Questions tagged [appharbor]

AppHarbor is a cloud application platform for .NET. Applications can be deployed to AppHarbor using Git, Mercurial, Subversion or TFS. A large number of services (relational and no-sql databases, email, error logging) are offered as add-ons.

AppHarbor is a cloud application platform for .NET. It features among other things:

Git-based deployment strategy

Applications on AppHarbor are managed using your favourite version control system. Simply pushing your code to AppHarbor is all it takes to deploy your application. AppHarbor supports deploying using an integrated Git repository or using repositories hosted on GitHub, Bitbucket or CodePlex

Fully Managed, Multi-Tenant Architecture

All infrastructure runs inside the Amazon Web Services cloud and is completely managed by AppHarbor. The AppHarbor site has a detailed explanation of platform architecture.

Add-Ons

AppHarbor offers a growing number of add-ons via its add-on provider program. Additional services, such as error tracking and reporting, incoming and outgoing email services, hosted no-SQL databases and more is available via a few clicks or commands on the prompt.

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ASP.NET MVC framework 4.5 CSS bundle does not work on the hosting

I am runing an App on app harbor written in MVC4. A bundle of css files doesn't work. In my local computer in debug mode I see the code of the App and I see the files. The App works as expected.
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unable to locate nuget.exe when building webservice on appharbor

I'm trying to deploy my webservice at appharbor using codeplex. After trying it the first time and doing some research I found out that I had to use NuGet so the references are being found.. Now I only have 1 error left which I don't know how to…
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What is the difference between a PreBuildEvent, BeforeBuild target and BeforeCompile target in MSBuild?

I recently had to move some code from a PreBuildEvent in Visual Studio into the BeforeBuild target to make it work on AppHarbor. While doing so, I also noticed a BeforeCompile target. What is the difference between these three seemingly similar…
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Error MSB3541: Files has invalid value

I just deployed an asp.net mvc 3 web application to AppHarbor but it failed: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Microsoft.Common.targets(3932,5): error MSB3541: Files has invalid value "<<<<<<< HEAD". Illegal characters in path.…
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How do I improve app performance on AppHarbor?

I have an application hosted on AppHarbor that is visited a few times a day with a light load. The performance experience is a SLOW first page load as the dormant worker process wakes up. Subsequent page loads are fast. I want to reduce the amount…
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Push to multiple remote repositories from a single local repo in Mercurial

I was considering using AppHarbor to host a lightweight website and was investigating their Mercurial integration. Currently I use Kiln for my remote repositories, but currently AppHarbor only supports BitBucket integration. Is it possible to have 2…
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Azure vs Appharbor vs Amazon EC2

I am starting developing new online business and I am not sure what technology to use for hosting. I have used Microsoft Azure in my pervious projects, I did not have any problem with it, it was just expensive. My choices are Azure, Appharbor or…
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web config error: Unrecognized attribute 'xmlns:xdt'. Note that attribute names are case-sensitive

I am trying to deploy an application to AppHarbor and followed their instructions on how to modify my web.config, so it uses their instance auf Sql server. Upon running the solution I am getting the error mentioned in the topic: Unrecognized…
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Get original url without non-standard port (C#)

First question! Environment MVC, C#, AppHarbor. Problem I am calling an openid provider, and generating an absolute callback url based on the domain. On my local machine, this works fine if I hit http://localhost:12345/login Request.Url; //gives…
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Why does IIS on Azure Web Roles need to recompile ASP.NET apps so often?

I have ASP.NET applications deployed on a number of different environments (AppHarbor, Azure, DiscountASP.NET, GoDaddy, etc...) and one thing that bothers me with my deployments on Azure is that my low-traffic websites get JIT-compliled if there…
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Jenkins doesn't have label Linux

I am trying to run a Jenkins pipeline and I just keep getting the error: Jenkins doesn't have label 'linux' Any idea why this is happening? Is it a plugin I am missing? pipeline { agent{ label 'linux' } stages { …
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What is an appharbor worker...exactly?

The Appharbor pricing page defines a worker something you increase to "Improve the reliability and responsiveness of your website". But in trying to compare price with others such as aws, I am having a hard time defining what a worker is…
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Authenticated ServiceStack.Redis.PooledRedisClientsManager

How do I specify a username and password for the Redis hostname when instantiating a PooledRedisClientManager? var _redis = PooledRedisClientManager("my.redishost.com:1234"); I specifically need to deploy a .NET-based ServiceStack.Redis application…
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How does AppHarbor work? Are there any open source implementations?

AppHarbor is pretty neat, but unlike Heroku, I can't figure out how it works. Are there any open source implementations? From my searching I could not find any. My crude implementations so far have been setting up a git server and on each new repo,…
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What are the possible causes for IIS to throw a ThreadAbortException and recycle the worker, with IIS logging "IIS configuration change"?

I started seeing errors in a .Net MVC web app hosted on Appharbor whilst a background thread was running - after careful analysis - I can't work out the cause. Firstly, the exception I noticed is a ThreadAbortException. However, this is really just…
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