Valid Parameters for MSDeploy via MSBuild

merthsoft picture merthsoft · Apr 8, 2011 · Viewed 23.8k times · Source

I'm trying to deploy a web application using MSDeploy, on Team Build in TFS. There are several questions that address the properties that have to be passed in MSBuild in order to call MSDeploy, but I haven't found sufficient documentation for what properties are available. Does someone have a list of available properties?

Here are some questions that I've found, but I haven't been able to find a definitive list of the properties:

Answer

Philip Hanson picture Philip Hanson · Apr 8, 2011

Here's a list I've compiled for my own reference, along with some of the legal values that can be used. Note that these are passed into MSBuild using the /p:<PropertyName>=<Value> syntax.

  • DeployOnBuild
    • True
    • False
  • DeployTarget
    • MsDeployPublish
    • Package
  • Configuration
    • Name of a valid solution configuration
  • CreatePackageOnPublish
    • True
    • False
  • DeployIisAppPath
    • <Web Site Name>/<Folder>
  • MsDeployServiceUrl
    • Location of MSDeploy installation you want to use
  • MsDeployPublishMethod
    • WMSVC (Web Management Service)
    • RemoteAgent
  • AllowUntrustedCertificate (used with self-signed SSL certificates)
    • True
    • False
  • UserName
  • Password
  • SkipExtraFilesOnServer (leave existing non-conflicting files alone)
    • True
    • False