IIS 7.0 : Enabling and Configuring FRT - Configuring FRT by Using Appcmd

You can also create FRT rules by using command line utilities such as Appcmd, Windows PowerShell, and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). The Appcmd syntax is as follows.

%systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\AppCmd configure trace "URL" /enable [/path:path]
[/statuscodes:code][/timeTaken:timeSpan] [/areas:areas] [/verbosity:detailLevel]

					  

To delete an FRT rule, you can use the following Appcmd syntax.

%systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\AppCmd configure trace "URL" /disable [/path:path]

					  

Don’t forget that for the rules to take effect, the Web site must have FRT enabled. You can do this in IIS Manager as described earlier in this chapter, or use Appcmd as follows, where WebSiteName is the name of the Web site. Similarly, use /disablesite to disable FRT for a Web site.

%systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\AppCmd configure trace "WebSiteName" /enablesite

					  

The parameters to these commands are explained in Table 1.

Table 1. Parameters for Appcmd to Configure FRT

Parameter	Description
URL	The URL that you want to trace.
path	The type of content you want to trace. Must be *, *.aspx, *.asp, or custom. If omitted, uses “*” by default.
statuscodes	The status code that you want to trace. If omitted, uses “500,400,401,403” by default.
timeTaken	A duration in seconds for response times beyond which a request is considered to have failed. If omitted, 1 minute is the default.
areas	The list of providers and subareas that you want to enable for the trace rule. This is based on the providers that are registered in the configuration—by default, it can contain the ASP, ASPNET, ISAPI, or WWW Server providers. If ASP.NET is installed, you can further specify Infrastructure, Module, Page, or AppServices. If WWW Server, you can further specify Authentication, Security, Filter, StaticFile, CGI, Compression, Cache, RequestNotifications, IISGeneral, or All. If not specified, traces all registered providers and their subareas.
verbosity	The level of detail you want IIS 7.0 to report. Must be General, Critical Errors, Errors, Warnings, Information, or Verbose. If not specified, Verbose is used as the default.