How do I programmatically create a FTP site in IIS7 on Windows7? - iis

Question

I am looking to do this step: 'Creating a New FTP Site by Editing the IIS 7.0 Configuration Files' with a batch file and was wondering if anybody has done this already?
http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/301/creating-a-new-ftp-site/

Answer 1

Try this. You need to reference the COM component "AppHostAdminLibrary"
using AppHostAdminLibrary;
...
public void AddFtp7Site(String siteName, String siteId, String siteRoot) {
String configPath;
String configSectionName;
var fNewSite = false;
var fNewApplication = false;
var fNewVDir = false;
//
// First setup the sites section
//
configPath = "MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST";
configSectionName = "system.applicationHost/sites";
var adminManager = new AppHostAdminLibrary.AppHostWritableAdminManager();
adminManager.CommitPath = configPath;
try {
var sitesElement = adminManager.GetAdminSection(configSectionName, configPath);
IAppHostElement newSiteElement = null;
//
// check if site already exists
//
for (var i = 0; i < sitesElement.Collection.Count; i++) {
var siteElement = sitesElement.Collection[i];
if (siteElement.Properties["name"].Value.Equals(siteName) &&
siteElement.Properties["id"].Value.Equals(siteId)) {
newSiteElement = siteElement;
break;
}
}
if (newSiteElement == null) {
//
// Site doesn't exist yet. Add new site node
//
newSiteElement = sitesElement.Collection.CreateNewElement("");
newSiteElement.Properties["id"].Value = siteId;
newSiteElement.Properties["name"].Value = siteName;
fNewSite = true;
}
// setup bindings for the new site
var ftpBindingString = "*:21:";
var Bindings = newSiteElement.GetElementByName("bindings");
var BindingElement = Bindings.Collection.CreateNewElement("");
BindingElement.Properties["protocol"].Value = "ftp";
BindingElement.Properties["bindingInformation"].Value = ftpBindingString;
try {
Bindings.Collection.AddElement(BindingElement, 0);
}
catch (Exception ex) {
if (ex.Message != "") // ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS ?
{
throw;
}
}
IAppHostElement newApplication = null;
//
// check if root application already exists
//
for (var i = 0; i < newSiteElement.Collection.Count; i++) {
var applicationElement = newSiteElement.Collection[i];
if (applicationElement.Properties["path"].Value.Equals("/")) {
newApplication = applicationElement;
break;
}
}
if (newApplication == null) {
newApplication = newSiteElement.Collection.CreateNewElement("application");
newApplication.Properties["path"].Value = "/";
fNewApplication = true;
}
IAppHostElement newVirtualDirectory = null;
//
// search for the root vdir
//
for (var i = 0; i < newApplication.Collection.Count; i++) {
var vdirElement = newApplication.Collection[i];
if (vdirElement.Properties["path"].Value.Equals("/")) {
newVirtualDirectory = vdirElement;
break;
}
}
if (newVirtualDirectory == null) {
newVirtualDirectory = newApplication.Collection.CreateNewElement("");
newVirtualDirectory.Properties["path"].Value = "/";
fNewVDir = true;
}
newVirtualDirectory.Properties["physicalPath"].Value = siteRoot;
if (fNewVDir) {
newApplication.Collection.AddElement(newVirtualDirectory, 0);
}
if (fNewApplication) {
newSiteElement.Collection.AddElement(newApplication, 0);
}
var ftpSiteSettings = newSiteElement.GetElementByName("ftpServer").GetElementByName("security").GetElementByName("authentication");
Console.WriteLine("Enable anonymous authentication");
var anonAuthSettings = ftpSiteSettings.GetElementByName("anonymousAuthentication");
anonAuthSettings.Properties["enabled"].Value = "true";
Console.WriteLine("Disable basic authentication");
var basicAuthSettings = ftpSiteSettings.GetElementByName("basicAuthentication");
basicAuthSettings.Properties["enabled"].Value = "false";
BindingElement.Properties["bindingInformation"].Value = "*:21:";
//
// Time to add new site element and commit changes
//
if (fNewSite) {
sitesElement.Collection.AddElement(newSiteElement, 0);
}
adminManager.CommitChanges();
}
catch (Exception ex) {
Console.WriteLine("Error occured in AddDefaultFtpSite: " + ex.Message);
}
//
// Add <authorization> section to allow everyone Read
//
Console.WriteLine("Enable everyone Read access");
try {
configPath = "MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST/" + siteName;
configSectionName = "system.ftpServer/security/authorization";
var azSection = adminManager.GetAdminSection(configSectionName, configPath);
azSection.Collection.Clear();
var newAzElement = azSection.Collection.CreateNewElement("");
newAzElement.Properties["accessType"].Value = "Allow";
newAzElement.Properties["users"].Value = "*";
newAzElement.Properties["permissions"].Value = "Read";
azSection.Collection.AddElement(newAzElement, 0);
adminManager.CommitChanges();
}
catch (Exception ex) {
Console.WriteLine("Error occured while adding authorization section: " + ex.Message);
}
}

Answer 2

Does this help?:
http://blogs.iis.net/jaroslad/archive/2007/06/13/how-to-programatically-create-an-ftp7-site.aspx