IISW-SI-000255 - The application pool for each IIS 8.5 website must have a recycle time explicitly set.

Information

Application pools can be periodically recycled to avoid unstable states possibly leading to application crashes, hangs, or memory leaks.

Solution

Open the IIS 8.5 Manager.

Click the 'Application Pools'.

Perform the following for each Application Pool:

Highlight an Application Pool and click 'Recycling' in the 'Actions' pane.

In the' Recycling Conditions' window, select at least one means to recycle the Application Pool.

Click 'Next'.

In the 'Recycling Events to Log' windows, select both the 'Regular time interval' and 'Scheduled time' boxes.

Click 'Finish'.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_IIS_8-5_Y23M10_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-214488r881088_rule, STIG-ID|IISW-SI-000255, STIG-Legacy|SV-91569, STIG-Legacy|V-76873, Vuln-ID|V-214488

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: c5eed792a3e3b415e42a8d09bef4aa759a9bfd447230ab17e097d7d9a82c84fd