How to get Application Pool name through code (C#, ASP.net)

Question

I want to recycle the application pool through my application.

Previously I was storing the application pool name in my database and using that to recycle. But It happened in the past that we moved apps from one app pool to another and sometimes we forget to update the app pool name in the database.

So I am thinking to get the app pool name through the application and use that for recycling.

something like this? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1400464/enumerating-application-pools-in-iis — fuchs777, Sep 04 '14 at 11:42

score 23 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 25 '16 at 08:07

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In many cases it might be enough to just read the name of the application pool from the environment variable:

var apppool = System.Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(
                  "APP_POOL_ID", EnvironmentVariableTarget.Process);

answered Aug 25 '16 at 08:07

Knaģis

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score 20 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 13 '22 at 14:27

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Modified version of @Razon answer :)

public static string GetCurrentApplicationPoolName()
{
    ServerManager manager = new ServerManager();
    string DefaultSiteName = System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment.ApplicationHost.GetSiteName();
    Site defaultSite = manager.Sites[DefaultSiteName];
    string appVirtualPath = HttpRuntime.AppDomainAppVirtualPath;

    string appPoolName = string.Empty;
    foreach (Application app in defaultSite.Applications)
    {
        string appPath = app.Path;
        if (appPath == appVirtualPath)
        {
            appPoolName = app.ApplicationPoolName;
        }   
    }
    return appPoolName;
}

edited Sep 13 '22 at 14:27

Dan Atkinson

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answered Sep 04 '14 at 12:27

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IMHO, better answer than Razon answer – Kiquenet Feb 04 '16 at 13:35
Combine the link with the code and that should be the answer. – Rexxo Feb 05 '16 at 15:59
Caution: This code might throw a COM exception if the "Load User Profile" setting in the AppPool on your IIS is not set to "True" – Prashanth Subramanian Feb 19 '18 at 23:56
Please Note: make sure you wrap the ServerManager into a Using statement so that its disposed of once it goes out of scope (its un-managed code) – mknopf Jun 06 '18 at 20:15

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 04 '14 at 11:44

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May this can help: ApplicationPoolName Property

Namespace: Microsoft.Web.Administration Assembly: Microsoft.Web.Administration (in Microsoft.Web.Administration.dll)

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.web.administration.application.applicationpoolname(v=vs.90).aspx

answered Sep 04 '14 at 11:44

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And just in case, `Install-Package Microsoft.Web.Administration` – Chris O Feb 07 '16 at 21:12

How to get Application Pool name through code (C#, ASP.net)

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