en-US/about_SPWebApplication.help.txt

.NAME
    SPWebApplication
 
# Description
     
    **Type:** Distributed
    **Requires CredSSP:** No
     
    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)
     
    The default value for the Ensure parameter is Present. When not specifying this
    parameter, the web application is provisioned.
     
    NOTE:
    When using Host Header Site Collections, do not use the HostHeader
    parameter in SPWebApplication. This will set the specified host header on your
    IIS site and prevent the site from listening for the URL of the Host Header
    Site Collection.
    If you want to change the IIS website binding settings, please use the xWebsite
    resource in the xWebAdministration module.
     
.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 WebAppUrl
    Required - string
    The URL of the web application
 
.PARAMETER AllowAnonymous
    Write - boolean
    Should anonymous access be enabled for this web app
 
.PARAMETER UseClassic
    Write - boolean
    Create the web application with Classic authentication (only used during creation of a new web application)
 
.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 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 PsDscRunAsCredential if using PowerShell 5
 
 
.EXAMPLE
    This example shows how to create a new web application in the local farm
 
 
    Configuration Example
    {
        param(
            [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
            [PSCredential]
            $SetupAccount
        )
        Import-DscResource -ModuleName SharePointDsc
 
        node localhost {
            SPWebApplication HostNameSiteCollectionWebApp
            {
                Name = "SharePoint Sites"
                ApplicationPool = "SharePoint Sites"
                ApplicationPoolAccount = "CONTOSO\svcSPWebApp"
                AllowAnonymous = $false
                DatabaseName = "SP_Content_01"
                DatabaseServer = "SQL.contoso.local\SQLINSTANCE"
                WebAppUrl = "http://example.contoso.local"
                Port = 80
                Ensure = "Present"
                PsDscRunAsCredential = $SetupAccount
            }
        }
    }