Stopping and Starting IIS in C#

Question

I need to be able to Start/Stop the IIS in C#. I've been tasked with creating this module by my manager. The following is my attempt:

ServiceController service = new ServiceController("w3svc");
service.Stop();

I am getting the following exception:

Cannot open w3svc service on computer '.'.

I am writing the code to stop the IIS on the local machine.

I also tried IISAdmin as the servicename, but IISAdmin could not be found on my computer.

Answer 1

You have to work with Microsoft.Web.Administration .

The Microsoft.Web.Administration (MWA) APIs are built as a managed code wrapper over the Application Host Administration API (AHADMIN) which is a native code interface library. It provides a programmatic way to access and update the web server configuration and administration information.

using System;
using System.Linq;
using Microsoft.Web.Administration;

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var server = new ServerManager();
        var site = server.Sites.FirstOrDefault(s => s.Name == "Default Web Site");
        if (site != null)
        {
            //stop the site
            site.Stop();
            //start the site
            site.Start();
        }

    }
}

This article discuss detailed scenarios for using Microsoft.Web.Administration.

Please note that you have to run your C# application as Administrator to do anything on IIS.Otherwise you may get Access denied.