Simple utility application for testing MSDeploy packages and SetParameters

The following shows an example of performing a (real) Any CPU platform, Release configuration deploy to your local IIS Express server. This uses the tfs values provider, which must be present in a subfolder of the plugins directory.

The valueProviderOptions is a JSON string of options to pass to the value provider. For the tfs values provider this includes the TFS URI, project name, release definition name, and release environment name. Note the use of apostrophes within the JSON string:

msdeploytester deploy -s C:\MyPath\MySolution.sln -p "Any CPU" -c "Release" 
--valueProviderId tfs --valueProviderOptions "{ 'uri': 'http://my/tfs/path', 'project': 'MyTFSProject', 
'release': 'My Release Definition', 'environment': 'My Release Definition Environment' }"

Use the appcmd.exe file within C:\Program Files\IIS Express.

To list sites:

appcmd list site

To add a site:

appcmd add site /id:1 /name:xxx /bindings:http:/*:80:www.xxx.com /physicalPath:C:\Path

To delete a site:

appcmd delete site <sitename>