I am looking for a very simple example that shows what exactly is and how to use the MSBuild Extension Pack: http://msbuildextensionpack.codeplex.com/ I just cannot find anything for a real beginner. Thank you.
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You have to declare the property, ExtensionTasksPath, before the import statment for the tasks. For example take a look at:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<PropertyGroup>
<ExtensionTasksPath Condition="'$(ExtensionTasksPath)' == ''">E:\Data\Development\My Code\Community\MSBuild\ExtensionPack\</ExtensionTasksPath>
</PropertyGroup>
<Import Project="$(ExtensionTasksPath)MSBuild.ExtensionPack.tasks"/>
<Target Name="Demo">
<MSBuild.ExtensionPack.FileSystem.File TaskAction="GetTempFileName">
<Output TaskParameter="Path" PropertyName="TempPath"/>
</MSBuild.ExtensionPack.FileSystem.File>
<Message Text="TempPath: $(TempPath)" />
</Target>
</Project>
The MSBuild Community tasks is similar but the property is named MSBuildCommunityTasksLib. I think for SDC tasks its called TasksPath.
I got it mostly working without a custom msbuild script. Here are the relevant TeamCity build configuration settings:
Artifact paths: %system.teamcity.build.workingDir%\MyProject\obj\Debug\Package\PackageTmp Type of runner: MSBuild (Runner for MSBuild files) Build file path: MyProject\MyProject.csproj Working directory: same as checkout directory MSBuild version: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 MSBuild ToolsVersion: 4.0 Run platform: x86 Targets: Package Command line parameters to MSBuild.exe: /p:Configuration=Debug
This will compile, package (with web.config transformation), and save the output as artifacts. The only thing missing is copying the output to a specified location, but that could be done either in another TeamCity build configuration with an artifact dependency or with an msbuild script.
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Here is an msbuild script that will compile, package (with web.config transformation), and copy the output to my staging server
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<PropertyGroup>
<Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Release</Configuration>
<SolutionName>MySolution</SolutionName>
<SolutionFile>$(SolutionName).sln</SolutionFile>
<ProjectName>MyProject</ProjectName>
<ProjectFile>$(ProjectName)\$(ProjectName).csproj</ProjectFile>
</PropertyGroup>
<Target Name="Build" DependsOnTargets="BuildPackage;CopyOutput" />
<Target Name="BuildPackage">
<MSBuild Projects="$(SolutionFile)" ContinueOnError="false" Targets="Rebuild" Properties="Configuration=$(Configuration)" />
<MSBuild Projects="$(ProjectFile)" ContinueOnError="false" Targets="Package" Properties="Configuration=$(Configuration)" />
</Target>
<Target Name="CopyOutput">
<ItemGroup>
<PackagedFiles Include="$(ProjectName)\obj\$(Configuration)\Package\PackageTmp\**\*.*"/>
</ItemGroup>
<Copy SourceFiles="@(PackagedFiles)" DestinationFiles="@(PackagedFiles->'\\build02\wwwroot\$(ProjectName)\$(Configuration)\%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)')"/>
</Target>
</Project>
You can also remove the SolutionName and ProjectName properties from the PropertyGroup tag and pass them to msbuild.
msbuild build.xml /p:Configuration=Deploy;SolutionName=MySolution;ProjectName=MyProject
Update 2
Since this question still gets a good deal of traffic, I thought it was worth updating my answer with my current script that uses Web Deploy (also known as MSDeploy).
<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="4.0">
<PropertyGroup>
<Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Release</Configuration>
<ProjectFile Condition=" '$(ProjectFile)' == '' ">$(ProjectName)\$(ProjectName).csproj</ProjectFile>
<DeployServiceUrl Condition=" '$(DeployServiceUrl)' == '' ">http://staging-server/MSDeployAgentService</DeployServiceUrl>
</PropertyGroup>
<Target Name="VerifyProperties">
<!-- Verify that we have values for all required properties -->
<Error Condition=" '$(ProjectName)' == '' " Text="ProjectName is required." />
</Target>
<Target Name="Build" DependsOnTargets="VerifyProperties">
<!-- Deploy using windows authentication -->
<MSBuild Projects="$(ProjectFile)"
Properties="Configuration=$(Configuration);
MvcBuildViews=False;
DeployOnBuild=true;
DeployTarget=MSDeployPublish;
CreatePackageOnPublish=True;
AllowUntrustedCertificate=True;
MSDeployPublishMethod=RemoteAgent;
MsDeployServiceUrl=$(DeployServiceUrl);
SkipExtraFilesOnServer=True;
UserName=;
Password=;"
ContinueOnError="false" />
</Target>
</Project>
In TeamCity, I have parameters named env.Configuration
, env.ProjectName
and env.DeployServiceUrl
. The MSBuild runner has the build file path and the parameters are passed automagically (you don't have to specify them in Command line parameters).
You can also run it from the command line:
msbuild build.xml /p:Configuration=Staging;ProjectName=MyProject;DeployServiceUrl=http://staging-server/MSDeployAgentService
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Go through these Links, They would be very useful, I figured out how to use MSBuildCommunityTasks through them,
How do I import the msbuildcommunitytasks project from another msbuild project with a relative file path?
Msbuild and SVN update
Also, Example
Its just what you use on the Command Line.