Can I specify site after I have built the deployment package with Microsoft Web Deploy?

Question

Currently I do the following:

1. Create package using

   msbuild something.csproj /P:Configuration:Some /T:Package

2. After that I go to the Package folder under obj\Some\Package and run the following

   something.csproj.deploy.cmd /y /M:https://mydeployservice /u:user /p:password --allowUntrusted /A:Basic

Everything works fine, but I wonder how do I specify the site which I want the application installed to? Here I only define the service/server, and the name of the site is from the deploy command. Is it possible to use a parameter for the site name?

Answer 1

If you're using Web Deploy, it should be possible to use a parameter for the site name when you package the source, then specify a new site name when you deploy. Here are some articles that show how to use parameters:

• Customizing a Deployment Package

• Web Deploy Parameterization in Action

• Web Deploy: Replace Rule vs. Parameterization

• Packaging and Deploying Web Applications for the Visual Studio Development Web Server

• Team Build + Web Deployment + Web Deploy + VS 2010 = Goodness