Could not deploy Razor web page to a IIS server.

Question

I am trying to install / deploy a Razor page web application using the the VS2019 and VS2022 tools. Even when I run the command on the IIS server locally, I get this message snippet in the messages returned.

Could not connect to the remote computer ("devsandbox.xxxxxx.org"). On the remote computer, make sure that Web Deploy is installed and that the required process ("Web Management Service") is started. Learn more at:

This is command that I used to start the process

RecoverHouseUserPage.deploy.cmd /Y /M:devsandbox /U:myuserid /P:mypassword /G:False /A:Basic

I could not find if/where the 'Web Deploy' is installed.

Is there another way to deploy to IIS without the 'Web Deploy' being installed

Answer 1

Hi @Robert Lovas,

If you want to deploy to IIS without installing "Web Deploy", you can publish the project to your local desktop and then copy it to the site directory or upload the site directory via FTP.

1.File system deployment:

• Build your Razor page web application.
• Manually copy the build output to the target IIS server.
• Configure the IIS site to point to the directory where the replication application is replicated.
• This method is simple, but may require additional manual steps, especially if your application has dependencies or settings that need to be configured on the server.

2.FTP deployment:

• Build your Razor page web application.
• Use FTP to transfer the build output to the target IIS server.
• Configure the IIS site to point to the directory where you uploaded the application.
• This method is similar to file system deployment, but uses FTP for transfer. Visual Studio has built-in support for FTP deployment.

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Answer 2

Note the IIS server will need the aspnet core module installed

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/host-and-deploy/aspnet-core-module?view=aspnetcore-8.0

you will need to define a webapp and pool account. You will define the location where deployed file go.

Answer 3

Did option #1 - 'File system deployment'. That worked for the a simple Razor Page app.

Thanks to all contributors on the thread/issue

Bob

Answer 4

Did option #1 - 'File system deployment'. That worked for the a simple Razor Page app.

Thanks to all contributors on the thread/issue

Bob

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