Is there a way to make my local AppCmd.exe to refer to a remote server?

Question

I need to remotely administrate IIS via command-line. Is there a way to make my local AppCmd.exe refer to a remote server? So that every command I pass to AppCmd.exe would be executed in another machine?

Solution 1

You can download PSEXEC and run the following command:

psexec \\servername c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd

For example

psexec \\servername c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd list wp

Solution 2

I don't think you can directly use appcmd for remote management. But IIS 7 has a PowerShell provider for remote management, check this article.

Comments

[Jordan]

Be aware that doing this could set off major alarms in your organization if you are in a company that watches for stuff like this.

[it3xl]

Please don't forget about PsExec gets stuck on licence prompt when running non-interactively and use the PsExec /accepteula switch for your invocations.

[Pxtl]

I've been banging my head against the walls for weeks on this thing, so a heads-up: the IIS Powershell providers for remote management are awful if you use UNC shares for anything.