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Deploy Visual Studio Solution To Azure Web App Using PowerShell

Prerequisites

You will learn
  • About PowerShell commands Regarding Azure Web app.
  • How to create Publish Visual Studio Solution as a File System.
  • How to publish local zip file to Azure Web app.
Getting started with Azure PowerShell for Web app

To learn about how to Configure Azure subscription to PowerShell & how to create, check availability of the name, delete & run Web app on Microsoft Azure, please refer to:

Azure PowerShell Commands for Web App

Deploying an Azure Web app

Step 1

Create an Azure Web app, using PowerShell.

New-AzureWebsite -Location "South India" -Name "azurewebapppsdemo"

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Wait for a few seconds to create a Web app.

Step 2

Start Visual Studio & create a New Project.

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Step 3

Choose “Empty” ASP.NET Template & click OK button.

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Step 4

Right click on the Project Name -> Add -> New Item.

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Step 5

Add HTML page file & name it as index.html.

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You can also add Web form or any other page.

Step 6

Add some text into index.html file. 

  1. <!DOCTYPE html>  
  2. <html>  
  3. <head>  
  4.     <title></title>  
  5.     <meta charset="utf-8" />  
  6. </head>  
  7. <body>  
  8.     <h1>Azure Web App PowerShell Demo</h1>  
  9. </body>  
  10. </html>   

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Step 7

Now, right-click on the project name & click Publish option.

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Step 8

The different options are available as a publish target but we are selecting Custom option.

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Enter Profile name. Ex. WebApp.

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Change Publish method to File System. Also, set Target location.

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Create new folder to publish the project.

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Click Next button.

Configuration: Release.

Check Delete all the existing files prior to publish option.

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Click Publish button.

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Wait for a  few seconds to publish the project.

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Step 9

Run PowerShell & enter the command given below to build the project.

msbuild E:\Azure\webapp01\WebApplication1\WebApplication1.sln /p:DeployOnBuild=true /p:PublishProfile=WebApp /p:VisualStudioVersion=14.0

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Enter the solution path with an extension like .sln,

  • DeployOnBuild=true -> Deploy on Build.
  • PublishProfile=WebApp -> Enter publish profile name.

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  • VisualStudioVersion=14.0 -> This project is developed, using Visual Studio 2015, so enter Visual Studio version.

If “Build Succeeded”, go to next step, else please check for the error.

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Step 10

Now, we will upload or publish the local folder to Cloud.

$source = "E:\Azure\webapppublish"

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Project published folder path as a source.

$destination = "E:\Azure\webapppublish.zip"

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Enter new .zip file name as a destination.

Add-Type -assembly "system.io.compression.filesystem"

[io.compression.zipfile]::CreateFromDirectory($source,$destination)

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Create a new directory, using the command

Now you have .zip file or website package file to publish as AzureWebApp

Publish-AzureWebsiteProject -Package E:\Azure\webapppublish.zip -Name azurewebapppsdemo

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Step 11

Website content successfully deployed on Ccloud. Now, run AzureWebApp

Show-AzureWebsite -Name azurewebapppsdemo

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Automatically, the Browser will open Azure Web app.

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Congratulations! You have successfully deployed Visual Studio Project to Azure Web App on Microsoft Azure.


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