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Eric Patrick
Eric Patrick

Reputation: 2247

QBO3 deployments targeting a custom folder

I'm trying to implement a MSBuild/deployment script for a customized QBO3 installation. I can build and publish to a remote Dev machine with the script that I currently have. However, my msbuild script is copying my bin folder to C:/inetpub/wwwroot and I need them in a different directory (C:/inetpub/devqcc.quandis.net).

Within my script, is there a way for me to specify a different destination folder for the files to get copied into?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 32

Answers (1)

Eric Patrick
Eric Patrick

Reputation: 2247

The qbo3 MSBuild targets are designed to support both a file system deployment, and deployment via WebDeploy.

File System Deployments

To target a custom folder for file system deployments, specify a PublishFolder parameter:

& 'C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\Bin\amd64\MSBuild' .\qbo3.Sample.proj /p:"PublishFolder=c:\inetpub\devqcc.quandis.net"

WebDeploy

To target a custom folder with WebDeploy (which sounds like your use case), specify a SiteName parameter:

& 'C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\Bin\amd64\MSBuild' .\qbo3.Sample.proj /p:"SiteName=devqcc.quandis.net,Server=1.2.3.4,User=myUserName,Pwd=secret"

WebDeploy does not write to a file path; instead, it communicates with IIS and IIS determines where to place the files. This implies that your target box must already have a website configured to use the folder you are targeting.

For example, assume you have the following file structure on disk:

  • c:\inetpub\wwwroot
  • c:\inetpub\devqcc.quandis.net
  • c:\inetpub\uatqcc

with cooresponding IIS websites:

  • Default Web Site: root folder is c:\inetpub\wwwroot
  • devqcc.quandis.net: root folder is c:\inetpub\devqcc.quandis.net
  • uatqcc: root folder is c:\inetpub\uatqcc.quandis.net

To deploy to the c:\inetpub\devqcc.quandis.net folder, tell WebDeploy to use the devqcc.quandis.net website:

& 'C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\Bin\amd64\MSBuild' .\qbo3.Sample.proj /p:"SiteName=devqcc.quandis.net,Server=1.2.3.4,User=myUserName,Pwd=secret"

To deploy to the c:\inetpub\uatqcc.quandis.net folder, tell WebDeploy to use the uatqcc website (note this example the site name != the folder name):

& 'C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\Bin\amd64\MSBuild' .\qbo3.Sample.proj /p:"SiteName=uatqcc,Server=1.2.3.4,User=myUserName,Pwd=secret"

If you review the qbo3.Sample.proj file, note that it provides defaults for both the PublishFolder (for file system deployments) and SiteName (for remote deployments via WebDeploy):

<PublishFolder Condition=" '$(PublishFolder)'==''">c:\inetpub\wwwroot</PublishFolder>
<SiteName Condition=" '$(SiteName)'==''">Default Web Site</SiteName>

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