Adding REST API Application Pools
You can add application pools in IIS Manager for web applications. An application pool groups one or more web applications and separates them from other applications.
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| We advise creating a separate application pool for each REST API. |
An application in one pool cannot affect another application in a different pool. This is especially useful when an issue affects one application, because it helps prevent impact on other applications in different pools.
To view all existing application pools, in IIS Manager, select Application Pools for the IIS server in the left pane.
Application Pools
In IIS Manager, select Application Pools in the left pane and then select Add Application Pool... in the right pane (or right-click Application Pools and select Add Application Pool... to achieve the same).
From here, you can add the required application pool for your REST API.
Description for each option:
- Name: Set the name for the application pool that appears in IIS Manager.
- .NET CLR version: Select the runtime to manage your code (the default .NET CLR version used is 4.0.).
- Managed pipeline mode: Integrated mode enables you to configure managed modules for Web sites that are developed with unmanaged code.
- Start application pool immediately: When this box is checked, the application pool starts automatically without requiring manual activation.
Several settings for application pools in the AMT environment must be changed. To access these application pool settings, click on the application pool you want to change and select Advanced Settings.... The window shown in the following image will then appear:
Check the following settings in this menu and change them when necessary.
- The Identity to be used for the application pool should ideally be set to an account that has access to the Application REST API directory.
- Set the Idle-Timeout Action to Suspend.
- All settings in the section Generate Recycle Event Log Entry should be set to True for debugging.