Restarting IIS using the command-line

You can restart IIS and disable Reliable Restart using the command prompt and Iisreset.exe. See the following command-line usage and parameters.

iisreset [computername]
 
/RESTART Stop and then restart all Internet services.
/START  Start all Internet services.
/STOP Stop all Internet services.
/REBOOT  Reboot the computer.
/REBOOTONERROR   Reboot the computer if an error occurs when starting, stopping, or restarting Internet services.
/NOFORCE Do not forcefully terminate Internet services if attempting to stop them gracefully fails.
/TIMEOUT:val Specify the timeout value (in seconds) to wait for a successful stop of Internet services. On expiration of this timeout the computer can be rebooted if the /REBOOTONERROR parameter is specified. The default value is 20s for restart, 60s for stop, and 0s for reboot.
/STATUS Display the status of all Internet services.
/ENABLE  Enable restarting of Internet Services on the local system.
/DISABLE Disable restarting of Internet Services on the local system.

Example (restart IIS on local computer):

iisreset /restart

Setup self-signed certificate on IIS 6

Create a self-signed SSL certificate with SelfSSL from the IIS 6.0 Resource Kit. The IIS 6.0 Resource Kit contains a utility called SelfSSL.exe for quickly and easily creating and installing a self-signed certificate into IIS 6 for Windows 2003 or XP. Download IIS 6.0 Resource Kit Tools Install the resource kit Go to Programs \ IIS Resources \ SelfSSL and select "SelfSSL" Execute the following (modify for your environment): selfssl.exe /N:CN=www.powercram.com /K:1024 /V:180 /S:56792119 /P:443 /T Go to https://localhost to test.

Explanation of selfssl.exe switches (used in command above):

• /N:CN=www.powercram.com - common name of the certificate.
• /K:1024 - key length.
• /V:180 - number of days certificate is valid.
• /S:56792119 - IIS site ID.  Default is 1 for "default site."
• /P:443 - SSL port.
• /T - Adds the self-signed certificate to "Trusted Certificates" list.

IIS 7 Log Files Default Location

In Internet Information Services 7 Microsoft changed the default log files location.

IIS 7 Log files location

%SystemDrive%\inetpub\logs\LogFiles

IIS 6 Log files location

%windir%\System32\LogFiles