Azure websites Deploy from Source Control fails on nuget dependency

Question

Asp.Net v4 Webforms App has a dependency on Windows.Azure.Storage. This all works fine if i use WebDeploy to deploy it to Azure Websites.

Now i want to use a branch in my bitbucket repo to have it auto deploy from source control.

I set up the branch, linked azure to it, and then triggered a deploy.

But it fails, and this is in the Azure log...

D:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Microsoft.Common.targets(1578,5): warning MSB3245: Could not resolve this reference. Could not locate the assembly "Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35, processorArchitecture=MSIL". Check to make sure the assembly exists on disk. If this reference is required by your code, you may get compilation errors. [C:\DWASFiles\Sites\kdb\VirtualDirectory0\site\repository\Pfv.Kdb.UI\Kdb.UI.csproj]

Nuget has package restore enabled, and i checked nuget.targets to ensure that DownloadNugetExe condition is set to true.

Why is it failing to pull in the nuget dependencies?

I'm getting the same error, but with CrystalReports as the assemblies that can't be found. — Shawn de Wet
This would suggest that checking them in works stackoverflow.com/questions/11106191/…. But the question remains, why does nuget package restore fail on azure? — Baldy

Dinesh Ravva Dinesh Ravva · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-31T01:15:22

I have just tried out creating a MVC4 app in VS2012 referencing Windows.Azure.Storage nuget package and succesfuuly pushed it from local git to windows azure without any issues.

I did not hit this issue. I have enabled nuget package restore and also included a .gitignore in to my git repo not to push binary and package files.

I also saw this with pushing the repo to WAWS.

remote: Successfully installed 'WindowsAzure.Storage 2.0.5.1'.

Azure websites Deploy from Source Control fails on nuget dependency

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