If you are getting an error such as “503 Service Unavailable” on your websites,It can be due to the IIS application pool are not running. This is mainly because the WAS-Windows Process Activation too is stopped.
So today we will see how to start, stop and restart IIS 7.0 on server.
Step 1 – How to start or stop the IIS7 application pool ?
Here we discuss 2 ways about Starting or Stopping the IIS 7.0 application pool ie. :
- Using Graphical User Interface
- Through command prompt using the Appcmd.exe commands
1- Start or Stop IIS application pool via. User Interface
Step 1– Access the IIS Manager
Step 2– Go to Connections
Step 3– Maximize the server node and hit Application Pools
Step 4– Choose the application pool that you intend to Start or Stop
Step 5–Depending on the action you wish to take, there you can Start or Stop the application pool.
2- Start or Stop IIS application pool via. Command Line Interface
You can use the below commands to start an application pool:
appcmd start apppool /apppool.name: application pool
Note: Don’t forget to replace ‘application pool‘ with the name of the application pool you wish to Start.
To Stop the intended application pool, The following command would help you:
appcmd stop apppool /apppool.name: application pool
Note: Don’t forget to replace ‘application pool‘ with the name of the application pool you wish to Stop.
Step 2 – How to Start or Stop the IIS7 Management Service ?
The management services can not started by default while accessing the IIS Manager. Server administrators need to start it first.
1- Start or Stop IIS7 Management Service via User Interface
Step 1– Access the IIS Manager
Step 2– Go to Connection and hit the Server Node
Step 3– Go to the ‘Features View‘ and double click the Management Service
Step 4– Here you can perform the Action either to Start or Stop the Management Service
2- Start or Stop IIS7 Management Service via Command Line
Step 1– Hit Start andRun
Step 2– Enter the following commands in the dialog box:
net start wmsvc net stop wmsvc
That’s all to do, You would also like to know How to Reset Pop3 user account password on Windows server. Please Give your opinion below if you experience any issues or to discuss your ideas and experiences.