Using TeamCity for ASP.NET development: Backup

This is the fourth part of a blog post series on using TeamCity continuous integration server from JetBrains for asp.net development. Here are the links to all the parts of the series: Installing/Configuring TeamCity for use with IIS MSBuild requirements for web package publishing Deploying via Web Deploy Backup (pre-deploy) [this post] 4. Backup (pre-deploy) […]

Using TeamCity for ASP.NET development: Deploying

This is the third part of a blog post series on using TeamCity continuous integration server from JetBrains for asp.net development. Here are the links to the parts of the series: Installing/Configuring TeamCity for use with IIS MSBuild requirements for web package publishing Deploying via Web Deploy [this post] Backup (pre-deploy) 3. Deploying via Web […]

Using TeamCity for ASP.NET development: MSBuild Requirements

This is the second part of a blog post series on using TeamCity continuous integration server from JetBrains for asp.net development. Here are the links to the parts of the series: Installing/Configuring TeamCity for use with IIS MSBuild requirements for web package publishing [this post] Deploying via Web Deploy Backup (pre-deploy) 2. MSBuild requirements for […]

Web Deploy PowerShell: problems with encrypted passwords and .publishsettings files

Problem/Scenario While I was working on some samples for another blog post on the PowerShell  cmdlets that ships with web deploy 3 I discovered something that I think might be worth knowing about. This blog post will first describe the problem and then present a solution for the problem. Background The image above is meant […]

Web Deploy: contentPath Provider

This blog post is part of a series of posts on the web deploy providers. Disclaimer: All the gists have been formatted for readability. That means that if you plan to use them in a command-prompt you need to re-format them accordingly. Introduction This is what MSDN says about the contentPath provider: The contentPath provider […]

Web Deploy: dirPath Provider

This blog post is part of a series of posts on the web deploy providers. Disclaimer: All the gists have been formatted for readability. That means that if you plan to use them in a command-prompt you need to re-format them accordingly. Introduction This is what MSDN says about the dirPath provider: The dirPath provider […]

Web Deploy: using web deploy on remote servers – Part 2

In part 1 of this small blog post series I discussed the alternatives for remote execution of web deploy commands and how to set it up. Disclaimer: All the gists have been formatted for readability. That means that if you plan to use them in a command-prompt you need to re-format them accordingly. This time […]

Web Deploy: using web deploy on remote servers – Part 1

The picture above is meant to illustrate a pretty common scenario in most deployment situations. You’re working for company X and there you have local build server. Your hosting environment/s (Test|QA|xxx) are located on another network that has no (or limited) knowledge of your company network. If you would like to use web deploy to […]

Web Deploy: filePath Provider

This blog post is part of a series of posts on the web deploy providers. Disclaimer: All the gists have been formatted for readability. That means that if you plan to use them in a command-prompt you need to re-format them accordingly. Introduction This is what MSDN says about the filePath provider: The filePath provider […]

Practical Web Deploy Provider Examples

What I found most difficult to understand when I started out using web deploy was how to use the web deploy providers. This post series that will hopefully shed some light into that topic with some real world examples on how to use them…the providers. I will update this post whenever I add a new […]