AppPoolIdentityType

The AppPoolIdentityType property allows application pools to run as a specific user account, identified by the numbers in the table below.

Constant	Value	Description
MD_APPPOOL_IDENTITY_TYPE_LOCALSYSTEM	0	The application pool runs as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.
MD_APPPOOL_IDENTITY_TYPE_LOCALSERVICE	1	The application pool runs as NT AUTHORITY\LOCAL SERVICE.
MD_APPPOOL_IDENTITY_TYPE_NETWORKSERVICE	2	The application pool runs as NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE.
MD_APPPOOL_IDENTITY_TYPE_SPECIFICUSER	3	The application pool runs as a specific user account, defined by the WAMUserName metabase property.

Schema Attributes

Attribute Name	Value
ADSI/WMI Data Type	DWORD
ABO Data Type	DWORD_METADATA
Schema Default	2
Internal Default	2
Upper Bound	3
Lower Bound	Not specified
Internal ID	9021
Friendly ID	MD_APPPOOL_IDENTITY_TYPE
Property Attributes	INHERIT
User Type	IIS_MD_UT_SERVER

Configurable Locations

You can configure this property at the following locations in the IIS metabase.

Metabase Path	IIS Admin Object Type
/LM/W3SVC/AppPools/application_pool_name	IIsApplicationPool
/LM/W3SVC/AppPools	IIsApplicationPools

Flags

There are no flags for this property.

Requirements

Server: Requires or Windows Server 2003.

Product: IIS

See Also