Powershell Get-WebSite name parameter is ignored
Solution 1
According to this forum post, this is a bug in the Get-Website cmdlet. The workaround until this is addressed is to use Get-Item.
$website = "Test"
Get-Item "IIS:\sites\$website"
Be sure to use double quotes, variables are not expanded when single quotes are used.
Solution 2
I realize it's an older post but I ran into this issue recently and found your question. I've had luck with the following syntax too:
get-website | where { $_.Name -eq 'foobar' }
Solution 3
Using wild cards will also get around this issue as mentioned in the work around in the connect topic referenced by @Joey
get-website -name "*Default Web Site*"
Ryan Taylor
Updated on June 06, 2022Comments
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Ryan Taylor almost 2 years
I want to retrieve information regarding specific IIS 7 website using the PowerShell Get-Website cmdlet. Unfortunately, Get-Website returns information for all websites regardless of the -Name parameter I pass in. It appears that the -Name parameter is ignored.
For instance, if I use:
Import-Module WebAdministration Get-Website -Name "Test Website"
I will receive information for all websites on my machine:
Name ID State Physical Path Bindings ---- -- ----- ------------- -------- Default Web Site 1 Started %SystemDrive%\inetpub\wwwroot http *:80: net.tcp 808:* net.pipe * net.msmq localhost msmq.formatname localhost Test Website 2 Started C:\websites\test http *:80:test.mydomain.com
According to the documentation Get-Website should return information for the website specified in the -Name parameter. I must be misunderstanding the documentation or misusing the cmdlet, or both.
How should I use Get-Website to return information for a specific website?
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Rich over 13 yearsSide note: Connect topic on that bug
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LosManos about 12 yearsJust for clarity and newbies (like me): there is no need to declare a variable.
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Mels over 8 yearsThe problem with this workaround is that all websites are listed and then filtered. Not much of a when you've got a handful of websites, but some of us legitimately have lots of websites in a single IIS server.
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Marcus over 8 yearsTrue, it does return all sites then filter. I would prefer filtering left and formatting right but that wasn't an option which is the reason I had to do this workaround. I also had 200-300 sites per server and it wasn't a huge delay running this command.