Iis – IS Express 7.5 run multiple sites/appools defined in applicationhost.config

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I've defined 2 sites in the corresponding applicationhost.config file and try run them using IIS Express from the command line. Unfortunately I'm only able to start one site at the time.

My 2 questions:
1. Is it possible at all to run multiple sites with IIS Express from one command line?
2. Can IIS run "only" one appool per IIS instance?

Best Answer

I think I've got a solution for my problem:

If you want to run multiple sites, make sure that they both use same application pool and then use '/apppool' command line swith.

Example: iisexpress /apppool:"Clr4IntegratedAppPool"

Above command would run all the sites that are using 'Clr4IntegratedAppPool' application pool.

But the second question remains open: Can IIS run "only" one appool per IIS instance?

Update: Answer to the second question is: Yes, only one appool per IIS instance.

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