TFS 2012 Team Build and Web Application Deployment - ERROR_USER_NOT_ADMIN

Question

We have a solution consisting of several class libraries, and a Web Application Project. We are using TFS 2012 with Team Build. The solution compiles correctly on the build server.

I am currently trying to do this via MSBuild Arguments.

/p:DeployOnBuild=True /p:DeployTarget=MsDeployPublish /p:CreatePackageOnPublish=False /p:MSDeployPublishMethod=RemoteAgent /p:MsDeployServiceUrl=https://testWebServer:8172/MsDeploy.axd?site=direct /p:AllowUntrustedCertificate=True /p:DeployIisAppPath="direct" /p:AuthType=NTLM

The solution builds but does not deploy. I get the following error message:

msdeploy error ERROR_DESTINATION_INVALID: Web deployment task failed. ( Could not connect to the remote computer ("https"). Make sure that the remote computer name is correct and that you are able to connect to that computer. Learn more at: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=221672#ERROR_DESTINATION_INVALID.) [C:\Builds\1\ProjectName\Solution General Build\Sources\Temp Source\ProjectName\Solution\Project.csproj]

Is there another argument I should be passing to specify the server? I did not intend for https to be the server name... I have tried omitting the https:// to no avail, error is the same, so it is getting the value from somewhere.

I have tried this with the following values for MsDeployServiceUrl:

https://testWebServer:8172/MsDeploy.axd?site=direct
https://testWebServer:8172/MsDeploy.axd
"https://testWebServer:8172/MsDeploy.axd?site=direct"
https://192.168.X.X:8172/MsDeploy.axd?site=direct
"https://192.168.X.X:8172/MsDeploy.axd?site=direct"
testWebServer:8172/MsDeploy.axd?site=direct

Update

Alright, the following is at least connecting:

/p:MsDeployServiceUrl=testWebServer

I have seen numerous posts concerning that particular argument, and almost invariably they are a URL, not just a hostname (the ones that appear to be a hostname I thought were just written that way for brevity).

I am now, however, faced with a new problem. I have made the Build Service Account (domain account) local admin on the webserver, and I am getting msdeploy error ERROR_USER_NOT_ADMIN as well as an Audit failure in the Security log.

Resolution

These are the MSBuild arguments I am currently going with.
/p:DeployOnBuild=True /p:DeployTarget=MsDeployPublish /p:CreatePackageOnPublish=False /p:MSDeployPublishMethod=WMSvc /p:MsDeployServiceUrl="https://SERVER:8172/MsDeploy.axd" /p:AllowUntrustedCertificate=True /p:DeployIisAppPath="siteName"

I am now getting ERROR_USER_UNAUTHORIZED. Apparently I have either not set up the delegation correctly or the IIS Manager User I have created is somehow incorrect. Regardless that will go in a different post if necessary.

Have you tried puting the url inside double quotes ? Seems that it gets cut of at : ! — drk
Indeed I have. I updated my post with some values I have tried. I am sure there are others I have attempted but I can't remember... — CodeWarrior

Isantipov Isantipov · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-28T19:11:57

What is the Server and IIS version, you are using? IIS 6 uses Web Deployment Agent Service (MsDepSvc), whereas IIS 7 usually uses Web Management Service (WMSvc) which have different URLs (besides, you have to be an admin on the target server to execute MsDepSvc.

Can you try specifying

/P:MSDeployPublishMethod=WMSvc

Based on this article from Troy Hunt, Web Management Service (WMSvc) is using

.axd

URLs (the one you specify), whereas you are trying to force it use RemoteAgent publish method which seems to be inconsistent.

See this article for complete set of differencies between WMSvc and RemoteAgent publish methods.

TFS 2012 Team Build and Web Application Deployment - ERROR_USER_NOT_ADMIN

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Resolution

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