Question

I am a complete newbie at powershell. What I need is a powershell script that can automate the process of installing IIS7 or above. I have certain configurations to be made to the role services. Any help in this regard is appreciated.

Answer 1

I found the following blog useful , with certain changes from using help i was able to install IIS from power shell with custom role services.I have the code here and the link to the blog is:

http://www.ithassle.nl/2010/09/powershell-script-to-install-and-configure-iis7-5/#codesyntax_1

# --------------------------------------------------------------------
# Checking Execution Policy
# --------------------------------------------------------------------
#$Policy = "Unrestricted"
$Policy = "RemoteSigned"
If ((get-ExecutionPolicy) -ne $Policy) {
  Write-Host "Script Execution is disabled. Enabling it now"
  Set-ExecutionPolicy $Policy -Force
  Write-Host "Please Re-Run this script in a new powershell enviroment"
  Exit
}

# --------------------------------------------------------------------
# Define the variables.
# --------------------------------------------------------------------
$InetPubRoot = "D:\Inetpub"
$InetPubLog = "D:\Inetpub\Log"
$InetPubWWWRoot = "D:\Inetpub\WWWRoot"

# --------------------------------------------------------------------
# Loading Feature Installation Modules
# --------------------------------------------------------------------
Import-Module ServerManager 

# --------------------------------------------------------------------
# Installing IIS
# --------------------------------------------------------------------
Add-WindowsFeature -Name Web-Common-Http,Web-Asp-Net,Web-Net-Ext,Web-ISAPI-Ext,Web-ISAPI-Filter,Web-Http-Logging,Web-Request-Monitor,Web-Basic-Auth,Web-Windows-Auth,Web-Filtering,Web-Performance,Web-Mgmt-Console,Web-Mgmt-Compat,RSAT-Web-Server,WAS -IncludeAllSubFeature

# --------------------------------------------------------------------
# Loading IIS Modules
# --------------------------------------------------------------------
Import-Module WebAdministration

# --------------------------------------------------------------------
# Creating IIS Folder Structure
# --------------------------------------------------------------------
New-Item -Path $InetPubRoot -type directory -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
New-Item -Path $InetPubLog -type directory -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
New-Item -Path $InetPubWWWRoot -type directory -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

# --------------------------------------------------------------------
# Copying old WWW Root data to new folder
# --------------------------------------------------------------------
$InetPubOldLocation = @(get-website)[0].physicalPath.ToString()
$InetPubOldLocation =  $InetPubOldLocation.Replace("%SystemDrive%",$env:SystemDrive)
Copy-Item -Path $InetPubOldLocation -Destination $InetPubRoot -Force -Recurse

# --------------------------------------------------------------------
# Setting directory access
# --------------------------------------------------------------------
$Command = "icacls $InetPubWWWRoot /grant BUILTIN\IIS_IUSRS:(OI)(CI)(RX) BUILTIN\Users:(OI)(CI)(RX)"
cmd.exe /c $Command
$Command = "icacls $InetPubLog /grant ""NT SERVICE\TrustedInstaller"":(OI)(CI)(F)"
cmd.exe /c $Command

# --------------------------------------------------------------------
# Setting IIS Variables
# --------------------------------------------------------------------
#Changing Log Location
$Command = "%windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set config -section:system.applicationHost/sites -siteDefaults.logfile.directory:$InetPubLog"
cmd.exe /c $Command
$Command = "%windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set config -section:system.applicationHost/log -centralBinaryLogFile.directory:$InetPubLog"
cmd.exe /c $Command
$Command = "%windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set config -section:system.applicationHost/log -centralW3CLogFile.directory:$InetPubLog"
cmd.exe /c $Command

#Changing the Default Website location
Set-ItemProperty 'IIS:\Sites\Default Web Site' -name physicalPath -value $InetPubWWWRoot

# --------------------------------------------------------------------
# Checking to prevent common errors
# --------------------------------------------------------------------
If (!(Test-Path "C:\inetpub\temp\apppools")) {
  New-Item -Path "C:\inetpub\temp\apppools" -type directory -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
}

# --------------------------------------------------------------------
# Deleting Old WWWRoot
# --------------------------------------------------------------------
Remove-Item $InetPubOldLocation -Recurse -Force

# --------------------------------------------------------------------
# Resetting IIS
# --------------------------------------------------------------------
$Command = "IISRESET"
Invoke-Expression -Command $Command