Use PowerShell to stop 'Default Web Site' in IIS6

Question

I've done several Google searches and can't find a good sample to stop/start the 'Default Web Site' (in II6) using PowerShell.

This...

$server = "localhost"
$siteName = "default web site"
$iis = [ADSI]"IIS://$server/W3SVC"
$site = $iis.psbase.children | where { $_.keyType -eq "IIsWebServer" 
        -AND $_.ServerComment -eq $siteName }

from here got me started, but I can't get the 'start'/'stop' syntax right.

Answer 1

Check the serverState property. A value of 2 means running and a value of 3 means stopped, you can set them this way:

start the website

$site.serverState = 2

$site.setInfo()

stop the website

$site.serverState = 3

$site.setInfo()