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Publish ASP.NET and ASP.NET Core applications

Last modified: 26 May 2024

Publish classic ASP.NET web applications

To deploy a classic ASP.NET project, right-click the project in the Solution Explorer and choose Advanced build actions | Package selected project from the context menu. JetBrains Rider will generate a deployment package in the form of a .zip file, which you can then deploy using the MSDeploy command line.

Publish ASP.NET Core web applications

JetBrains Rider allows you to deploy your ASP.NET Core web application to a local or remote server using two run configurations:

  • Publish to IIS

    This configuration can deploy an ASP.NET Core web application to local and remote IIS, Kudu (Azure Web Apps), as well as create an MSDeploy package. Under the hood, it makes use of MSBuild and MSDeploy to package and publish our application.

    Note that this configuration only works on Windows.

  • Publish to custom server

    This configuration uses MSBuild and JetBrains Rider's built-in tooling to upload the application artifacts using FTP and FTPS/SFTP.

    This configuration works on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Deploy an ASP.NET Core application

  1. Create a new run configuration. Depending on the server where you want to publish your application, it can be of the Publish to IIS type or Publish to custom server type (see the differences above).

  2. Give a name for the created run configuration and select your ASP.NET project in the configuration properties.

  3. If you chose Publish to IIS, you will need a publish profile. You can only choose publish profiles (.pubxml files) defined in the selected project.

  4. If you chose Publish to custom server, you will need to specify a server configuration in the Remote server field.

    You can see and manage the list of servers on the Build, Execution, Deployment | Deployment settings page  CtrlAlt0S or by clicking .

    Note that some servers (like Azure Web Apps) require Passive mode to be used for uploading files. You can set this (and more) by clicking Advanced options in the server configuration options.

  5. Once the configuration is created, you can perform deployment from the toolbar (or by pressing CtrlF5 when the deployment run configuration is selected).

JetBrains Rider: Deploying an ASP.NET Core app

Publish profiles

To deploy an ASP.NET Core application using IIS, you will need a publish profile. Publish profiles come as .pubxml files and contain the necessary parameters for MSDeploy.

You can have multiple publish profile with different settings in your project. JetBrains Rider comes with a few templates for generating .pubxml files.

tip

Sayed Hashimi has a lot of examples for various MSDeploy options.

Note that JetBrains Rider would create publish profiles using configurable file templates, which you can adjust on the Editor | File Templates | Other Languages settings page  CtrlAlt0S.

Create a new ASP.NET Core publish profile

  1. Do one of the following:

    • Select an ASP.NET Core project in the Solution Explorer, press Ctrl0N or right-click and choose Add, then select Publish XML.

    • If you are editing a run configuration of the Publish to IIS type, click + next to the Publish profile field.

  2. In the dialog that opens, specify a name for the profile and select its type:

    JetBrains Rider: Creating a new publish profile for ASP.NET Core app

  3. JetBrains Rider will add the newly created profile as a .pubxml file under Properties\PublishProfiles for your project. It will also open the file for editing and highlight the required properties so that you could specify the proper values for them.

Note that publishing to an IIS server only works on Windows. It may also be required to start JetBrains Rider with elevated permissions. JetBrains Rider will suggest this when using a publish profile that targets a local IIS server.