For a windows application installer..i can do repair(rather than uninstall and then install) My question is.. after install a web application by wix installer, it can be on IIS manager.
Can i repair that web application by wix installer(to avoid uninstall and install again)
Yes, the IIS standard custom custom actions with the WiX toolset (like all standard custom actions provided with the WiX toolset) support repair as well as install, uninstall, patch, rollback for all those.
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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.
I created a Windows form setup using install shield.
Is it possible to stop other services (ex: .exe's) in my system while uninstalling setup created using install shield.
Is this possible while creating setup using Install shield or I want any scripts in my app to stop certain services while uninstalling my setup.
Service installation settings are found in the "Advanced Settings" view of each individual component if you have the right version of Installshield - I am not sure what features "light versions" have.
If you don't have an appropriate version of Installshield you can always use a VBScript or similar to stop any service you want.
I have a website developed using VS 2012 and created an MSI (Deployment Package) using the "Install Shield Limited Edition Project" available in VS 2012. While i am trying to install this application in a Win 7 system, it is creating a new AppPool as "ASP.NET v4.0 DefaultAppPool" and installing the application with this AppPool.
But if there are any previous application installed in the same system with the application pool as "DefaultAppPool", then my application's AppPool ("ASP.NET v4.0 DefaultAppPool") is getting applied for those previously installed applications (which has "DefaultAppPool" as its application pool) too.
Is there any settings that i am missing while creating the MSI using the Install Shield? Please advise on this
If you need flexibility in IIS installation the only serious alternative in my opinion is the open source WIX toolset.
I don't have time to write a proper answer right now, but please try these two earlier posts:
Wix generate single component id for entire tree
Warning in Wix Setup
Also check this post out to get an explanation of why WiX is best for this purpose. And definitely read the section on using dark.exe to decompile an existing MSI to get a WiX source file to start with.
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.
Does the web platform installer support automatic updates? Assuming I configured nothing, would the web platform installer:
1: Check for automatic updates.
2: Install them automatically and without my permission.