Using MSDeploy for deploy of console application to a DMZ server

Question

I am trying to deploy a console application to a folder on a DMZ server using autodeploy with MSBuild and Team Foundation Server.

I am already deploying multiple sites to that same server and it works great. I have tried multiple ways but the files are not deployed.

First, I tried to deploy the console app in the same way as i do for my web site, ie:

<MSBuild
    Projects="$(SolutionRoot)\MySolution.sln"
    Properties="AllowUntrustedCertificate=True;AuthType=Basic;
    Configuration=DEBUG;CreatePackageOnPublish=True;                                
    DeployIisAppPath=Default Website/dummy.dev.myapp;
    DeployOnBuild=True;DeployTarget=MsDeployPublish;
    MSDeployPublishMethod=WMSvc;
    MsDeployServiceUrl=https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8172/MsDeploy.axd;
    UserName=userid;Password=password;UseMsdeployExe=True"
/>

Without success.

EDIT: No error message is returned. It all seems to go well.

Then, I also tried to deploy the console app as follows:

<Exec Command="&quot;C:\Program Files\IIS\Microsoft Web Deploy V2\MSDeploy.exe&quot; 
                -verb:sync 
                -source:contentpath=&quot;$(OutDir)\MyApp.Precompiled&quot; 
                -dest:contentpath=&quot;D:\dev.myapp&quot;,computername=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx,username=userid,password=password" 
                ContinueOnError="false" />

I actually also tried with computername as https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8172/MsDeploy.axd.

EDIT: The following is what I got. EXEC: FileOrFolderNotFound EXEC: Object of type 'contentPath' and path 'E:\Builds\1...\dev.myapp' cannot be created. EXEC: The path '\?\E:\Builds\1...\dev.myapp' is not valid. EXEC: 1. E:\Builds\1...\BuildType\Targets\Deploy.targets (142): The command ""C:\Program Files\IIS\Microsoft Web Deploy V2\MSDeploy.exe" -verb:sync -source:contentpath="E:\Builds\1...\dev.myapp" -dest:contentpath="D:\dev.myapp",computername=https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8172/MsDeploy.axd,username=userid,password=password" exited with code -1. I realize I haven't read all of the error, Do I really need an UNC path?

Does anyone know how to do this?

Per Per · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-29T08:55:26

I finally found out how to make it work.

<Exec Command="&quot;C:\Program Files\IIS\Microsoft Web Deploy V2\MSDeploy.exe&quot; 
            -verb:sync 
            -source:contentpath=&quot;$(OutDir)\MyApp.Precompiled&quot; 
            -dest:contentpath=&quot;D:\dev.myapp&quot;,computername=https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8172/MsDeploy.axd,username=userid,password=password,authtype=Basic 
            -allowUntrusted=True" 
            ContinueOnError="false" />

I changed computername to computername=https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8172/MsDeploy.axd, added authtype=Basic and allowUntrusted=True and voila it worked.

It was quite frustrating not having any kind of feedback of what went wrong with the first option. But when I was using the second alternative I got feedback to work with.

If anyone know how to make this work using the MSBuild task, please feel free to enlighten me.

Using MSDeploy for deploy of console application to a DMZ server

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