Microsoft IIS server discovery

Discovery identifies and classifies information about Microsoft IIS servers.

Prerequisites

Install IIS Management Scripts and Tools on a Microsoft IIS Server.

Credentials

Configure these credentials:

• Applicative credentials
• Windows credentials

Classifier, pattern, and probe

Note:

For information on Probe to Pattern migration see the knowledge article KB0694477.

Discovery uses these classifiers, probes, and patterns for IIS discovery:

Classifier	Trigger probes	Pattern
Microsoft IIS Server	Horizontal discovery probe: launches patterns Windows - Get IIS Information*	IIS

*Probes inactive on new instances.

To use patterns, verify that the correct pattern is specified in the horizontal pattern probe on the classifier. See Add the Horizontal Pattern probe to a classifier for instructions.

Data collected by Discovery for IIS Web Server

The following data is collected in the IIS Web Server [cmdb_ci_microsoft_iis_web_server] table.

Label	Field name
Name	name
Version	version
Type*	type
Running process command	running_process_command
Running process key parameters	running_process_key_parameters

*The Type is always IIS.

The following data is collected in the Web site [cmdb_ci_web_site] table.

Label	Field name	Source
Name	name	wmi
TCP Port	tcp_port	wmi

Connections found by Service Mapping during top-down discovery

When top-down discovery reaches an IIS server, Service Mapping identifies the specific website and application or virtual directory serving the entry point, not just the IIS server itself. Service Mapping creates a connection from the entry point to the matching IIS Virtual Directory [cmdb_ci_iisdirectory] CI. The resulting service map shows the application running on IIS rather than a generic host-level node.