Adding Handlers <add>

Overview

The <add> element of the <handlers> collection adds a handler to the list of HTTP handlers for Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.

Compatibility

Setup

The <add> element of the <handlers> collection is included in the default installation of IIS 7.

How To

How create a handler mapping for an ASP.NET handler in an IIS 7 application running in Integrated mode

1. Open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager:

   • If you are using Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2012 R2:

     • On the taskbar, click Server Manager, click Tools, and then click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

   • If you are using Windows 8 or Windows 8.1:

     • Hold down the Windows key, press the letter X, and then click Control Panel.
     • Click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

   • If you are using Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2:

     • On the taskbar, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

   • If you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7:

     • On the taskbar, click Start, and then click Control Panel.
     • Double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

2. In the Connections pane, click the server connection that you want to add the native module to.

3. In the Home pane, double-click Handler Mappings.
   

4. On the Actions pane, click Add Managed Handler...

5. In the Add Managed Handler dialog box, specify the following:

   • Request Path. The file name or file name extension to map.

   • Type. The type (class) name of the managed handler. If the handler is defined in the app_code or bin folders of the application, its type name will appear in the drop-down list.

   • Name. A descriptive name.

     

6. Click OK to close the Add Managed Handler dialog box.

How to create a FastCGI handler mapping

1. Open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager:

   • If you are using Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2012 R2:

     • On the taskbar, click Server Manager, click Tools, and then click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

   • If you are using Windows 8 or Windows 8.1:

     • Hold down the Windows key, press the letter X, and then click Control Panel.
     • Click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

   • If you are using Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2:

     • On the taskbar, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

   • If you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7:

     • On the taskbar, click Start, and then click Control Panel.
     • Double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

2. In the Connections pane, click the server name for which you want to configure FastCGI handler mappings.

3. In the Home pane, double-click Handler Mappings.
   

4. In the Actions pane, click Add Module Mapping...

   Note

   For the next steps to work, you must have already installed binaries that will execute the file path or file name extension that you specify. This example uses a PHP implementation available from the Microsoft Web site.

5. Type the file name extension, such as.php in the Request path box, click FastCGIModule in the Module drop-down list, type the path to the scripting engine (in this example, PHP-CGI.exe) in the Executable box, and then click OK.
   

6. On the Add Module Mapping dialog box, click Yes.
   

Configuration

Attributes

Child Elements

None.

Configuration Sample

The following example contains two <add> elements that define handler mappings. The first <add> element defines a SampleHandler handler for a Web application running in IIS 7 Integrated mode. If you add the handler assembly to the app_code directory for the Web application, you do not need to include the assembly name in the value for the type attribute. The second <add> element defines a mapping for PHP requests that use the FastCGI module.

<handlers>
   <add name="SampleHandler" verb="*" 
      path="SampleHandler.new" 
      type="SampleHandler, SampleHandlerAssembly" 
      resourceType="Unspecified" />
   <add name="PHP-FastCGI" verb="*" 
      path="*.php" 
      modules="FastCgiModule"
      scriptProcessor="c:\php\php-cgi.exe" 
      resourceType="Either" />
</handlers>

Sample Code

The following examples add a FastCGI mapping for a PHP module, then add a handler on the Contoso Web site that will process PHP requests.

AppCmd.exe

appcmd.exe set config -section:system.webServer/fastCgi /+"[fullPath='c:\php\php-cgi.exe']" /commit:apphost

appcmd.exe set config "Contoso" -section:system.webServer/handlers /+"[name='PHP-FastCGI',path='*.php',verb='GET,HEAD,POST',modules='FastCgiModule',scriptProcessor='c:\php\php-cgi.exe',resourceType='Either']"

appcmd.exe set config /section:system.webServer/handlers /+[name=SampleHandler',path='SampleHandler.new',verb='*',type='SampleHandler']

C#

using System;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.Web.Administration;

internal static class Sample
{
   private static void Main()
   {
      using (ServerManager serverManager = new ServerManager())
      {
         Configuration appHostConfig = serverManager.GetApplicationHostConfiguration();
         ConfigurationSection fastCgiSection = appHostConfig.GetSection("system.webServer/fastCgi");
         ConfigurationElementCollection fastCgiCollection = fastCgiSection.GetCollection();
         ConfigurationElement applicationElement = fastCgiCollection.CreateElement("application");
         applicationElement["fullPath"] = @"c:\php\php-cgi.exe";
         fastCgiCollection.Add(applicationElement);

         Configuration webConfig = serverManager.GetWebConfiguration("Contoso");
         ConfigurationSection handlersSection = webConfig.GetSection("system.webServer/handlers");
         ConfigurationElementCollection handlersCollection = handlersSection.GetCollection();
         ConfigurationElement addElement = handlersCollection.CreateElement("add");
         addElement["name"] = @"PHP-FastCGI";
         addElement["path"] = @"*.php";
         addElement["verb"] = @"GET,HEAD,POST";
         addElement["modules"] = @"FastCgiModule";
         addElement["scriptProcessor"] = @"c:\php\php-cgi.exe";
         addElement["resourceType"] = @"Either";
         handlersCollection.AddAt(0, addElement);

         serverManager.CommitChanges();
      }
   }
}

VB.NET

Imports System
Imports System.Text
Imports Microsoft.Web.Administration

Module Sample
   Sub Main()
      Dim serverManager As ServerManager = New ServerManager
      Dim appHostConfig As Configuration = serverManager.GetApplicationHostConfiguration
      Dim fastCgiSection As ConfigurationSection = appHostConfig.GetSection("system.webServer/fastCgi")
      Dim fastCgiCollection As ConfigurationElementCollection = fastCgiSection.GetCollection
      Dim applicationElement As ConfigurationElement = fastCgiCollection.CreateElement("application")
      applicationElement("fullPath") = "c:\php\php-cgi.exe"
      fastCgiCollection.Add(applicationElement)

      Dim webConfig As Configuration = serverManager.GetWebConfiguration("Contoso")
      Dim handlersSection As ConfigurationSection = webConfig.GetSection("system.webServer/handlers")
      Dim handlersCollection As ConfigurationElementCollection = handlersSection.GetCollection
      Dim addElement As ConfigurationElement = handlersCollection.CreateElement("add")
      addElement("name") = "PHP-FastCGI"
      addElement("path") = "*.php"
      addElement("verb") = "GET,HEAD,POST"
      addElement("modules") = "FastCgiModule"
      addElement("scriptProcessor") = "c:\php\php-cgi.exe"
      addElement("resourceType") = "Either"
      handlersCollection.AddAt(0, addElement)

      serverManager.CommitChanges()
   End Sub
End Module

JavaScript

var adminManager = new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.ApplicationHost.WritableAdminManager');

adminManager.CommitPath = "MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST";
var fastCgiSection = adminManager.GetAdminSection("system.webServer/fastCgi", "MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST");
var fastCgiCollection = fastCgiSection.Collection;
var applicationElement = fastCgiCollection.CreateNewElement("application");
applicationElement.Properties.Item("fullPath").Value = "c:\\php\\php-cgi.exe";
fastCgiCollection.AddElement(applicationElement);
adminManager.CommitChanges();

adminManager.CommitPath = "MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST/Contoso";
var handlersSection = adminManager.GetAdminSection("system.webServer/handlers", "MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST/Contoso");
var handlersCollection = handlersSection.Collection;
var addElement = handlersCollection.CreateNewElement("add");
addElement.Properties.Item("name").Value = "PHP-FastCGI";
addElement.Properties.Item("path").Value = "*.php";
addElement.Properties.Item("verb").Value = "GET,HEAD,POST";
addElement.Properties.Item("modules").Value = "FastCgiModule";
addElement.Properties.Item("scriptProcessor").Value = "c:\\php\\php-cgi.exe";
addElement.Properties.Item("resourceType").Value = "Either";
handlersCollection.AddElement(addElement, 0);
adminManager.CommitChanges();

VBScript

Set adminManager = createObject("Microsoft.ApplicationHost.WritableAdminManager")

adminManager.CommitPath = "MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST"
Set fastCgiSection = adminManager.GetAdminSection("system.webServer/fastCgi", "MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST")
Set fastCgiCollection = fastCgiSection.Collection
Set applicationElement = fastCgiCollection.CreateNewElement("application")
applicationElement.Properties.Item("fullPath").Value = "c:\php\php-cgi.exe"
fastCgiCollection.AddElement applicationElement
adminManager.CommitChanges()

adminManager.CommitPath = "MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST/Contoso"
Set handlersSection = adminManager.GetAdminSection("system.webServer/handlers", "MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST/Contoso")
Set handlersCollection = handlersSection.Collection
Set addElement = handlersCollection.CreateNewElement("add")
addElement.Properties.Item("name").Value = "PHP-FastCGI"
addElement.Properties.Item("path").Value = "*.php"
addElement.Properties.Item("verb").Value = "GET,HEAD,POST"
addElement.Properties.Item("modules").Value = "FastCgiModule"
addElement.Properties.Item("scriptProcessor").Value = "c:\php\php-cgi.exe"
addElement.Properties.Item("resourceType").Value = "Either"
handlersCollection.AddElement addElement, 0
adminManager.CommitChanges()