Asp.net-mvc – How to configure teamcity to build deployment package of asp.net mvc web project and put it into specified directory

You can do what you want by setting up Artifact Dependency between the configurations where you want to do the manual deployment and the one where you have the built artifacts.

Once you have setup the Artifacts dependency, click on the Run custom build ellipsis near the "Run" button for the configuration. Here you will have the Artifacts dependencies part where it will say the configuration that this configuration you are running is dependent on and will also have a dropdown list from which you can choose the particular version of the other configuration from which to get the artifacts. Click run from here to run your custom build.

See here for more details: http://confluence.jetbrains.net/display/TCD65/Triggering+a+Custom+Build

The steps I needed to perform were:

1. Add reference to System.Web.Http.WebHost.
2. Add App_Start\WebApiConfig.cs (see code snippet below).
3. Import namespace System.Web.Http in Global.asax.cs.
4. Call WebApiConfig.Register(GlobalConfiguration.Configuration) in MvcApplication.Application_Start() (in file Global.asax.cs), before registering the default Web Application route as that would otherwise take precedence.
5. Add a controller deriving from System.Web.Http.ApiController.

I could then learn enough from the tutorial (Your First ASP.NET Web API) to define my API controller.

App_Start\WebApiConfig.cs:

using System.Web.Http;

class WebApiConfig
{
    public static void Register(HttpConfiguration configuration)
    {
        configuration.Routes.MapHttpRoute("API Default", "api/{controller}/{id}",
            new { id = RouteParameter.Optional });
    }
}

Global.asax.cs:

using System.Web.Http;

...

protected void Application_Start()
{
    AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();

    RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters);
    WebApiConfig.Register(GlobalConfiguration.Configuration);
    RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
    BundleConfig.RegisterBundles(BundleTable.Bundles);
}

Update 10.16.2015:

Word has it, the NuGet package Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi must be installed for the above to work.