Managing the Windows Application Pool

An Application Pool is a container in IIS that runs a web application. It separates them from other applications on the same server so that each is separate and unable to interact with the others.

The Application Pool can be managed within the control panel for a shared Windows hosting package that can be created as part of our UK Shared Hosting platform.

In order to manage the Application Pool, you will need to manage the Windows package within the Control Panel. Under the Web Tools section, there will be an icon for Manage App Pool. Once you click that, you will have a few options to manage it.

You can choose which managed pipeline mode you would like your application pool to run in. You can choose between Integrated mode, which is the default for IIS 7, or Classic mode for compatibility with earlier versions of IIS.

You can also choose which managed runtime version you would like your application pool to run in. The default is v2.0 and allows code to compile with ASP.NET v2.0, v3.0 and v3.5 Frameworks. The other option is v4.0, which will enable you to compile code with ASP.NET v4.0 or v4.5.

The last option allows you to recycle the Application Pool, which will flush any existing cache for the application. This is useful if any changes have been made to the website, such as code updates in a web.config file.