Saturday, 3 December 2016

MVC Part 27

ASP.NET MVC - Self-hosting

we will cover Self-Hosting. Self-Hosting creates a runtime environment for the application to run in any environment say MAC, or in Linux box, etc. Self-Hosting also means it will have a mini CLR version.

Deploy using File System

Let’s take a look at a simple example of self-hosting.
Step 1 − Once your ASP.NET MVC application is completed and you want to use selfhosting, right-click on the Project in the solution explorer.
Use Self-Hosting
You will see the following dialog.
Self-Hosting Dialog Box
Step 2 − Click the ‘Custom’ option, which will display the New Custom Profile dialog.
New Custom Profile dialog
Step 3 − Enter the profile name and click Ok.
Enter Profile Name
Step 4 − Select the File System from the Publish method dropdown list and also specify the target location. Click ‘Next’ button.
Select File System
Step 5 − Expand the File Publish Options.
File Publish Options
Step 6 − Check the ‘Delete all existing files prior to publish’ and ‘Precompile during publishing’ checkboxes and click ‘Next’ to continue.
Delete all Existing Files
Step 7 − Click ‘Publish’ button, it will publish the files at the desired location.
Publish Files at Desired Location
You will see all the files and folders in the target location on your system.
Target Location
It will have all the files required to get deployed on the localhost.
Step 8 − Now open the Turn Windows Feature on or off and Expand Internet Information Services → World Wide Web Services → Application Development Features.
Open Turn Windows Features
Step 9 − Check the checkboxes as shown in the above screenshot and click Ok.
Step 10 − Let’s open the IIS Manager as shown in the following screenshot.
IIS Manager
Step 11 − You will see different connections on the left side of the screen, right-click on MyWebSite.
Different Connections
Step 12 − Select the ‘Convert to Application’ option.
Convert to Application
As you can see, its physical path is the same as we have mentioned above while publishing, using the File system.
Step 13 − Click Ok to continue.
Click OK
Now you can see that its icon has changed.
Step 14 − Open your browser and specify the following URL http://localhost/MyWebSite
Specify URL
You can see that it is running from the folder which we have specified during deployment.

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