Month: July 2022

Use GitHub Actions to build and deploy with a private runner to deploy to IIS

Project: ASPX Website on GitHub.

Goal: Complete CI / CD using GitHub Actions to build and using self-hosted running to deploy to on-prem IIS server.

Final Workflow file YML

---

name: Build and Publish

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  push:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  build:
    name: Build
    runs-on: windows-latest
    steps:
        - uses: actions/checkout@v3

        - name: Setup MSBuild path
          uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v1.1

        - name: Setup NuGet
          uses: NuGet/setup-nuget@v1.0.5

        - name: Create Build Directory
          run: mkdir ${{github.workspace}}\_build\

        # - name: Show build files (before)
        #   run: ls ${{github.workspace}}\_build\

        - name: Restore NuGet packages
          run: nuget restore -verbosity quiet

        - name: Build app for release
          run: msbuild Website\Website.csproj -verbosity:minimal -t:rebuild -property:Configuration=Release /p:WebPublishMethod=FileSystem /p:DeployOnBuild=true /p:DeployDefaultTarget=WebPublish /p:PublishUrl="../_build"

        # - name: Show build files (after)
        #   run: ls ${{github.workspace}}\_build\

        - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
          with:
            name: my-artifact
            path: ${{github.workspace}}\_build\

  deploy:
    needs: Build
    name: Copy WebPublish files to remote server
    runs-on: self-hosted
    steps:

      - name: Run PowerShell Remove-Item 
        run: Remove-Item ${{github.workspace}}\_build\ -Force -Recurse

      - uses: actions/download-artifact@master
        with:
          name: my-artifact
          path: ${{github.workspace}}\_build\

      # - name: Show build files (before)
      #   run: ls ${{github.workspace}}\_build\

      # - name: Run PowerShell Hello World script
      #   run: Write-Output 'Hello World!'

      - name: Run PowerShell Copy-Item
        run: |
            $psversiontable;
            Copy-Item -Path ${{github.workspace}}\_build\* c:/websites/dev.${{github.event.repository.name}} -Recurse -Force