Now that I have installed Azure SDK and published some of my sites to Azure, I no longer have a build option permitting publish to local filesystem. How can I get said feature back?
I only have VS2012 installed, but... when right-clicking your cloud project, you should see both a Publish... option and a Package... option. Choosing the latter will write the package + configuration file to disk, with either local or cloud settings.
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I have an Octopus Deployment Project in which I am doing some changes in settings files like appsettings.json. So in different steps lots of changes been done. So at the end I am deploying it into Azure. But my question is, is there is any way to download a package just before pushing into Azure.
I know there are option to download package from Library. But those are not processed. So I need the altered package to be download.
How are you deploying to Azure? Is it an Azure Web App? In a lot of steps, you can use custom deployment scripts and variable substitution to update the package prior to its installation.
For example, in the Deploy an Azure Web App step, you can click on Configure Features and enable Custom Deployment Scripts and JSON Configuration Variables.
Working with VS2017 Community I have written a service that works on my local machine. I followed the instruction here:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/windows-services/walkthrough-creating-a-windows-service-application-in-the-component-designer
and installed it successfully using Installutil.exe (as per instructions in above link). All good.
I now want to deploy that across six servers in our organisation. In Microsoft's documentation about installing services (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/windows-services/how-to-install-and-uninstall-services) it says:
If you’re a developer who wants to release a Windows Service that users can install and uninstall you should use InstallShield
and links to a page that applies to VS2012 (can't post any more links as my reputation<10)
I have downloaded and installed the "Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Installer Projects" package, which allows me to create a Setup Project. When I run it, it installs the project output correctly (i.e. copies the exe & dll files to the correct folder in Program Files) but does not create the service.
There's a detailed post about deploying services on this site (question 9021075) but when I follow those instructions I get a 1001 error on Install.
All the documentation I can find refers to earlier versions of VS or the previous Installer package, so I'm not even certain if I can do it with the software I am using.
So, with VS2017 Community using Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Installer Projects, how to I create a stand-alone Installer to deploy a service that works correctly when installed locally using InstallUtil?
Or can I use InstallUtil on the target machines? I think I'd need to install Visual Studio on them for that, which I'd prefer not to. Is there a quicker way?
I only have 6 servers to install this on, so even some manual work-around might do.
Thank you for the responses. I now have a solution. I found InstallUtil on the Target Server (in my case it was in C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319 but search will find it). I copied and added that to my project as content so when I now deploy it, I have InstallUtil in the same folder as my EXE.
To install, I run CMD as admin, cd to project folder and issue command:
installutil.exe myService.exe
This is a one-off task. Once the service is working, to update it I just need to stop it, upload the new myService.exe (& any DLLs) to overwrite the old ones and restart it again.
Further information about settings you're using for the serviceProcessInstaller1 and serviceInstaller1 files will be needed to debug this issue, as the 1001 error raised by the installer is a generic error.
An alternative way of doing this is to use Topshelf, which is a framework for hosting services written using the .NET framework. It simplifies the creation of services, allowing developers to create a simple console application that can be installed as a service using Topshelf. The reason for this is simple: It is far easier to debug a console application than a service. And once the application is tested and ready for production, Topshelf makes it easy to install the application as a service.
Alternatively, you could use InstallUtil.exe. It is part of the .NET Framework, so no need to install Visual Studio.
The Web Platform Installer fails to install Web Deploy for Hosting Servers on Windows Server 2016.
To fix this, first install the missing components using Server Manager, Manage, Add Role and Features. I think these are the ones required: Logging Tools, Request Monitor, .Net Extensibility, ASP.Net, ISAPI Extensions, ISAPI Filters, Management Service. I ended up with the following for my needs.
Next install Web Deploy 3.6 for Hosting Servers using the Web Platform Installer. (If it fails, note which components it depended on, install as above and try again.)
At this stage if you look for Deploy again in the Platform Installer it won't be installed, even though it says it was successful.
Go to Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs, find Web Deploy and choose Modify, Next, then Change.
Set IIS Deployment Handler to Entire feature will be installed, Next etc.
The Deploy menu will now appear in IIS Manager (restart it first if you already had it open) and Web Platform Installer will see that it's installed.
I tried to follow franzos answer and even though it worked in the end and resolved my issue, there was one detail missing:
At this stage if you look for Deploy again in the Platform Installer
it won't be installed, even though it says it was successful.
Go to Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs, find Web Deploy and
choose Modify, Next, then Change.
Set IIS Deployment Handler to Entire feature will be installed, Next
etc.
On my windows server core there is no "Control Panel" or other access to "Add or Remove Programs"
What resolved it for me was downloading the .msi package for WebDeploy to the server and running it from cmd.
msiexec /L msdeployinstall.log /I <path_to_msi>
This runs the installation wizard and you can change the installation with:
Set IIS Deployment Handler to Entire feature will be installed, Next etc.
as described by franzo.
Best regards and thanks for the advice.
I just ran into this on a fresh azure server 2022 node and after doing all of Franzo's stuff it still didn't work.
I decided to connect the IIS on the new node to the IIS on the old node just to see what it did... I hit "Connect to a Server...", put in the IP of the old node, and when it connected it told me the new node was missing some extensions. The web deploy was one of them and it installed it for me.
I am trying to run the Xamarin.Android app from Microsoft Azure Guides.
According to the guide I am supposed to right-click on the Service project and Rebuild, after that on clicking Publish I get the Publish Target window but there is no target of Azure App Service. I only get Target of Azure Web Apps
Updating the Azure SDK was the solution for me. The following page has all the downloads, select your visual studio version to the left
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/
VS2015 Direct link: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=518003&clcid=0x409
I'm assuming the project to which you refer is the "QuickStart" server-side project that is downloaded and named yoursite-Runtime.zip. When unpacked, you get a folder yoursite_AppService and yoursite.sln in the file.
When you right-click and select Publish, you should see the following picture as the pop-up:
If this is not the case, then there is something at issue with your install of Visual Studio 2015 - perhaps an additional plugin or an older version of Azure SDK? Try updating the Azure SDK as a starting point.
I have installed Windows Azure SDK on my machine on top of VS 2010 SP1. "Windows Azure project" template is listed (file->new project) but "Cloud Service Project" template is not getting listed. Do I have to install anything else? Thanks.
I believe "Windows Azure project" is correct, and "Cloud Service Project" is just old terminology. I don't have a project template called that either.
Did you also install the Windows Azure Tools for Visual Studio? I usually choose the tooling option as it also includes the SDK. Pro tip: use the Web Platform Installer and it will also setup any other dependencies you need.
Click the 'Get Started' link from here to use WebPI installer:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/getstarted/default.aspx
If you're on VS 2012, switch the .NET Framework version at the top to 4.0. I was totally flummoxed by this silly issue and even filed a connect bug!
The UI needs updating to discard the Framework version filter and have the supported frameworks listed in a column. Choosing the Framework to target should be moved down to the bottom where other pre-create config options are set.