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  setfinancial

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  trouble configuring server for webmatrix deployment

  Jul 24, 2013 10:44 AM|setfinancial|LINK

  Statement of problem/issue

  • I have built a wordpress site using webmatrix 3.0 on our dev server on a virtual private server.
  • I am now trying to deploy that worpdress site to our test server (a different IP address, virtual private server at the same hosting company).
  • I am having problems doing that - i get a variety of errors when attempting to deploy

  Background

  i am trying to use a mixture of these articles here to help me set up the windows 2008, IIS 7.5 server for webmatrix webdeploment. the first article (forums.iis.net) is the main method i am using.

  1.  http://forums.iis.net/t/1200267.aspx/1?How+do+I+get+Web+Deploy+Installed+Correctly
  2.  http://www.orcsweb.com/blog/gabe/how-to-install-webdeploy-on-windows-server-2012/ and
  3.  http://blog.scnetstudio.com/post/2011/01/08/How-to-Configure-Windows-Server-2008-R2-to-support-Web-Deploy-(for-Web-Matrix).aspx

  What i have done so far:

  Using the articles above, i have done the following on the test server, where i am trying to publish TO:

  1. Downloaded Microsoft's web platform installer 4.5 (http://www.microsoft.com/web/downloads/platform.aspx) to the test server, customizing the download by selecting the 'recommended server configuration' apps as discussed article #2 above.
  2. created a 'dummy web site' or test web site & set up a 'webmatrixuser" as discussed in article #2 above
  3. Configured the windows server with the various permissions, delegation rules and other super confusing stuff as discussed in article #3 above
  4. Finally, configured that dummy web site for web deploy publishing as discussed in article #2
  5. export that web deploy file to a 'web deploy' folder created

  I have done the following on the dev server, where i am trying to publish FROM:

  1. Opened up web matrix
  2. Imported the file from step #5 above into the publisher settings in webmatrix
  3. Push "test connection"

  An example of that publish settings screen in webmatrix is attached here.

  What i have done with the DNS:

  1. Logged into the network solutions account containing the dummy test domain we are using for testing/acceptance testing
  2. Pointed the dns to the test server ip address

  Results/Issues

  After doing all of the above, i have the following:

  1. I am not sure i have the publish settings correctly configured. when i configure the publish settings on the test server, the web deploy functionality defaults to the servername for the urls for the publishing server connection. i think i need to change that to the domain name i am pointing that ip address to right? My most recent error when i hit "validate connection' in webmatrix 3.0 is" unable to establish connection"
  2. Since the dns was just changed today, do i need to wait for that to populate first?
  3. Until the dns propogates, can i just use the ip address of the test server instead?
  4. Are the procedures i used correct?
  5. Did i need to go through all those five tasks outlined in "what i have done so far", and are they even correct? Task #3 really confused me

  Supporting documents/snapshots

  • test server web deploy setup
  • test server web deploy setup publishing settings
  • dev server webmatrix publishing settings

  Thanks in advance for any help!

  jay wilner

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  Javen Yao -...

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  Re: trouble configuring server for webmatrix deployment

  Jul 25, 2013 04:55 AM|Javen Yao - MSFT|LINK

  Hello,

  From my understand: you have a server and configure the application, then others can visit through internet.

  If so, you must have a static IP, running Windows Server 2008 R2, a domain name. please follow those steps:
  1. associate your domain name with your static ip address
  2. deploy your website to your server.
  About step1, you should register on the DNS, please refer:
  http://serverfault.com/questions/150770/how-to-associate-a-domain-name-and-ip-address
  About step2, please refer:
  http://www.iis.net/learn/publish/deploying-application-packages
  http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/32210/Deployment-of-a-Website-on-IIS
  http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/28693/Deploying-ASP-NET-Websites-on-IIS-7-0
  
  If you want to deploy your web application using MSdeploy, I'd like to suggest you to refer our MSDN document about MSdeploy, at the same time if you have any issue during your deployment using MSdeploy, you can also get help from Web Deployment Tool (MS Deploy) forum directly,

  http://forums.iis.net/1144.aspx
  http://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/web-deploy

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