Setting AppPool Idle Timeout with PowerShell

Question

How do you set an IIS6 app pool's idle timeout with powershell? All I am seeing from my searches is how to set the app pool recycle time which isn't quite the same.

This is what is turning up, but I don't think it's what I am looking for:

$destinationPool.recycling.periodicRestart.schedule

CB. · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-13T05:58:11.180

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I can't test it but try this:

$ApplicationPool = Get-WmiObject -Class IISApplicationPoolSetting -Namespace "root/microsoftiisv2" | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq 'W3SVC/APPPOOLS/DefaultAppPool'}
$ApplicationPool.IdleTimeout=0
$ApplicationPool.Put()

edited Oct 13 '12 at 05:58

answered Oct 11 '12 at 18:58

CB.

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Using the namespace "rootmicrosoftiisv2" threw an invalid namespace exception for me so I swapped that with "root\MicrosoftIISv2" and it executed without any exceptions; however the idle time was not changed. – TheWolf Oct 12 '12 at 23:07
Okay it works now, there was a typo in my test code which passed the incorrect app name. Thanks! – TheWolf Oct 12 '12 at 23:51

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 06 '16 at 00:07

Using DSC (Desired State Configuration)

cAppPool $application.AppPool.Name 
{ 
    Name                    = $application.AppPool.Name                 
    AutoStart               = $application.AppPool.AutoStart            
    StartMode               = $application.AppPool.StartMode            
    ManagedRuntimeVersion   = $application.AppPool.ManagedRuntimeVersion
    ManagedPipelineMode     = $application.AppPool.ManagedPipelineMode  
    IdentityType            = $application.AppPool.IdentityType  
    LoadUserProfile         = $application.AppPool.LoadUserProfile
    Ensure                  = "Present" 
    idleTimeout             = "00:00:00"
}

The fact that idleTimeout was a string and not an int type tripped me up for a while. Trying to use "0" silently leaves it at the default of 20mins

(See cAppPool on GitHub)

Setting AppPool Idle Timeout with PowerShell

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