Publishing/deploying ASP.NET web sites is easier and more efficient with Microsoft’s deployment tool, called Web Deploy. I will be showing how to publish and deploy a web site step by step.
What you will use is:
- Visual Studio (the tool in which you develop your web site)
- Web Deploy (the tool that installs necessary components)
- IIS (the tool that publishes your web site )
End-to-end steps:
- In Visual Studio, Go to “Build > Publish projectname“. In the wizard, configure the settings:
- Profile: Create a new profile if there is no one exits
- Connection: Select “Web Deploy Package” in Publish Method list. Choose a path
- Settings: Keep it as is
- Preview: Click “Publish”. We will use the zip file in step 3
Creating “deploy package” in Visual Studio
- In the computer that you will publish your web site on IIS, download and install Web Deploy: http://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/web-deploy
- Open IIS:
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- Create a new web site
- Click on the web site. Click the link “Import Application“
- Specify the “zip” file you created in step 1
Importing the application in IIS
Yes, that’s all!
Note: If you get an error saying that some dll files are missing (example error message is below), find those files in the computer you use for developing and copy them under C:\inetpub\wwwroot\websitename\applicationname\bin
