Programmatically create a web site in IIS using C# and set port number

Question

We have been able to create a web site. We did this using the information in this link:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms525598.aspx

However, we wo

Answer 1

Heres the solution.
Blog article : How to add new website in IIS 7

On Button click :

try
 {
  ServerManager serverMgr = new ServerManager();
  string strWebsitename = txtwebsitename.Text; // abc
  string strApplicationPool = "DefaultAppPool";  // set your deafultpool :4.0 in IIS
  string strhostname = txthostname.Text; //abc.com
  string stripaddress = txtipaddress.Text;// ip address
  string bindinginfo = stripaddress + ":80:" + strhostname;

  //check if website name already exists in IIS
    Boolean bWebsite = IsWebsiteExists(strWebsitename);
    if (!bWebsite)
     {
        Site mySite = serverMgr.Sites.Add(strWebsitename.ToString(), "http", bindinginfo, "C:\\inetpub\\wwwroot\\yourWebsite");
        mySite.ApplicationDefaults.ApplicationPoolName = strApplicationPool;
        mySite.TraceFailedRequestsLogging.Enabled = true;
        mySite.TraceFailedRequestsLogging.Directory = "C:\\inetpub\\customfolder\\site";
        serverMgr.CommitChanges();
        lblmsg.Text = "New website  " + strWebsitename + " added sucessfully";
     }
     else
     {
        lblmsg.Text = "Name should be unique, " + strWebsitename + "  is already exists. ";
     }
   }
  catch (Exception ae)
  {
      Response.Redirect(ae.Message);
   }

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Looping over sites whether name already exists

    public bool IsWebsiteExists(string strWebsitename)
    {
        Boolean flagset = false;
        SiteCollection sitecollection = serverMgr.Sites;
        foreach (Site site in sitecollection)
        {
            if (site.Name == strWebsitename.ToString())
            {
                flagset = true;
                break;
            }
            else
            {
                flagset = false;
            }
        }
        return flagset;
    }