There’s a couple of ways to do this: Option 1: Uninstall and re-install Specifying a different port: msiexec /I WebDeploy_x86_en-US.msi /passive ADDLOCAL=ALL LISTENURL=http://+:8172/MsDeployAgentService The command line installs the MsDeployAgentService and configures it to listen on port 8172 just like on IIS7. Option 2: Re-configure Existing Service to listen on port 8172: Stop the msdepsvc (net … Read more
Visual Studio transforms only web.config files by default. If you need custom config file with transformation for DEV, UAT, PROD, etc environments, then try to Use custom extensions for Visual Studio like SlowCheetah – XML Transforms for Config transformation preview functionality. Add for the project from Nuget SlowCheetah to provide build in transformation. A little … Read more
Assuming you are using the latest vscode now (1.7.x). You can use Visual Studio Code’s Task Runner. First, you would need to configure the task runner by pressing <F1> and enter task. Select Tasks: Configure Task Runner. A new file tasks.json would be created by vscode with following content. { // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558 // for … Read more
I’m sorry to tell you that the publish.xml file which VS2010 uses was not designed to be used in this way. In fact it was not even designed to be checked-in/shared with others. The logic for reading/writing those files are strictly contained inside Visual Studio and not available through MSBuild. So there is no straight … Read more
OK I found the solution but it took me a whole day to get it working! Basically the steps are as follows. This is very sketchy but see the detailed guides below which helped me. Enable the IIS Web Management role feature. Install Web Deploy 3.0 (or higher). Make sure to customise the install to … Read more
You could extend the .csproj with a small snippet that will generate a warning when an item in the “None” group has the extension .cshtml. The snippet would be: <Target Name=”EnsureContentOnViews” BeforeTargets=”BeforeBuild”> <ItemGroup> <Filtered Include=”@(None)” Condition=”‘%(Extension)’ == ‘.cshtml'” /> </ItemGroup> <Warning Condition=”‘@(Filtered)’!=”” Code=”CSHTML” File=”$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\%(Filtered.Identity)” Text=”View is not set to [BuildAction:Content]” /> </Target> If you see … Read more
If you install Web Deploy 3.x BEFORE Web Management Tools are installed, you’ll have to re-install Web Deploy. I beat my head against the wall for hours on this. Install the Web Management Services (“Turn Windows Features On/Off”/Roles -> Web Server -> Management Tools -> Management Service) Then uninstall Web Deploy (repair didn’t work) via … Read more
I’m assuming you’ve configured your server correctly for WebDeploy 2.0 as per this article: Configure Web Deploy (IIS.NET) Note: MS have released a refresh of Web Deploy 2.0 and the original link isn’t really valid any more. I’ve updated this but I think it’ll be a moving target over time. You also need to install … Read more
Go to http://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/web-deploy Scroll to the bottom of the page to the “Download Web Deploy” header Click the x86 or x64 link next to your language of choice. Do not click the WebPI link. Once downloaded, click on the installer to open it. Click Next Click the Remove button Now you can reinstall it using … Read more
As quoted from URLPrefix Strings (Windows): When the host element of a UrlPrefix consists of a single plus sign (+), the UrlPrefix matches all possible host names in the context of its scheme, port and relativeURI elements, and falls into the strong wildcard category. When an asterisk (*) appears as the host element, then the … Read more