need to add managed module to IIS at the server level, but it does not show up in the drop down

Question

I wrote a custom http module for a website in c# .NET. If i deploy the website to IIS I can add the module through the 'modules' section by picking the 'add managed module' option if I am looking at just the website level of IIS. However, I want to add this module to the whole server so that I can select it from the dropdown in 'add managed module' at the server level. I've looked around and It looks like I might need to install the assembly that contains my module to the GAC (we are in .net 3.5). This causes a lot of problems because we only have an app_code folder in this project and no AssemblyInfo.cs file so I can't figure out how to give the app_code.dll assembly a strong name. Furthermore, it seems like a bad idea to add the app_code dll to the GAC. So...

1) How can I add my module to the server level of IIS? 2) Can you help me figure out how to get the module registered in the GAC?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Separate the module from the web application. You'll need to move the module code into it's own project so that you can compile it as a DLL that you'll then strongname.