'how to setup Teamcity (2021.2.2) deploy app with clickonce

I have a simple wpf/console app build that I want to deploy and be able to update where ever it is installed. So I picked clickonce, from ms, because that seamed to fit my needs.

I can build, deploy, install and update it manually quite fine ;-) but when I move to do the same steps on my teamcity build server, i ran into trouble.

I have a very simpel pipeline.

  1. build the app (works fine)
  2. make the setup.exe, to be installed.. <= trouble !!
  3. copy to an ISS hosted website.

ad 1) my build: enter image description here

ad 2) my make click once.... enter image description here

If I run through step 2 manually in visual studio on the buildserver, it works. I get the binaries published in a folder. That I can copy to the IIS folder. but nothing is produced with TeamCity !!!

  • what am I doing wrong? (the trace looks like there are no files, to work with. they are gone somehow...)

8x-------- lines pasted in from teamcity log

in directory: C:\TeamCity\BuildAgent1\work\4c50753a43ea36fe

17:14:49 Microsoft (R) Build Engine version 16.11.2+f32259642 for .NET

17:14:49 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

17:14:49

17:14:50 Build started 27/01/2022 17.14.50.

17:14:50 0>Process = "C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe"

17:14:50 MSBuild executable path = "C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\5.0.404\MSBuild.dll"

17:14:50 Command line arguments = ""C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\5.0.404\MSBuild.dll" -maxcpucount -verbosity:m -target:Publish -property:TargetFramework=net5.0 -property:Configuration=Release -property:VersionSuffix=187 -property:NoBuild=true C:\TeamCity\BuildAgent1\work\4c50753a43ea36fe\TeamCityNugetTest.sln @C:\TeamCity\BuildAgent1\temp\agentTmp\2.rsp"

17:14:50 Current directory = "C:\TeamCity\BuildAgent1\work\4c50753a43ea36fe"

17:14:50 MSBuild version = "16.11.2+f32259642"

17:14:50 Project "TeamCityNugetTest.sln": Publish

c++sharp.netmsbuildteamcitycicd


Solution 1:[1]

I would suggest you define your output directory to a location outside of:

C:\TeamCity\BuildAgent1\work\4c50753a43ea36fe

I assume TeamCity is trying to put the outputs in \bin, as happens on a normal build/publish, unless you specify the output elsewhere. And if your repository doesn't contain \bin, it won't have an actual place to put it when it's done.

Also, you could probably just do the second build step. I believe dotnet publish will build the project/solution anyway.

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