How to remotely stop/start an application pool in IIS 8
You can do the following to start your application pool :
Invoke-Command -ComputerName "REMOTE_SERVER" -ScriptBlock { Start-WebAppPool -Name "MY_FANCY_APPPOOL" }You can do the following to stop your application pool :
Invoke-Command -ComputerName "REMOTE_SERVER" -ScriptBlock { Stop-WebAppPool -Name "MY_FANCY_APPPOOL" }
To start, sometimes you need to add an explicit wait so that the app pool responds to control messages:
Invoke-Command -ComputerName "$REMOTE_SERVER" -ScriptBlock { Import-Module WebAdministration; Start-Sleep -s 10; Start-WebAppPool -Name "$APP_POOL_NAME" }And to stop:
Invoke-Command -ComputerName "$REMOTE_SERVER" -ScriptBlock { Import-Module WebAdministration; Stop-WebAppPool -Name "$APP_POOL_NAME" }