encryptPassword not working for backup
I have configured my server to have web deploy backups turned on and enabled.I am runningmsdeploy.exe -verb:sync -source:package="config-management.zip",encryptPassword="password"...
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I was just about to start using the deployment technique, Automating Deployment with Microsoft Web Deploy, but i don't have the Management Service Delegation icon on my Windows Server 2008 R2 server....
View ArticleVisual Studio 2012 Publish Web Site (Web Deploy Package) with site creation
I have a web project in Visual Studio 2012 and I am able to create a web deployment package. However I am having difficulties using msdeploy with this package to create a new web site on my server.My...
View ArticleERROR_EXECUTING_METHOD with sql deploy
I am trying to deploy a website with database schema but keep getting error below.I have been using web deploy successfully for some time, but only now have tried to use dor deploying schema. I am...
View ArticleWeb Deploy 3 API - deploy a .NET 4.5 application
We're using the (almost completley undocumented) 'public API' for Web Deploy 3 to create a .zip package of our website and then sync it to a server:using (var deploymentObject =...
View ArticleUndeploy/delete package, leaving custom files on the server
I have a complex deployment/undeploy scenario - which I can't seem to achieve using msdeploy.Step 3 is where I'm stuck (in the following scaled-down example):I deploy a "standard" package, built with...
View ArticleChanging tempAgent port in V3 using IP address
Hello,I've been attempting to use the msdeploy tempAgent setting to deploy to remote machines. I want the listener to run on port 8172 like the Web Handler service would, but it seems that msdeploy...
View ArticleAvoid deleting App_Data folder when publishing?
Hi I am using Visual Studio 2012 and WebDeploy 3.0 to deploy my MVC 4 web app to my Windows Server 2008 R2. I have set the option to "Remove additional files at destination", but want to keep the...
View ArticleWeb Management Service not started on remote server
I'm having issues deploying to a server that I own and manage. I can't get any machine to deploy to it.The service is started, and I can deploy to other servers. I'm using WebMatrix, the port is open...
View ArticleMSDeploy newbie question
hiI want to find out if the following requirement is possible with msdeploy.1. create a single deployment package for all environment and the user will have the option to pick which environment at...
View Articlehow to force web deploy to rebuild the project in Release configuration?
Hello, When I publish, I notice that I forgot sometimes to switch the configuration to Release and to rebuild everything before. Is there a way to force that whenever I publish?
View ArticleBreakpoint error
I've used the deployment tool 3.0 quite frequently of late to migrate our websites from IIS 6 servers to IIS 7.5. I'm getting a strange error now on my next server. When I run any msdeploy -sync...
View ArticlemachineConfig32 sync adding xmlns attribute to binding redirect
Trying to sync machine config files which have some binding redirects in them acrossed a web farm and it is working. Kind of. When it syncs the machine.config files the first one that it has to change...
View ArticleHow to specify an msdeploy command over multiple lines in a batch file?
How to specify an msdeploy command over multiple lines in a batch file?I 'm calling msdeploy in a .cmd file and for improving readibiliy it would make sense to split the command over multiple lines.
View ArticleWeb Deploy 3.0 - Access is Denied / Will my Custom Manifest work
Hello fellow IIS Admins:I am new to Web Deploy 3.0 and have an issue which someone may able to remedy:I am trying to migrate a web site from a server to another sever using a custom manifest file.Have...
View ArticleWebDeploy from TeamBuild fails with http 504
HiI have a simple VS2012 mvc website. I have built a deployment package for this to deploy to the local instance of IIS 8. I am able to publish this manually from Visual Studio (right click the project...
View ArticleWeb.config Attribute Not Being Updated.
I have a web.config that looks like this: <?xml version="1.0"?><configuration><appSettings><add key="fileLoggerMaxFileAgeInDays" value=""...
View ArticleForeign key constraints when using ScriptDropsFirst=true
I am trying to use msdeploy through our CI server to transfer local database to remote using dbFullSql providerIt works the first time when the remote db is blank but subsequent times it fails.I have...
View Articlemsdeploy and AppPool running under domain user
Hi!I'm using the CompanyApp.deploy.cmd to for remote deployment of a web application package (/t:Package). The AppPool runs under a domain user (because of kerberos), not under Network Service...
View ArticleSync Issues
Hi,I am a web deploy newbie trying to sync 2 windows server 2012 web servers (VM's on windows azure) which has created a cloud service. All websites on iis plug into a SQL Azure Database which does not...
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