Questions tagged [publish-profiles]
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Error ERROR_COULD_NOT_CONNECT_TO_REMOTESVC while using msbuild from command prompt
I am trying to deploy my webproject using msbuild tool in command line as shown below -
msbuild MyWebProject.vbproj /p:DeployOnBuild=true
/p:PublishProfile="MyWebProject - Web Deploy - Test"
/p:Configuration=Debug
But I am getting following…

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How to configure TFS Build: MSBuild Arguments: Publish Profile: File System
I need some advice on configuring TFS Build to work with MSBuild and a Publish Profile via File System to deploy my web app...
I'm using TFS 2013 and Visual Studio 2013.
I have a Web Application project with a few class library projects.
I have a…

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How do you set AssemblyVersion when using Publish Profiles (.pubxml) from a Web Site Project?
I am using the new ASP.Net and Web Tools 2012.2 Publish Profiles for Web Sites (not web application).
I have created a Publish Profile using the tooling which has created the file website.publishproj in the root of the web site.
The…

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Azure Publish Profile Download is disabled
I've created a an App Service using the Azure portal and wanted to download the Publish Profile (to import that into Visual Studio). But the download button is disabled. Any suggestions?

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Runnings tests in visual studio after publish profile finishes successfully
I have an ASP.NET Core project in Visual Studio 2015 that contains a number of publish profiles to deploy my website to various IIS web servers on an intranet. I also have a project containing a set of Selenium tests. Both of these projects are part…

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Package multiple publish profiles .pubxml after a successful build in Jenkins CI
I'm using Jenkins for Continuous Integration.
Right now I have a job with this command in Jenkins in the command line arguments for a build step:
This is the command:
"%WORKSPACE%\OEVizion\ITVizion.OEVizion.Web\ITVizion.OEVizion.Web.csproj"…

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How to Apply Transforms to SSDT publish profiles
Using Visual Studio 2013
I have a set of 8 SSDT projects that can all be deployed to several distinct environments. The advanced publish settings for each project, however, are meant to be identical. At present I have created a distinct publish…

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SSDT: how to protect the password contained in the publish profile?
I want to create a publication task in Jenkins to automatically publish my database changes along with my application.
If I understood correctly, a common practice is to create a publish profile that includes the database name as well as the account…

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When publishing solution, is it possible to ignore certain projects?
We have some projects that are only used in some environments so I would like publishing to skip them. However, when publishing the whole solution I get the following msbuild error:
"C:\Source\Solution.sln" (default target) (1)…

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Building a pipeline using Microsoft MSBuild publishing targets?
I am trying to create a Build Pipeline. I am curious whether I am able to leverage the existing Microsoft publishing msbuild targets or whether I need to write my own from scratch.
I have a large web site project (not web application).
The build…

gregpakes
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MsDeploySkipRules in wpp.targets not working with PublishProfiles
I am publishing my MVC project with the PublishProfile through visual studio, (through UI, right click project, publish) and ticking the option to clear the destination folder.
But I do not want a specific folder "Downloads" to be cleared
I have…

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MSBuild Publish Web site project to FileSystem doesn't copy dlls from referenced projects
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In VS2012 I have 1 sln file with several projects under it. Some are just code libraries and others are web applications. And then we also have 1 web site project...
This web site project was recently updated to .NET 4.0 which also meant…

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More than one package matched with specified pattern. Please restrain the search pattern
My pipeline was working fine when I used Azure Resource manager Connection Type. Now I lost access of AD and the client secret for Service principle expired. Hence I planned to switch the pipeline connection type to Publish Profile. But since than I…

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Why does the name of my Publish Profile affect the transformation of my Web.config?
I think I have encountered a strange interaction where the name of my Publish Profile is affecting the contents of the published Web.config.
For context, I have 2 solution configurations; Release & Staging, and a folder Publish Profile called…

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Visual Studio 2019 - Publish Profile problem
Seems like the most recent update in visual studio 2019 changed something that forces you to pick a publish profile before publishing a file. For instance, I have a web developer who often publishes .cshtml files to a website - we only have one…

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