How to use MsBuild MsDeployPublish to target local file system?

Question

I'm trying to replicate the Visual Studio 2010 "Publish..." command (applicable to Web Application projects) where I would in the UI choose Publish Method: "File System".

My attempt at this is...

%msbuild% /t:MsDeployPublish /property:MsDeployServiceUrl="file:///d:\MyDeploymentFolder";MsDeployPublishMethod="File System" "d:\MySourceFolder\Project.csproj"

... and having tried a method of "FileSystem", "File System", "Local", and a few others.

The error I get implies that MsDeploy is still trying to push to an IIS server:

"D:\MySourceFolder\Project.csproj" (MsDeployPub lish target) (1) -> (MSDeployPublish target) ->   C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v10.0\Web\Microsoft.Web .Publishing.targets(3847,5): error : Web deployment task failed.(The metabase k ey '/lm/w3svc' could not be found.) [D:\MySourceFolder\Project.csproj] C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v10.0\Web\Microsoft.Web.P ublishing.targets(3847,5): error : \r [D:\MySourceFolder\Project.csproj] C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v10.0\Web\Microsoft.Web.P ublishing.targets(3847,5): error : The metabase key '/lm/w3svc' could not be fo und.\r [D:\MySourceFolder\Project.csproj] C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v10.0\Web\Microsoft.Web.P ublishing.targets(3847,5): error : Unable to access the IIS configuration syste m. Please make sure you have IIS 7 (or later) installed.\r [D:\MySourceFolder\Project.csproj] C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v10.0\Web\Microsoft.Web.P ublishing.targets(3847,5): error : Retrieving the COM class factory for compone nt with CLSID {2B72133B-3F5B-4602-8952-803546CE3344} failed due to the followin g error: 80040154 Class not registered (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80040154 (REG DB_E_CLASSNOTREG)). [D:\MySourceFolder\Project.csproj] 

How can I target the file system for deployment, as Visual Studio normally lets me in the GUI?

Answer 1

As per my answer from Using MSBuild, how do I build an MVC4 solution from the command line (applying Web.config transformations in the process) and output to a folder?

msbuild ProjectFile.csproj /p:Configuration=Release ^                            /p:Platform=AnyCPU ^                            /t:WebPublish ^                            /p:WebPublishMethod=FileSystem ^                            /p:DeleteExistingFiles=True ^                            /p:publishUrl=c:\output 

Or if you are building the solution file:

msbuild Solution.sln /p:Configuration=Release ^                       /p:DeployOnBuild=True ^                      /p:DeployDefaultTarget=WebPublish ^                      /p:WebPublishMethod=FileSystem ^                      /p:DeleteExistingFiles=True ^                      /p:publishUrl=c:\output 

You can also target the project via the solution using the /t:SolutionFolder/Project:Target syntax:

msbuild Solution.sln /t:SolutionFolder/ProjectFile:WebPublish ^                      /p:Configuration=Release ^                       /p:WebPublishMethod=FileSystem ^                      /p:DeleteExistingFiles=True ^                      /p:publishUrl=c:\output