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Web Deploy cannot modify the file on the destination because it is locked by an external process while deploying to IIS server through azure pipeline
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Tahami Rizwan
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I am facing the issue while deploying .netcore api from azure pipeline CD to IIS server on-prem that :**cannot modify the file on the destination because it is locked by an external process while deploying **
I have tried :
- enable take appoffline in CD
- stop application , deploy it and start application
- delete all destination file before deploying
But all these solutions doesn't effect
I will be thankful If anybody could help out
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Justin N 5 Reputation points2023-10-12T16:39:02.1666667+00:00 Did you ever get this resolved?
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Christina Quast 0 Reputation points2025-03-24T17:44:04.6+00:00 Did you try publishing a second time? Or publishing it to another temporary slot, and then swapping the temporary slot with the primary slot? It helped in our case.
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