Hi I need to publish my code using MSbuild.exe and create a package of the publish code to a location.
Need to understand how target file will work and the arguments I need to pass while calling the MSbuild.exe
If you are looking to keep code in a folder the better way to do it is to package it since your intentions are to deploy it to IIS later. That way the deployment will process will be easier and clean.
Below is the command to create and save package to desired location:
msbuild "Your\Solution\location\YourSolution.sln" /t:build /P:configuration="Debug-Dev" /p:platform="Any CPU" /p:VisualStudioVersion=14.0 /p:DeployOnBuild=True /p:CreatePackageOnPublish=True /p:DeployOnBuild=True /p:DeployTarget=Package /p:PackageLocation="\wherever\you\want"
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Visual Studio 2017 solution with an MVC web app and several other projects, not all of which are referenced by the web app project. Until now Ive been using VS directly to publish to a test server, but I have moved things into VSTS and have a build & release definition setup but not working yet.
What im trying to achieve, is to get my (hosted) VSTS build agent to produce the published files that my (on-prem) release agent can simply copy to its target destination. So, Im trying to test the MS build step locally from the VS command line so as to get the files produced and note the path they are at. Maybe Im making this more complicated that it needs to be?
These options will create a single zipped archive and its associated files and place it into the artefact staging dir. Is there a way to simply publish the files WITHOUT putting them in an archive - and directly into the artefact staging dir?
Visual Studio Build
MSBuild parameters
/t:My_MVCWeb_Project_Name /p:DeployOnBuild=true
/p:WebPublishMethod=FileSystem /p:PackageAsSingleFile=true
/p:SkipInvalidConfigurations=true
/p:PackageLocation="$(build.artifactstagingdirectory)\\"
In my release using on-prem agent),
I have a "copy files" task, with the destination as the unc path where the IIS app is located. However, that will just copy over the archive. So how can I just copy the files as if I was using a publish profile, straight to the app directory?
[update2 - still getting zip file produced ]
MSBuild my_solution_name /t:"my_project_name" /p:DeployOnBuild=true /p:WebPublishMethod=FileSystem /p:SkipInvalidConfigurations=true /p:PackageLocation="D:\temp\local-dev-build-dir"
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Trying these from the command line as a test, but nothing is generated
msbuild D:\app_dir>MSBuild my_solution_name.sln /t:"my_web_proj_name" /p:SkipInvalidConfigurations=true /p:DeployOnBuild=true /p:WebPublishMethod=FileSystem /p:publishUrl="D:\temp\app_build_dir\\"
/p:DeployDefaultTarget=WebPublish
Using these MSBuild Arguments instead:
/p:SkipInvalidConfigurations=true /p:DeployOnBuild=true /p:WebPublishMethod=FileSystem /p:publishUrl="$(build.artifactstagingdirectory)\\" /p:DeployDefaultTarget=WebPublish
Remove the
/p:PackageAsSingleFile=true
Or change it to:
/p:PackageAsSingleFile=false
That is causing the files to be zipped up.
You may also need to switch the publishing method to package:
/p:OutDir=$(build.artifactstagingdirectory)
/p:WebPublishMethod=Package
I am have Solution with multiple projects. When I run MSbuild with the following Arguments
/p:VisualStudioVersion=12.0 /target:Publish /p:Configuration=Release
it compiles and puts the compiled code in _PublishedWebsites folder. what arguments needs to be added so that packages are created for each project.
thanks
You need to use "Package" target. It creates in zip packages or archivedirs if $(PackageAsSingleFile)==False. "Package" target works only for Web apps
I am trying to use MSDeploy to deploy an MVC project to the server using TeamCity. When I do this on my computer in powershell, using the following command:
msbuild.exe .\mvc.csproj /p:PublishProfile=DevServer /p:VisualStudioVersion=11.0
/p:DeployOnBuild=True /p:Password=MyPassword /p:AllowUntrustedCertificate=true
It builds the project and deploys it to the server (info defined in the DevServer publish profile) perfectly. The output shows an MSDeployPublish section at the end, in which I see text like Starting Web deployment task from source... and then with rows telling me what files are updated, etc.
When I run this on TeamCity, using an MSBuild Build step, on the same file, with the same parameters (from the same working directory) it builds the project but does not publish it. Instead it has the regular output from a build process (CoreCompile, _CopyFilesMarkedCopyLocal, GetCopyToOutputDirectoryItems, CopyFilesToOutputDirectory) but then does not actually go and publish anything.
What changes to I need to make to the setup in TeamCity to get it to publish deploy in the same way that it works using MSBuild from my computer?
(TeamCity 7.1, MSBuild 4.0, WebDeploy 3.0, Visual Studio 12, IIS 7. Related to my previous question)
We do our WebDeploys with a TeamCity MSBuild step configured as follows:
Build File Path: Server.csproj
Command Line Parameters:
/p:Configuration=%configuration%
/p:DeployOnBuild=True
/p:DeployTarget=MSDeployPublish
/p:MsDeployServiceUrl=https://%web.deploy.server%:8172/MsDeploy.axd
/p:DeployIisAppPath=%web.deploy.site%
/p:AllowUntrustedCertificate=True
/p:Username=
/p:AuthType=NTLM
We use integrated authentication; change as necessary to fit your scheme. The value of this, I think, is that it builds everything from scratch and doesn't rely on a pre-built package. From the gist you posted I noticed that you do some DB publishing, we don't use WebDeploy for that so I can't offer any guidance there. Hope this helps.
I use MSBuild.exe to package to zip, and MSdeploy.exe to deploy in separate steps.
To deploy the package.zip file on the command line:
"C:\Program Files\IIS\Microsoft Web Deploy V2\msdeploy.exe" -verb:sync
-source:package="C:\Build\MyAppName.Debug.zip"
-dest:auto,wmsvc=webservername,username=webdeploy,password=*******
-allowUntrusted=true
This command is also worth explaining in detail:
-verb:sync : makes the web site sync from the source to the destination
-source:package="C:\Build\MyAppName.Debug.zip" : source is an MSBuild zip file package
-dest:auto,wmsvc=webservername : use the settings in the package file to deploy to the server. The user account is an OS-level account with permission. The hostname is specified, but not the IIS web site name (which is previously specified in the MSBuild project file in the project properties).
You can modify parameters based on your configuration. I like it this way because with separate steps, its easier to debug problems.
Use TeamCity build step and the command line runner.
Update:
If you want an example of how to build the ZIP package using MSBuild, try something like this:
"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe"
MyWebApp/MyWebApp/MyWebApp.csproj
/T:Package
/P:Configuration=Debug;PackageLocation="C:\Build\MyWebApp.Debug.zip"
This should work the same on your local PC as well as on the CI server.
Here are the config settings that finally worked for me:
/p:Configuration=CONFIG-NAME
/p:DeployOnBuild=True
/p:DeployTarget=MSDeployPublish
/p:MsDeployServiceUrl=http://SITE-URL/MsDeployAgentService
/p:username="USERNAME"
/p:password=PASSWORD
/p:AllowUntrustedCertificate=True
/P:CreatePackageOnPublish=True
/p:DeployIisAppPath=SITE-URL
/p:MSDeployPublishMethod=RemoteAgent
/p:IgnoreDeployManagedRuntimeVersion=True
I had exactly the same issue! I've posted the solution I used over at: MsBuild not finding publish profile
Basics were:
Install the Azure SDK 1.8 on the build server
Force the /P:PublishProfileRootFolder value to ensure MSBuild can locate the publish profile
Ensure that you have the Microsoft Web Developer Tools feature installed for Visual Studio. This was missing on my build agent but once I added it the TeamCity build worked just fine.
This can happen when the build target paths are missing from your MSBuild directory. Instead of trying to get those to line up on every developer machine, install the targets from the Nuget. That way it will always be the same for everyone, regardless of how their machine is setup.
I have just started playing with TeamCity and its great. Now I got it to deploy to my staging server after a commit so I always know I have the latest version running there. ( The idea was borrowed from: http://www.agileatwork.com/automatic-deployment-from-teamcity-using-webdeploy/ )
But as the site generates some files which I dont want to wipe out on every publish I found the parameter to MSDeploy
-enableRule:DoNotDeleteRule
But how do I append this to MSBuild command
MSBuild.exe MvcApplication1.sln
/p:Configuration=Debug
/p:OutputPath=bin
/p:DeployOnBuild=True
/p:DeployTarget=MSDeployPublish
/p:MsDeployServiceUrl=https://ss-iis:8172/MSDeploy.axd
/p:username=user
/p:password=pass
/p:AllowUntrustedCertificate=True
/p:DeployIisAppPath=foo.bar.tld
/p:MSDeployPublishMethod=WMSVC
Can this be done?
Or is there are a more fancy way of doing automatic web deployments from TeamCity?
It might be /p:SkipExtraFilesOnServer=true that you want.
I've got two web projects in one solution, and I'd like to deploy them both using msbuild and WebDeploy (this happens through a CI server).
Currently, I'm running a command line:
C:\ProjectFolder>msbuild <solution>.sln
/p:Configuration=<Release>
/p:OutputPath=bin
/p:DeployOnBuild=True
/p:DeployTarget=MSDeployPublish
/p:MsDeployServiceUrl=https://<ServerUrl:port>/msdeploy.axd
/p:username=<user>
/p:password=<password>
/p:AllowUntrustedCertificate=True
/p:DeployIisAppPath=<SiteName>
/p:MSDeployPublishMethod=WMSVC
This deploys one project, as expected. But how can I deploy the other as well? There's nowhere in this command line where I specified a project name - why did it choose one project to deploy over the other?
Ideally, I'd be able to deploy two project with the same command, something like
...
/p:Project=Project1
/p:DeployIisAppPath=<SiteName>/Project1
/p:Project=Project2
/p:DeployIisAppPath=<SiteName>/Project2
But I doubt that's possible. Alternatively, I just want to know how to specify a project name in the command line.
I think it would be better to divide the single call to three:
- Build sln;
- Deploy site1;
- Deploy site2;
msbuild.exe <solution>.sln
/p:Configuration=<Release>
/p:OutputPath=bin
msbuild.exe project1dir\proj1.csproj
/p:Configuration=<Release>
/p:OutputPath=<Path to common bin>
/p:DeployOnBuild=True
/p:DeployTarget=MSDeployPublish
/p:MsDeployServiceUrl=https://<ServerUrl:port>/msdeploy.axd
/p:username=<user>
/p:password=<password>
/p:AllowUntrustedCertificate=True
/p:DeployIisAppPath=<SiteName>/Project1
/p:MSDeployPublishMethod=WMSVC
msbuild.exe project1dir\proj2.csproj
/p:Configuration=<Release>
/p:OutputPath=<Path to common bin>
/p:DeployOnBuild=True
/p:DeployTarget=MSDeployPublish
/p:MsDeployServiceUrl=https://<ServerUrl:port>/msdeploy.axd
/p:username=<user>
/p:password=<password>
/p:AllowUntrustedCertificate=True
/p:DeployIisAppPath=<SiteName>/Project2
/p:MSDeployPublishMethod=WMSVC
If you run the command line from the projects' root folder(s), and don't specify a file to build, msbuild should automatically select the project in that folder.
This will require two separate command line calls, tho.
You can then build on this by building a batch file that cd's to each of the folders in turn and runs msbuild separately, or equally build your own proj file for msbuild that triggers each build.
Sorry I can't craft an example at the moment tho-on a phone!