IISExpress User Interface [closed]

Question

I have just downloaded and installed IIS express and it all works well running it from the command line:

But how do i configure options for it, is there a standalone windows interface for it like IIS Manager or do you have do do everything manually in the config files? Or do you have to install webmatrix to configure it?

Answer 1

Jexus Manager for IIS Express is a management console that's quite similar to IIS Manager,

https://blog.lextudio.com/2014/10/jexus-manager-for-iis-express/

Unlike command line access (IIS Express's appcmd), or a small set of settings to change (like other IIS Express utilities or Visual Studio/WebMatrix), Jexus Manager is designed to provide access to as many settings as possible (even more than IIS Manager if technically feasible).

You can download the latest build from

https://www.jexusmanager.com

Feedback is welcome.

Answer 2

IIS Express is a lightweight version of IIS and it doesn't ship with the the admin UI tool like IIS Manager. You could install WebMatrix, but it only allows you to configure few settings (binding, default documents, SSL). The options you have today:

1. you can use appcmd.exe command line tool that can be found in the installation directory of IIS Express under the "Program Files". Majority of appcmd snippets from the IIS Configuration Reference located on http://www.iis.net/ConfigReference/ would work
2. if you use Visual Studio, then you should be able to open %userprofile%\documents\IISExpress\config\applicationhost.config or your application's web.config and use intellisense to edit IIS configuration settings

Answer 3

I am preparing an UI for IIS Express. I will be glad if you check it out.

http://lordamit.blogspot.com/2012/05/iis-express-manager-v01b.html

Answer 4

I implemented a GUI for IISExpress for:

• adding/modifying websites
• start/stop websites

Hope it can help:

https://ilmatte.github.io/IISExpressGUI/