBy.Add (ContactSchema.DateTimeCreated, SortDirection.Descending);
FindItemsResults<Item> findResultsCalendar;
do {
findResultsCalendar = myPublicFolder.FindItems (viewCalendar);
foreach (Item item in findResultsCalendar) {
if (item is Appointment) {
Appointment appoint = item as Appointment;
Console.WriteLine ("Subject: \"{0}\"", appoint.Subject);
}
}
if (findResultsCalendar.NextPageOffset.HasValue)
// go to the next page
viewCalendar.Offset = findResultsCalendar.NextPageOffset.Value;
}
while (findResultsCalendar.MoreAvailable);
}
static void Main (string[] args) {
MyTest();
}
}
}
You should update the string myPublicFolderPath to the value with your public calender folder. I set myService.TraceEnabled = true which produce long output with debug information. You should of cause remove the line for production.
UPDATED: Some additional links you could find in Create new calendar system support in Exchange OWA. If you not yet seen the videos and you want to use Exchange Web Services I would recommend you to watch there. It could save your time in the future.

I did similar thing for Exchange 2003, but using WebDAV Search method (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa143053%28v=EXCHG.65%29.aspx).
http://geekswithblogs.net/cskardon/archive/2008/12/01/hunting-those-elusive-public-folders-using-exchange-web-services-part.aspx may help.

Programmatically create a web site in IIS using C# and set port number

We have been able to create a web site. We did this using the information in this link:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms525598.aspx
However, we would like to use a port number other that port 80. How do we do this?
We are using IIS 6

If you're using IIS 7, there is a new managed API called Microsoft.Web.Administration
An example from the above blog post:
ServerManager iisManager = new ServerManager();
iisManager.Sites.Add("NewSite", "http", "*:8080:", "d:\\MySite");
iisManager.CommitChanges();
If you're using IIS 6 and want to do this, it's more complex unfortunately.
You will have to create a web service on every server, a web service that handles the creation of a website because direct user impersonation over the network won't work properly (If I recall this correctly).
You will have to use Interop Services and do something similar to this (This example uses two objects, server and site, which are instances of custom classes that store a server's and site's configuration):
string metabasePath = "IIS://" + server.ComputerName + "/W3SVC";
DirectoryEntry w3svc = new DirectoryEntry(metabasePath, server.Username, server.Password);
string serverBindings = ":80:" + site.HostName;
string homeDirectory = server.WWWRootPath + "\\" + site.FolderName;
object[] newSite = new object[] { site.Name, new object[] { serverBindings }, homeDirectory };
object websiteId = (object)w3svc.Invoke("CreateNewSite", newSite);
// Returns the Website ID from the Metabase
int id = (int)websiteId;
See more here

Heres the solution.
Blog article : How to add new website in IIS 7
On Button click :
try
{
ServerManager serverMgr = new ServerManager();
string strWebsitename = txtwebsitename.Text; // abc
string strApplicationPool = "DefaultAppPool"; // set your deafultpool :4.0 in IIS
string strhostname = txthostname.Text; //abc.com
string stripaddress = txtipaddress.Text;// ip address
string bindinginfo = stripaddress + ":80:" + strhostname;
//check if website name already exists in IIS
Boolean bWebsite = IsWebsiteExists(strWebsitename);
if (!bWebsite)
{
Site mySite = serverMgr.Sites.Add(strWebsitename.ToString(), "http", bindinginfo, "C:\\inetpub\\wwwroot\\yourWebsite");
mySite.ApplicationDefaults.ApplicationPoolName = strApplicationPool;
mySite.TraceFailedRequestsLogging.Enabled = true;
mySite.TraceFailedRequestsLogging.Directory = "C:\\inetpub\\customfolder\\site";
serverMgr.CommitChanges();
lblmsg.Text = "New website " + strWebsitename + " added sucessfully";
}
else
{
lblmsg.Text = "Name should be unique, " + strWebsitename + " is already exists. ";
}
}
catch (Exception ae)
{
Response.Redirect(ae.Message);
}
Looping over sites whether name already exists
public bool IsWebsiteExists(string strWebsitename)
{
Boolean flagset = false;
SiteCollection sitecollection = serverMgr.Sites;
foreach (Site site in sitecollection)
{
if (site.Name == strWebsitename.ToString())
{
flagset = true;
break;
}
else
{
flagset = false;
}
}
return flagset;
}

Try the following Code to Know the unUsed PortNo
DirectoryEntry root = new DirectoryEntry("IIS://localhost/W3SVC");
// Find unused ID PortNo for new web site
bool found_valid_port_no = false;
int random_port_no = 1;
do
{
bool regenerate_port_no = false;
System.Random random_generator = new Random();
random_port_no = random_generator.Next(9000,15000);
foreach (DirectoryEntry e in root.Children)
{
if (e.SchemaClassName == "IIsWebServer")
{
int site_id = Convert.ToInt32(e.Name);
//For each detected ID find the port Number
DirectoryEntry vRoot = new DirectoryEntry("IIS://localhost/W3SVC/" + site_id);
PropertyValueCollection pvcServerBindings = vRoot.Properties["serverbindings"];
String bindings = pvcServerBindings.Value.ToString().Replace(":", "");
int port_no = Convert.ToInt32(bindings);
if (port_no == random_port_no)
{
regenerate_port_no = true;
break;
}
}
}
found_valid_port_no = !regenerate_port_no;
} while (!found_valid_port_no);
int newportId = random_port_no;

I have gone though all answer here and also tested. Here is the most clean smarter version of answer for this question. However this still cant work on IIS 6.0. so IIS 8.0 or above is required.
string domainName = "";
string appPoolName = "";
string webFiles = "C:\\Users\\John\\Desktop\\New Folder";
if (IsWebsiteExists(domainName) == false)
{
ServerManager iisManager = new ServerManager();
iisManager.Sites.Add(domainName, "http", "*:8080:", webFiles);
iisManager.ApplicationDefaults.ApplicationPoolName = appPoolName;
iisManager.CommitChanges();
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("Name Exists already");
}
public static bool IsWebsiteExists(string strWebsitename)
{
ServerManager serverMgr = new ServerManager();
Boolean flagset = false;
SiteCollection sitecollection = serverMgr.Sites;
flagset = sitecollection.Any(x => x.Name == strWebsitename);
return flagset;
}

This simplified method will create a site with default binding settings, and also create the application pool if needed:
public void addIISApplication(string siteName, string physicalPath, int port, string appPoolName)
{
using (var serverMgr = new ServerManager())
{
var sitecollection = serverMgr.Sites;
if (!sitecollection.Any(x => x.Name.ToLower() == siteName.ToLower()))
{
var appPools = serverMgr.ApplicationPools;
if (!appPools.Any(x => x.Name.ToLower() == appPoolName.ToLower()))
{
serverMgr.ApplicationPools.Add(appPoolName);
}
var mySite = serverMgr.Sites.Add(siteName, physicalPath, port);
mySite.ApplicationDefaults.ApplicationPoolName = appPoolName;
serverMgr.CommitChanges();
}
}
}

In properties of site select "Web Site" tab and specify TCP Port.
In studio to debug purpose specify http://localhost:<port>/<site> at tab Web for "Use Local IIS Web Server"