en-us/about_SPWebApplication.help.txt
.NAME
SPWebApplication .SYNOPSIS This resource is responsible for creating a web application within the local SharePoint farm. The resource will provision the web application with all of the current settings, and then ensure that it stays part of the correct application pool beyond that (additional checking and setting of properties will be added in future releases). .EXAMPLE SPWebApplication HostNameSiteCollectionWebApp { Name = "SharePoint Sites" ApplicationPool = "SharePoint Sites" ApplicationPoolAccount = "CONTOSO\svcSPWebApp" AllowAnonymous = $false AuthenticationMethod = "NTLM" DatabaseName = "SP_Content_01" DatabaseServer = "SQL.contoso.local\SQLINSTANCE" Url = "http://example.contoso.local" Port = 80 Ensure = "Present" PsDscRunAsCredential = $InstallAccount } .PARAMETER Name Key - string The name of the web application .PARAMETER ApplicationPool Required - string The name of the application pool to run this site in .PARAMETER ApplicationPoolAccount Required - string The name of the managed account to run the app pool with .PARAMETER Url Required - string The URL of the web application .PARAMETER AllowAnonymous Write - boolean Should anonymous access be enabled for this web app .PARAMETER AuthenticationMethod Write - string Allowed values: NTLM, Kerberos What authentication mode should be used for the web app .PARAMETER DatabaseName Write - string The name of the first content database to be created with this web app .PARAMETER DatabaseServer Write - string The name of the database server to host the default content DB .PARAMETER HostHeader Write - string The host header to use for the web app .PARAMETER Path Write - string The path on the local servers to host the IIS web site from .PARAMETER Port Write - string The port to run the site on .PARAMETER UseSSL Write - boolean Should this web app use SSL .PARAMETER Ensure Write - string Allowed values: Present, Absent Present if the web app should exist, absent if it should not .PARAMETER InstallAccount Write - string POWERSHELL 4 ONLY: The account to run this resource as, use PsDscRunAsAccount if using PowerShell 5 |