Issues related to after deployment of Website on IIS server from Visual Studio Team Services

Question

Step 1: I have pushed all files for my website on TFS. The files are shown in the below screenshot after getting pushed on TFS:

Screenshot: https://i.sstatic.net/l6zlT.png

Step 2: I have created a Build definition and generated the artifact, then I have created a Release definition and after successful deployment i am able to see some of the Artifacts file on "Physical Location" (C:\inetpub\wwwroot\TestVSTSWebsite) of my computer.

Requirement: But what i want is to get my all files on the defined "Physical Location" that i pushed on TFS.

As for now i am getting the following artifact files on my physical location as shown in the below screenshots:

Screenshot[1]: https://i.sstatic.net/614U3.png

Screenshot[2]: https://i.sstatic.net/lBD14.png

Edited: I have used the Copy Files task in the build definition with all the fields defined in the below screenshot:

Screenshot: https://i.sstatic.net/r6eXk.png

But even after successful build the the files are not visible when i use the Copy File task in my Release definition to deploy the project and when i click on the [...] near the Source Folder i get the following folders as show in below screenshot without the contents of Target folder that i defined in the Build definition.

Screenshot: https://i.sstatic.net/76mP2.png

Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

It seems you want to have all your source in the "Physical Location". You need to copy all files in $(build.sourcesdirectory) to $(build.artifactstagingdirectory) in your Build definition.

1. Make sure you have mapped all your source:

2. In your build definition, copy all files in $(build.sourcesdirectory) to $(build.artifactstagingdirectory):