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Hi Microsoft, I have created a CI/CD pipeline to deploy a basic .NET APPLICATION to IIS server using GitHub Actions. The GitHub Actions is a self-hosted windows runner configured on AWS EC2 Windows Instance. But at the time of deploying it to IIS it is throwing me this error getting here: https://github.com/arjungoel/my-web-app/actions/runs/6100622873
Can someone help me out as it is very urgent and also I forgot to mention when I am running the 'Copy-Item' command after that I am getting this error: Copy-Item can't be recognised as internal or external command. How to fix this error as well
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Hi @Arjun Goel (DevOn),
I don't know what error you are getting when automatically deploying the application to IIS. Error messages in GitHub Actions logs are critical for troubleshooting. It might help to pinpoint the specific error details or stack trace of the problem. If you can't resolve the issue on your own, consider asking for help on the GitHub Community Forum. Share your workflow configuration and error details for more specific help.
Hi @Yurong Dai-MSFT , here is the error message:
Access denied, you must be an administrator of the remote computer to use this command. Either have your account added to the administrator local group of the remote computer or to the domain administrator global group.
Error: Process completed with exit code 1.
Ensure that the GitHub Actions Runner service on the EC2 instance is running under an account with sufficient permissions. If the service is running as a restricted user, you may need to adjust the service configuration.
When you install GitHub Actions agent on a Windows machine, you must choose to run it under a powerful enough account (such as LOCAL SYSTEM) so that almost all necessary actions like calling iisreset can work.
"Copy-Item can't be recognised as internal or external command" is a different thing and it often indicates you wrote the wrong commands in your workflow file and attempted to call PowerShell cmdlets when the actual context isn't PowerShell.
Hi @Anonymous can you guide me how to run it under a powerful enough account, I mean the steps required for that?
Please re-run config.cmd to install GitHub Actions runner again on this machine, the wizard should ask you to choose which account to use.