Hi, I usually compile everything to a build directory, then copy all of the needed files (i.e. binaries, .as?x, api docs, .css, etc.) to a dist directory. From there I usually just copy again to the deploy directory (wherever that is).
That seems to work after I have set up an initial environment. By this
I mean the manual procedures (and relative frequencies) I have to
complete are:
1) Run the ddl against my database server (seldom)
2) Install a new virtual website in IIS (1X)
3) Set up dns settings for virtual web (1X)
4) Reconfigure web.config file; point at different database
environments (every time web.config changes; ~= 1 X per 10 deploys)
After the initial setup most of the changes (except for ddl
modifications) are done with my nant deploy target. Just as a note I
usually have the deploy target running my nunit tests before the files
copied to a test or prod environment.
I think there is a task to make an iis directory in nantcontrib (if I am
correct does anyone have any examples?) which would cut down on some of
the initial setup work. I don't know if there are any database
automation tasks though.
Hope that helps.
Clayton
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Fetzer
Sent: Mon 8/11/2003 12:12 PM
To: Nant Users
Cc:
Subject: [Nant-users] Deployment
Any advice on deployment? I have NAnt doing builds for me, compiling
about 25 projects. There are 2 separate boxes being deployed to. One
side is the web side and the other batch. So I have a master build file
calling 2 other build files and then the Master does a copy to a staging
area. Originally I was thinking I could just take all of the resulting
files (.exe, .dll, .as?x...) to the appropriate directory on the system
to be run on. Well, I realized that it's not that easy (go figure).
The Microsoft guy is telling me that it would be best to maintain setup
projects created using Visual Studio. I was hoping to automate the
deployment so that it wouldn't be necessary to always keep these sync'd
up with their corresponding project files, the master solution... Seems
like a lot of redundancy going on and possibilities of losing
synchronicity. I would appreciate any tidbits of wisdom you could give.
Thanks - Eric
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