Ansible role: win_msbuild

Ansible role for building and deploying ASP.NET site to IIS with MSBuild.

Requirements

1. Include as a build step. Required MSBuild installed and your project's code repository checkout.
2. IIS must running on target server and the site must be created.
3. Web Management Service must be installed, enabled and running at port 8172 on the target server.

Role Variables

proj_path Full path to the site's parent directory. Role automatically enters the folder by site_name and finds the .csproj by that again. e.g.: proj_path = "C:/Repo/Sites"

site-name Project name in repository. Must be a project folder which contains .csproj with the same name.

server_ip IP address for the target server where the site will be deployed. Get it from the inventory groups, as variable or other mechanism.

iis_site Site name in IIS.

config Build configuration. By default is Release. Overwrite if needed.

ansible_user User for the remote session on Windows. Configure this in playbook or group_vars is preferred.

ansible_password Password for the user on the Windows instance. Use vault, prompt or other secure schemas.

Example Playbook

- role: win_msbuild
     vars: 
      proj_path: "C:/Repo/Sites/"
      site_name: "MyAspNetSite"
      server_ip: "{{ groups['webservers-stage'][0] }}"
      iis_site: "my-asp-net-site"
      config: "Stage"
     tags: 
      - site

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