I'm not sure if this question is not allowed, in the structure that I am asking it. However, I want to know if there is a way to manually install ORCHARD CMS the same way I would manually install wordpress. I am a very adequate wordpress/joomla/linux developer but have been tasked with installing orchard.
I've never worked with a microsoft server, however have one set up through my hosting company. Can I just drop the the zip files in and it will work?
There are four ways you can install Orchard. You can:
Install it using the Microsoft Web Platform Installer.
Install it from Microsoft WebMatrix as shown in Working with Orchard in WebMatrix.
Download the Orchard .zip file and install it as described in Manually Installing Orchard Using a zip File.
Enlist in the Orchard source code and build Orchard from the command line or in Visual Studio.
This topic shows how to install Orchard using the Microsoft Web Platform Installer.
Requirements
The minimum requirements for running Orchard are the following:
ASP.NET 4.5
A web server such as IIS Express 8, 7.5 or IIS 7.x.
When installing IIS, make sure you enable the ASP.NET IIS modules. Also make sure that you run Orchard in an integrated pipeline ASP.NET 4 application pool.
Important: If you previously installed any pre-release versions of WebMatrix, ASP.NET Web Pages, or ASP.NET MVC 4, you should uninstall those products before Orchard will run correctly on your computer. To develop Orchard sites, many developers will want to use a database such as SQL Server, and a web page programming environment such as WebMatrix or Visual Studio 2013. The following installation was tested with a clean installation of Windows 8.1. It uses the Web Platform Installer and it includes Orchard, IIS 8.0 Express, and optional applications for Orchard development like WebMatrix and SQL Server Compact 4.0.
Installing Orchard
To begin, download and install the Web Platform Installer. When you're done, run it.
Find Orchard CMS and then click Add to include Orchard as an item to install.
Click Install. Accept the license terms in order to continue.
When the installation is complete, the dialog shows the list of installed tools in addition to Orchard. Click the Launch link to open the site in WebMatrix.
Running Orchard in WebMatrix
After WebMatrix starts, it should inmediately launch Orchard in the default browser. If not, you can launch Orchard by clicking the Run drop-down button, and selecting which browser to use. In WebMatrix you can click the Files workspace to see the contents of the Orchard site.
The first time Orchard is launched, you see in your browser the Orchard setup screen.
By default, Orchard includes a built-in database that you can use without installing a separate database server. However, if you are running SQL Server or SQL Server Express, you can configure Orchard to use either of those products instead by specifying a connection string. Optionally, you can enter a table prefix so that multiple Orchard installations can share the same database but keep their data separate.
The setup screen also includes a section where you can choose an Orchard recipe to set up your site. You can choose from the following Orchard recipes:
Default. Sets up a site with frequently used Orchard features.
Blog. Sets up a site as a personal blog.
Core. Sets up a site that has only the Orchard framework for development use.
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Using Web Deploy 3.6 both on IIS 8.5 (Windows Server 2012 R2) and IIS 7.5 (Windows 7), I cannot find the Deploy -> "Import Web Application" option. The "Export Web Application" is also missing (see screenshot)
I can still see the "Install Application from Gallery" but that does not really help. All works fine with Web Deploy 3.5.
Are the Import / Export Web Application options removed in 3.6?
If yes, what is the alternative to deploy a standard ASP.NET MVC app to IIS 8.5 with Web Deploy 3.6?
If not, what do I need to do to enable / see them again?
WebDeploy 3.6 prerequisites for Import / Export Web Application slightly changed and more rights need to be given for web management to enable these options again.
Here are the steps to allow it again in Windows Server 2012 R2 (and Windows Server 2016):
Using Server Manager get to Add Roles and Features.
Pick ‘Management Service’ under Roles/Web Server/Management Tools
Either uninstall and reinstall WebDeploy 3.6 or use the Change option and make sure to install the “IIS Deployment Handler” for Web Deploy. This will bring back the Import / Export Web Application option again.
Steps to allow it again in Windows 7:
Go to Turn Windows features on or off
Under Web Management Tools -> enable IIS Management Service
same as above for Windows 2012
(for Windows 10 you will likely need to run a repair installation on WebDeploy before this solution works)
Download "Web Platform Installer" from here:
https://www.microsoft.com/web/downloads/platform.aspx
Then search "Web Deployment Tool 2.1". I have it in Spanish like this:
"Herramienta de implementación web 2.1"
It just worked for me.
Windows 10:
It uses Microsoft Web Deploy 4.0. You can check if it's already installed in the Control panel > Applications.
If it's already installed, and you can't see the "Deploy" option in IIS, you need to reinstall it and, during the setup, choose the custom or full install, including the UI options. Perhaps you can do that by choosing repair or Change from the control panel.
According to MS, You should be able to download it from Web Platform Installer, but I only found versions up to 3.6. However, I found this link for an stand-alone installer for 4.0:
webdeploy_amd64_en-us.msi
NOTE: I'm using an Spanish Windows, so the name of the options can be wrong. For anyone using a non-English Windows, there is only one installer, and you'll see the menus and options in your language (at least in Spanish).
Try to run IIS as administrator and you should see the Import Web Application" option and The "Export Web Application".
I am new to the Visual Studio 2013 IDE / Environment...
I have inherited an older (ASP.NET) web site that is currently being maintained using Microsoft Expression Web 4 (which is no longer supported by Microsoft). The test and production web sites are hosted remotely using IIS 7.5
I have two questions with regard to migrating from Expression Web 4 to Visual Studio 2013:
Is there any way to simply copy (FTP/download) the web site from the production server into Visual Studio 2013? i.e.: create a new empty web site in VS 2013 and then copy everything from the production web site. Will this retain “sub-web” folders, etc.? (I doubt it).
When using Expression Web 4 to publish pages to IIS – some of the files in Expression Web are marked as “Exclude from Publishing” (because some files like web.config differ depending if publishing to the test or production server). I have not found anything in VS 2013 for an ASP.NET web site project that allows me to set individual files so they are excluded from being copied to a remote web site. Does such functionality even exist?
Any insights would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
For #1 if you have Web Site project open in VS (not to be confused with Web Application project), you can right-click on it and choose Copy Web Site. This will bring up an window where you can connect to a remote site (e.g. with FTP) and sync files back and forth.
(Note: this feature is ancient and nobody knows about it anymore)
For #2, it depends. In the case of web.config, you can create a publish profile (right-click the project and choose Publish) that will let you use web.config transforms to modify the web.config file for each publish destination. Once your publish profile exists, you can right-click on it in Solution Explorer and choose Add Config Transform, which will only apply when you publish to that destination.
For other files you wish to exclude, you can modify the .pubxml file for your publish profile as described here using <ExcludeFilesFromDeployment> and <ExcludeFoldersFromDeployment>. (The blog post talks of editing the project file, but that's no longer necessary since VS2012; use the .pubxml files instead.)
I had a working IIS 7.5 with Web Deploy 3.5 configuration such that the "Import/Export Application" feature in the right hand action pane showed up and functioned properly. Unfortunately I had to remove and reinstall IIS, and now the Import/Export functionality does not show up in the Actions pane, as if Web Deploy was not installed.
I tried to reinstall using the automated installer at http://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/web-deploy, but when I run it, the installer seems to think that Web Deploy is already installed and does not offer me any reinstall/uninstall option.
How can I force a reinstall of WebDeploy or force IIS to recognize that Web Deploy is still installed?
Go to http://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/web-deploy
Scroll to the bottom of the page to the "Download Web Deploy" header
Click the x86 or x64 link next to your language of choice. Do not click the WebPI link.
Once downloaded, click on the installer to open it.
Click Next
Click the Remove button
Now you can reinstall it using the Web Platform Installer, or just use the standalone.
On a side note...
If you don't see the Deploy options in IIS once you've reinstalled Web Deploy, try running IIS as Administrator. Hope this helps.
I am running IIS on my development machine on Windows 7. Web Deploy 3.6 seem to break something as the Import / Export Application options are not available. Had to uninstall 3.6 via control panel add/remove programs and then install 3.5 via Web PI.
I've installed Web Deployment Tool 2.1 then restart IIS Manager and the Import/Export Application appeared.
I was running a 'gallery template' Windows Server 2012 VM on Azure. Web Platform Installer said Web Deploy 3.5 was already installed. At first I thought this neat feature had been removed/moved.
In Add/Remove Programs, saw that Web Deploy 3.6 Beta was installed. Removed it and reinstalled 3.5 (without SQL stuff) via Web PI.
Ran IIS Manager as admin and all works fine.
Update - A new Azure VM also had this problem, but had 3.6 Beta3 installed. Again, removed and reinstalled 3.5 via WebPI.
None of the other answers here fixed this for me with Visual Studio 17 on Windows 10. The fix was here: https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/content/problem/230372/web-deply-40-msi-location.html
Web Deploy 4 has moved to be distributed with Visual Studio 2017. This is nuts because the Web Deploy service and the Import/Export tools are for server administrators and not devs. The discussion in the link says they are working on adding Web Deploy 4 to the Web Platform Installer, but have encountered a few issues (read: we didn't create a proper deployment for it the first place.)
The fix for me was to uninstall Web Deploy 4 from Control Panel-Apps & features, then reinstall from the MSI provided with Studio. Look in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Packages for a folder like Microsoft.VisualStudio.WebDeploy.Msi,version=...,chip=x64. The MSI file is within that. More detail in the link I mentioned.
My guess is if the IIS Manager is not turned on at the time Studio (and therefore Web Deploy) is installed, the hook for Import/Export can't be created.
My situation is slightly different as I never had the import/export menus. For what it's worth:
I tried to install the Web Deploy installer. It said that a newer version was installed. I tried repairing Web Platform Installer. Nothing changed. I tried changing but was told there were individual components. I tried uninstall/reinstalling WebPlatformInstaller.
After that, the IIS Manager showed a Web Platform Installer icon under the Management section after restarting, but still no Deploy menu on the right click.
Double-clicking that icon started the installer where I could then search for web deploy. There was a Web Deployment Tool 2.1 that was not installed. Clicking Add then Install and restarting IIS Manager (not run As Administrator) was all that was needed to get the Deploy menu:
According to this Microsoft document, the Web Platform Installer should have started automatically. Never did. But it is in the start menu. The steps are the same weather you start it from IIS Manager or standalone.
I'm attempting to install Orchard 1.0 on a Windows 7 box. It has only just been released. I downloaded and installed the Windows Platform Installer and attempted to install Orchard. The error message is that the application has stopped working and asks if I want to debug or close the application.
The event log contains a single error:
The event logging service encountered an error while processing an incoming event published from Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing.
I tried installing MVC3 and it worked without any issues.
Has anyone experienced a similar problem?
I have exactly the same problem on a Windows 7 and a Windows Vista SP2 system.
MVC3 installs without problems and works just fine. Orchard CMS crashes WPI.
Get the Orchard ZIP file from their site, extract it and open the solution in Visual Studio 2010 or WebMatrix or VS Express and try to run it. You can also run it directly from the folder you extracted it to by using IIS Express.
The installation through Web Platform Installer is broken and it won't work.
I believe I have located the answer on the Orchard CMS Discussion tab on Codeplex.
http://orchard.codeplex.com/Thread/View.aspx?ThreadId=241684
The installation script was missing a reference to a library. They have now rectified this and have advised that you need to delete the AppData folder.
C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Web Platform Installer
Once I did this the WPI orchard cms installation worked.
I have just finished the development of a web service application in visual studio.
Is there an easy way to wrap it in an installer, so that I can just ship it off to technical support, and they can have a wizard based installer that will fully setup an IIS site for them, either in 6 or 7?
You can use Visual Studio's built in setup project. I've only tried this once on a test project, but it created all the necessary stuff in IIS 6 just fine.
I would suggest you export the IIS METABASE for your local instance of the service and then this can be imported into a new server to create the correct IIS configuration. Have a look at Copying IIS Configurations using iiscnfg.vbs The METABASE is just an XML file and you will easily see the specific values that allows you to edit them should the deployment be different in anyway.