PRB - Can not get WMI to work to create a Virtual Directory for IIS.

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PRB - Can not get WMI to work to create a Virtual Directory for IIS.

Please help,

I'm trying to create a virtual directory in IIS using JavaScript. When it comes time to run the "Put_()", it returns an error as "Invalid Object". I am trying this on a Windows 2003 server. Here is the code:

<script language=javascript>
  var LA;
  var ERR;
 
  var csVIRTUAL_DIRECTORY = "MyVirtualDirectory";
 
  // This path exists with no file I/O restrictions.
 
  var csVIRTUAL_DIRECTORY_PATH = "C:\Temp\Test";
 
  try
  {
    // Make connections to WMI, to the IIS namespace on the given server, and to the Web service.
   
    LA = "access IIS services";
    var objLocator = new ActiveXObject("WbemScripting.SWbemLocator");
    LA = "access IIS service providers";
    var objProvider = objLocator.ConnectServer(csWEB_SERVER_ADDRESS, "root/MicrosoftIISv2");
    LA = "access the IIS W3SVC service";
    var objService = objProvider.Get("IIsWebService='W3SVC'");

    // Check to see if the virtual directory already exists.

    LA = "check upon the virtual directory";
    var objCheckVirtualDirectory = null;
   
    try
    {
      objCheckVirtualDirectory = objProvider.Get
      (
        "IIsWebVirtualDir='" + csVIRTUAL_DIRECTORY + "'"
      );
    }
    catch(e)
    {
      objCheckVirtualDirectory = null;
    }

    if (!IsNull(objCheckVirtualDirectory))
    {
      ERR = "The virtual directory " + ts(csVIRTUAL_DIRECTORY) + ", already exists";
      throw ERR;
    }
   
    objCheckVirtualDirectory = null;
   
    // Add a virtual directory to the site. This requires SpawnInstance().
   
    LA = "prepare virtual directory settings";
    var objVirtualDirectorySettings = objProvider.Get("IIsWebVirtualDirSetting");
    var objNewVirtualDirectory = objVirtualDirectorySettings.SpawnInstance_();
   
    if (IsNull(objNewVirtualDirectory))
    {
      throw "Unable to spawn VDM. Ensure you have full admin security privileges";
    }
   
    objNewVirtualDirectory.Name = csVIRTUAL_DIRECTORY;
    objNewVirtualDirectory.Path = csVIRTUAL_DIRECTORY_PATH;
    objNewVirtualDirectory.AuthFlags = 5; // AuthNTLM + AuthAnonymous
    objNewVirtualDirectory.AnonymousUserName = "GOD-ACCOUNT"; // No restrictions...
    objNewVirtualDirectory.AnonymousUserPass = "password"; // Valid password..
    objNewVirtualDirectory.EnableDefaultDoc = true;
    objNewVirtualDirectory.DirBrowseFlags = 0x4000003E; // date, time, size, extension, longdate
    objNewVirtualDirectory.AccessFlags = 513; // read, script

    // Save the new settings to the metabase.
   
    LA = "create the virtual directory";
    objNewVirtualDirectory.Put_(); // Error occurs here...
   
    alert("Success!!!");
  }
  catch(e)
  {
    ERR = "" + e;
    alert("Error! In an attempt to " + LA + ", the following error occurred:\r\n" + ERR + ".");
  }
</script>

Answer 1

Hi,

This forum is for questions related to the Server Core installation option of Windows Server 2008. You should try one of the IIS forums at: http://forums.iis.net/

Andrew