Application Pool, what application pool?

[PhilEvelyn]

I am trying to setup my first IIS 6 website and the notes I am looking at tell me I need to confgure the application pool.

However, I can't highlight the application pool, right click and click properties becasue the application pool option does not exist. I only have web sites and web service extentions. Do I need to reinstall IIS or is there a way of getting application pools back into the MMC?

 

[safaritek]

Look at the properties for your first website ... on the "Home Directory" tab, there should be a place that says "Application Name" and it should be defaulting to "Default Application"

Once the site is setup, IIS should install a default application pool, which should then be see-able in the MMC. I have never had to manually configure an application pool for IIS, unless I want something special other than the default one.

If your site shows it has a default application setting but still no pool showing in MMC, there may be a permissions issue, or something went awry during install.

Is this IIS actually part of a server OS (i.e. Win2003 server) of are you trying to run it from XP?

 

[safaritek]

Also, if you are not running dynamic extensions (ASP, CF, ,NET, etc) your server won't require a pool, so that could also explain why you wouldn't see one.

 

[MuscleLondon]

IIS is running on W2k3 and dynamic extentions are running (only ASP, no .NET). However, given that it is only an hours work, I uninstalled IIS then reinstalled it and that appeared to fix the problem. Website now up and running.

Thank you for trying to sort the problem for me.

(ps had to think up a new name fast, lost my password and username had email address at old job).