Microsoft IIS Administration API

Requirements:

• IIS installed
• Windows authentication enabled
• Hostable Web Core enabled
• ASP.NET Core Module installed (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=817246)

Nano Server Installation:

There is a blog post to get up and running on Nano Server located at https://blogs.iis.net/adminapi/microsoft-iis-administration-on-nano-server.

Running Tests:

• Open the project in Visual Studio as an Administrator and launch without debugging
• Open another instance of the project and run the tests located in the 'test' folder
• Tests can also be run with the CLI

Publish and Install:

• Run PowerShell as an Administrator
• Run the Publish.ps1 script located in the scripts directory
• <OutputDirectory>\setup\setup.ps1 Install -Verbose

Using the new API

1. Navigate to https://manage.iis.net
2. Click 'Get Access Token'
3. Generate an access token and copy it to the clipboard
4. Exit the access tokens window and return to the connection screen
5. Paste the access token into the Access Token field of the connection screen
6. Click 'Connect'

Dev Setup

1. Open the solution in VS 2015, which will automatically trigger a package restore
2. Build the solution
3. Run the solution (F5) so Visual Studio automatically generates required IIS Express files
4. Using PowerShell, run the Configure-DevEnvironment.ps1 script in the scripts directory

Examples

Intialize Api Client

var httpClientHandler = new HttpClientHandler()
    {
        Credentials = new NetworkCredential(userName, password, domain)
    };
var apiClient = new HttpClient(httpClientHandler);
// Set access token for every request
apiClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Access-Token", "Bearer {token}");

Get Web Sites

var res = apiClient.GetAsync("https://localhost:55539/api/webserver/websites").Result;
if (res.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.OK) {
  HandleError(res);
}
JArray sites = JObject.Parse(res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result).Value<JArray>("websites");

Create a Web Site

var newSite = new {
    name = "Contoso",
    physical_path = @"C:\sites\Contoso",
    bindings = new[] {
        new {
            port = 8080,
            is_https = false,
            ip_address = "*"
        }
    }
};
var res = apiClient.PostAsJsonAsync<object>("https://localhost:55539/api/webserver/websites", newSite).Result;
if (res.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.Created) {
    HandleError(res);
}
JObject site = JObject.Parse(res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result);