Tivoli usage and manpower
Do you use Tivoli in your enterprise and if you do what packages do you use and how many people manage it? ...
deployment
How do I target a specific commit SHA with capistrano deploy
I am wondering how I can target a specific commit SHA in Git for deployment, using Capistrano? It should be something like cap deploy --version=<sha targeted> Can't seem to find the answer to this after a lot of searching. ...
Making installation files
I need to make installation file (.exe), but is that possible with batch script and how? I made installation with some software (Deployment...) but I need to do that with script. I have all necessary files for my installation. Is that possible? Marko ...
Tools for managing code deployment/versioning for IIS / Windows enviroments
I've got a strong background in Linux and OSX, and just left a job where I was architecting systems based on those platforms. Now I've got a Windows Server running IIS that has a number of different websites that it hosts. Most of them are just a bunch of HTML, JS and Images, with some ASP for some customer tools. (Each website has a di...
Deploying a rails app to multiple locations
I'm trying to deploy the same rails app to two different locations with different app names, different logos, different stylesheets, etc. I've got the code working based on an APP_NAME and a HOST_NAME variable I store in environments/production.rb. Now I need to actually deploy it, and I need a better solution than manually editing the ...
Does MSDeploy support website and database upgrades?
I've just been reading about MSDeploy, the new website deployment tool from Microsoft. I'm developing an installer for a webapplication and a webservice to be used for our off-the-shelf product. I have a couple of questions that I couldn't find obvious answers to. Does MSDeploy have robust support for upgrading websites after the initi...
Is MSDeploy "friendly" enough, or can it be wrapped up in an MSI file
In your opinion, are MSDeploy packages a good option for giving to an end user to install a webapplication on their system. How does it compare with, say, the experience of using an MSI file to install a web app? Has anybody tried wrapping up an MSDeploy package inside an MSI package? Would it work? ...
Packaging application
We have a windows app and we were using Wise for deployment. Recently we switched to InstallAware and though it has some good points we are facing some issues. Can someone recommend another deployment and packaging app? We are a small company and we do not have a dedicated staff for packaging etc. Also our package includes SQL server ex...
What is the cheapest way to deploy an ASP.Net MVC application?
What is the cheapest way to deploy or host an ASP.Net MVC application? Any shared hostings? This is for a little toy application which I'll pay from my own pocket. Nothing entreprisy, the cheaper the better. ...
Strategies for updating or versioning web services?
I'm interested to hear the best practices on how different versions of web services are handled. To clarify, if you've got some web methods exposed as a web service, then you want to add a feature/functionality and thus change the signature of those method calls, how do you handle this in a manner that doesn't break all of your clients...
Multi-stage deployment advice?
What are some best practices and general theory of multi-stage deployment for web apps? I'm particularly interested in deploying Rails apps using Git, Capistrano, and Passenger, and I've found posts that discuss the nuts and bolts of the process: Capistrano: Multistage Introducing AutoTagger What considerations should I take with re...
Ever had to deploy MVC yourself? Did you need visual studio installed at the deployment site?
I see in the system requirements for MVC 1.0, that you need to have some flavor of visual studio 2008 installed at the deployment site. Is this really necessary? http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=53289097-73ce-43bf-b6a6-35e00103cb4b&displaylang=en ...
How to deploy SQL and attach DB: With ClickOnce?
I need to deploy a winform app that uses multiple db's. I need to deploy them with my app as they interact locally. Can I use ClickOnce or should I be considering a different approach? I found a couple of examples for ClickOnce but they all assumed that the DB is included in the Solution, which isn't the case here. THis app used ...
where should I store CSS files in a sharepoint install?
I have some css files that are deployed in a feature scoped to "site" They contains some calls to images (also deployed by the solution) and so the paths are things like background: #ffcc00 url( '/sites/portal/Style Library/CSS/PersonalCenter.gif' ) repeat-x; However I would quite like to be able to deploy to other "sites/XXXX" with...
Deploying and running .NET assemblies on a worker computer
I have a basic task framework, where task such as doing some content processing, report generation, error log watcher, mailer, etc., is encapsulated in an ITask interface, which has a Run method, and other status related members. These tasks are either run continuously on a schedule, or on demand. They are hosted either as a windows serv...
VS2008 and Crystal Reports - Deployment restrictions?
I'm looking for experiences with deploying Crystal reports (the basic version, bundled with VS2008) into a production environment. Are there any restrictions? Does it limit the number of concurrent users? Other than downloading and installing the CRRedist2008_x86.msi on the production server, anything to worry about? (And judging fro...
how to install SQL Server job using scripts?
Hello everyone, I have a SQL Server job in my SQL Server 2008 server. Now I want to write some scripts using PowerShell which could deploy the job into other computers automatically through command line. Any samples or documents to recommend for this topic to learn? thanks in advance, George ...
What is the definition of a staging envronment when developing web applications?
When developing a web application for others, multiple environments for testing are a good idea. However, different development teams have different definitions for the meaning of each environment. Currently, I like to keep it simple, and have a development environment (my local machine), a staging environment (someone before I deploy m...
Code sign .NET assemblies or just the setup?
My company finally bought a code-signing certificate. I have a WinForms application (1 exe and several dlls), all assemblies are already signed with a strong name. The entire application is then packaged into a msi installer. Then I use NSIS to pack the msi, the bootstrapper and the prerequisites (Framework, SQL CE...) into a single set...
Clickonce publish - "The file 'default.htm' already exists in this Web site"
When I try to (re)publish my clickonce app, I am getting this: Failed to copy file 'E:*path*\default.htm' to '\*path*\default.htm'. Unable to add 'default.htm' to the Web site. The file 'default.htm' already exists in this Web site. There are three files with the same error message - default.htm, setup.exe and my app's .application fi...