Application Initialization config for deployments

ApplicationInitialization.ps1

# Load IIS module:
Import-Module WebAdministration

# Set a name of the site we want to change
$webSiteName = $OctopusParameters['OctopusWebSiteName']

# Get web site object
$webSite = Get-Item "IIS:\Sites\$webSiteName"

Write-Output "Setting IIS web site $webSiteName serverAutoStart to true"
$webSite.serverAutoStart="true"
$webSite | Set-Item

Write-Output "Setting IIS web site $webSiteName root application preloadEnabled to true"
Set-WebConfigurationProperty "/system.applicationHost/sites/site[@name='$webSiteName']/application" -Name "preloadEnabled" -Value "true" -PSPath IIS:\

# Set a name of the appPool we want to change
$applicationPoolName = $OctopusParameters['OctopusAppPoolName']

Write-Output "Setting IIS AppPool $applicationPoolName autoStart to true and startMode to AlwaysRunning."
$pool = Get-Item IIS:\AppPools\"$applicationPoolName"
$pool.autoStart="true"
$pool.startMode="AlwaysRunning"
$pool | Set-Item