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community.windows.win_iis_virtualdirectory – Configures a virtual directory in IIS

Note

This plugin is part of the community.windows collection (version 1.7.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.windows.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.windows.win_iis_virtualdirectory.

Synopsis

  • Creates, Removes and configures a virtual directory in IIS.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
application
string
The application under which the virtual directory is created or exists.
name
string / required
The name of the virtual directory to create or remove.
physical_path
string
The physical path to the folder in which the new virtual directory is created.
The specified folder must already exist.
site
string / required
The site name under which the virtual directory is created or exists.
state
string
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present
Whether to add or remove the specified virtual directory.
Removing will remove the virtual directory and all under it (Recursively).

See Also

See also

community.windows.win_iis_webapplication

The official documentation on the community.windows.win_iis_webapplication module.

community.windows.win_iis_webapppool

The official documentation on the community.windows.win_iis_webapppool module.

community.windows.win_iis_webbinding

The official documentation on the community.windows.win_iis_webbinding module.

community.windows.win_iis_website

The official documentation on the community.windows.win_iis_website module.

Examples

- name: Create a virtual directory if it does not exist
  community.windows.win_iis_virtualdirectory:
    name: somedirectory
    site: somesite
    state: present
    physical_path: C:\virtualdirectory\some

- name: Remove a virtual directory if it exists
  community.windows.win_iis_virtualdirectory:
    name: somedirectory
    site: somesite
    state: absent

- name: Create a virtual directory on an application if it does not exist
  community.windows.win_iis_virtualdirectory:
    name: somedirectory
    site: somesite
    application: someapp
    state: present
    physical_path: C:\virtualdirectory\some

Authors

  • Henrik Wallström (@henrikwallstrom)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/windows/win_iis_virtualdirectory_module.html