Recyling apppool using msbuild script

Question

I'm using MSBuild to build and deploy the website, Before deploying i need to recycle the Application Pool, How can i do this from msbuild script? (I do not want to restart the IIS just recycle the application pool)

Answer 1

Why don't you use the extension pack: http://www.msbuildextensionpack.com/help/4.0.4.0/index.html

It has a task:

<MSBuild.ExtensionPack.Web.Iis7AppPool TaskAction="Recycle" Name="MyAppP"/>

That should do what you ask.

Answer 2

The command is

c:\Windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe recycle apppool "MyAppPool"

You can execute it within msbuild target using <Exec> task.