I'm attempting to use Web Deploy 3.5 in a test environment. It fails with a 404, even though Web Deploy 3.5 is installed on the test server and the Web Management Service is started.
I have even tried it locally (on the test server) on the command-line with:
"c:\Program Files (x86)\IIS\Microsoft Web Deploy V3"\msdeploy -verb:sync -source:contentPath="E:\Downloads\Deployments\DefaultSite_All_MSDeploy.zip" -dest:contentPath='DefaultSite/mySiteName',ComputerName="https://localhost:8172/msdeploy.axd?site=PhaseI",UserName='americas\r.compton',Password='notmypassword',AuthType='Basic' -enableRule:doNotDeleteRule -allowUntrusted -verbose
The error returned on the command-line
Verbose: Pre-authenticating to remote agent URL 'https://servername.com:8172/msdeploy.axd?site=mySiteName'as 'americas\r.compton'.
Error Code: ERROR_DESTINATION_NOT_REACHABLE
More Information: Could not connect to the remote computer ("servername.com"). On the remote computer, make sure that Web Deploy is installed and that the required process ("Web Management Service") is started. Learn more
at: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=221672#ERROR_DESTINATION_NOT_REACHABLE
Error: The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found.
The IIS LOGS:
#Software: Microsoft Internet Information Services 7.5
#Version: 1.0
#Date: 2013-12-12 18:18:41
#Fields: date time s-ip cs-method cs-uri-stem cs-uri-query s-port cs-username c-ip cs(User-Agent) sc-status sc-substatus sc-win32-status
time-taken2013-12-12 18:18:41 138.57.160.65 POST /msdeploy.axd
site=mySiteName 8172 – 145.30.91.141 – 404 7 0 145
#Software: Microsoft Internet Information Services 7.5
#Version: 1.0
#Date: 2013-12-12 21:08:23
#Fields: date time s-ip cs-method cs-uri-stem cs-uri-query s-port cs-username c-ip cs(User-Agent) sc-status sc-substatus sc-win32-status
time-taken 2013-12-12 21:08:23 fe80::7157:1fcd:691b:93f%10 HEAD
/msdeploy.axd site=PhaseI 8172 – fe80::7157:1fcd:691b:93f%10 – 404 7 0
0 2013-12-12 21:09:32 fe80::7157:1fcd:691b:93f%10 HEAD /msdeploy.axd
site=PhaseI 8172 – fe80::7157:1fcd:691b:93f%10 – 404 7 0 0
My thought is that the httpHandler, msdeploy.axd is not installed or configured correctly. Should I expect to see it among the httpHandlers in C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Config\web.config?
Best Answer
I have not used the msDeploy handler before (we use the agent extensively), but you could try enabling Failed Request Tracing in IIS to determine what the problem is. It's easy to turn on and gives you a lot more info about the request and why it returned a 404 than what the IIS logs will tell you.
Your suspicion about the handler not being installed/configured correctly seems correct and the failed request tracing would show you more about what went wrong with the handler.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/benjaminperkins/archive/2012/01/02/enable-and-activate-failed-request-tracing-rules.aspx