Web Deploy

<< Part 4: Continuous builds with TeamCity [https://www.troyhunt.com/you-deploying-it-wrong-teamcity_25/] In the first four parts of this series we got config transforms playing nice, command line builds and packaging ticking along, Web Deploy happily receiving our application and TeamCity continuously building the entire solution on every commit. The last thing to do is to harmonise everything so that we can actually automate the deployment. Breaking down the build and deploy processes First...

<< Part 3: Publishing with Web Deploy [https://www.troyhunt.com/you-deploying-it-wrong-teamcity_24] Part 5: Web Deploy with TeamCity >> [https://www.troyhunt.com/you-deploying-it-wrong-teamcity_26/] Over the last three posts in this series, we got to the point where all the Microsoft bits are working really nicely together. Config transforms, packaging and Web Deploy are great stable mates in the world of web application deployment. The bit that’s missing though is automation. Actually there a...

<< Part 2: MSBuild and deployable packages [https://www.troyhunt.com/2010/11/you-deploying-it-wrong-teamcity_11.html] Part 4: Continuous builds with TeamCity >> [https://www.troyhunt.com/2010/11/you-deploying-it-wrong-teamcity_25.html] In the first two parts of this series we got config transforms working and the web app successfully bundled into a nice self-contained deployable package. Next up: get the thing to publish. For the most part, the vast majority of web app deployment has historica...

<< Part 1: Config transforms [https://www.troyhunt.com/2010/11/you-deploying-it-wrong-teamcity.html] Part 3: Publishing with Web Deploy >> [https://www.troyhunt.com/2010/11/you-deploying-it-wrong-teamcity_24.html] In the first part of the series we looked at config transforms and how we’ve moved on from the bad old days of manual Web.config configuration at release time. Now let’s take a look at how we can incorporate this into a nice clean deployable package with the rest of the application....

Part 2: MSBuild and deployable packages >> [https://www.troyhunt.com/2010/11/you-deploying-it-wrong-teamcity_11.html] If you publish a web application using CTRL-C and CTRL-V, you’re deploying it wrong. If you manually run an Xcopy command, you’re deploying it wrong. If you use an FTP client to move your files to a remote server, you’re deploying it wrong. If not everyone is following exactly the same release process, you’re deploying it wrong. If publishing involves any manual handling of...