[SOLVED] In wix is it possible to set the application pool for a website?

In wix is it possible to set the application pool for a website?

I want to set the application pool for a website that I'm installing, but there is no virtual directory or web application. The website is contained directly in the website entry in IIS and I want wix to set the application pool for that website.

Is this possible?

Solution

Have you looked that the WebAppPool Element?

This article 'creating a web application installer ...' may provide you with some useful info e.g.

<!-- Define App Pool - identity if not set defaults to: ApplicationPoolIdentity -->
<iis:WebAppPool Id="AppPool" Name="[VD][WEBSITE_ID]" ManagedRuntimeVersion="v4.0" 
                IdleTimeout="0" RecycleMinutes="0" ManagedPipelineMode="integrated">
</iis:WebAppPool>

<iis:WebVirtualDir Id="VDir" Alias="[VD]" 
                   Directory="INSTALLLOCATION"
                   WebSite="SelectedWebSite">
  <iis:MimeMap Id="SilverlightMimeType" Extension=".xap" 
               Type="application/x-silverlight-app" />
  <iis:WebApplication Id="MyWebAppApplication" WebAppPool="AppPool" 
                      Name="[VD][WEBSITE_ID]" />
  <iis:WebDirProperties Id="MyWebSite_Properties" AnonymousAccess="yes" 
                        WindowsAuthentication="no" DefaultDocuments="Default.aspx" />
</iis:WebVirtualDir>

to connect them the iis:WebApplication/@WebAppPool entry is used to reference the AppPool iis:WebAppPool/@Id

One other suggestion is to update the WebApplication of the WebSite like this e.g.

<Component Id="WebSite" Guid="PUT-YOUR-GUID-HERE">
    <CreateFolder/>
    <iis:WebSite Id="WebSite" Directory="WebSiteRoot" Description="[WEBSITEDESCRIPTION]" >
        <iis:WebApplication Id="WebSiteApplication" Name="[WEBSITEDESCRIPTION]" WebAppPool="MyAppPool" />
    </iis:WebSite>
    <iis:WebAppPool Id="MyAppPool" Name="[APPPOOLNAME]" ManagedRuntimeVersion="v4.0"/>
</Component>