Topic: iis

• IIS administration basics from PowerShell: sites, app pools, logs, and backing up the configuration

  Reading sites with the IISAdministration module's Get-IISSite, recycling an application pool, where IIS writes its logs by default, and using appcmd add backup to snapshot applicationHost.config before a configuration change.

  article · en · reviewed · knowledge as of 2026-09-24

• Managing certificates from PowerShell: the Cert: drive, PFX import/export, and binding one to IIS

  Browsing Cert:\LocalMachine\My, filtering by expiry with Get-ChildItem, moving a certificate with its private key via Import-PfxCertificate/Export-PfxCertificate, New-SelfSignedCertificate for test use only, and binding the result in IIS with New-WebBinding or checking it with netsh http show sslcert.

  methodology · en · reviewed · knowledge as of 2026-09-24

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