MS Web Deploy creating new folder under Web Site? - msbuild

Question

I am using the post here to deploy MVC5 application to IIS 8. In IIS i have a web site "Default Web Site" which is pointed to physical location "C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\mywebsite"
My build file look like below
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="4.0">
<PropertyGroup>
<Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Release</Configuration>
<ProjectFile Condition=" '$(ProjectFile)' == '' ">.\UI\$(ProjectName)\$(ProjectName).csproj</ProjectFile>
<DeployServiceUrl Condition=" '$(DeployServiceUrl)' == '' ">http://localhost</DeployServiceUrl>
</PropertyGroup>
<Target Name="VerifyProperties">
<!-- Verify that we have values for all required properties -->
<Error Condition=" '$(ProjectName)' == '' " Text="ProjectName is required." />
</Target>
<Target Name="Build" DependsOnTargets="VerifyProperties">
<!-- Deploy using windows authentication -->
<MSBuild Projects="$(ProjectFile)"
Properties="Configuration=$(Configuration);
MvcBuildViews=False;
DeployOnBuild=true;
DeployTarget=MSDeployPublish;
CreatePackageOnPublish=True;
AllowUntrustedCertificate=True;
MSDeployPublishMethod=RemoteAgent;
MsDeployServiceUrl=$(DeployServiceUrl);
SkipExtraFilesOnServer=True;
UserName=;
Password=;"
ContinueOnError="false" />
</Target>
</Project>
I'm running the following command to build & deploy
msbuild build.xml /p:Configuration=Release;ProjectName=MyProjectName;DeployServiceUrl=http://localhost
The command builds the project and deploys the project. However it is not deploying the project directly under "Default Web Site" instead its creating a new application under "Default Web Site" with the name "MyProjectName_deploy" and this application is pointing to new physical location. "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\mywebsite\MyProjectName_deploy"
I want the code to deploy directly to C:\inetpub\wwwroot\mywebsite where "Default Web Site" is pointing.

Answer 1

Add the following to your build file:
<PropertyGroup>
<DeployIisAppPath>Default Web Site</DeployIisAppPath>
</PropertyGroup>
Related details -
https://dotnetcatch.com/2016/03/03/simple-service-versioning-with-webdeploy/