Site.Create Method1

Article
06/14/2022

Creates a new Web site.

Syntax

objAppSrv.Get("Site").Create(  
   SiteName,  
   Bindings[],  
   PhysicalPath,  
   ServerAutoStart  
)

var newsite = appsrv.Get("Site").Create(  
   SiteName,  
   Bindings[],  
   PhysicalPath,  
   ServerAutoStart  
);

Parameters

Name	Description
`Name`	A string that contains the name for the new Web site.
`Bindings`	An array of BindingElement objects. The binding should include at least one host name, port, or IP address.
`PhysicalPath`	A string that contains a fully qualified path of a physical directory to which you want the Web site mapped.
`ServerAutoStart`	An optional `boolean` value. `true` if the server instance should start automatically when the World Wide Web Publishing Service (WWW service) is started; otherwise, `false`.

Return Value

This method does not return a value.

Remarks

This method replaces the IIS 6.0 IIsWebService.CreateWebSite method.

Note

You cannot use Site.SpawnInstance_ and Site.Put_ to create a new Web site. A new site must have a root application and a root virtual directory, and these can be specified only through the Create method.

Example

The following example creates a new Web site.

Note

Because Create is a static method, you must call it by using the Site definition.

' Connect to the WMI WebAdministration namespace.  
Set oWebAdmin = GetObject("winmgmts:root\WebAdministration")  
  
' Specify a name and physical path for the new Web site.  
SiteName = "SampleSite"  
PhysicalPath = "C:\inetpub\wwwroot"  
  
' Create a Bindings object by using the WMI SpawnInstance_ method.  
Set SiteBinding = oWebAdmin.Get("BindingElement").SpawnInstance_  
SiteBinding.BindingInformation = "*:80:www.SampleSite.com"  
SiteBinding.Protocol = "http"  
BindingsArray = array(SiteBinding)  
  
' Get the site object definition  
Set SiteDefinition = oWebAdmin.Get("Site")  
  
' Pass the required parameters to the Create method on the Site  
' definition to create the site.  
SiteDefinition.Create SiteName, BindingsArray, PhysicalPath

Requirements

Type	Description
Client	- IIS 7.0 on Windows Vista - IIS 7.5 on Windows 7 - IIS 8.0 on Windows 8 - IIS 10.0 on Windows 10
Server	- IIS 7.0 on Windows Server 2008 - IIS 7.5 on Windows Server 2008 R2 - IIS 8.0 on Windows Server 2012 - IIS 8.5 on Windows Server 2012 R2 - IIS 10.0 on Windows Server 2016
Product	- IIS 7.0, IIS 7.5, IIS 8.0, IIS 8.5, IIS 10.0
MOF file	WebAdministration.mof