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  • 03-26-2009, 2:04 PM

    • jjmartin
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    Use WebPI for custom internal app sites?

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     is it possible or will it be possible at some point to use the WebPI to install custom apps to our own internal production servers?

     When we bring up new servers on our farm it would be nice to be able to use this setup that gets all our dependancies in one shot.

    Jeff Martin
    MCSD C# .NET
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  • 03-27-2009, 8:52 PM In reply to

    • thomad
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    Re: Use WebPI for custom internal app sites?

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    Theoretically yes. WebPI works off an ATOM feed ((www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml). You can change modify the feed and specify the location of the modified feed on your command-line.

     Thomas

     

    Thomas Deml
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    Internet Information Services
    Microsoft Corp.

  • 03-31-2009, 12:09 PM In reply to

    • jjmartin
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    Re: Use WebPI for custom internal app sites?

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     Actually it looks like what I am looking for is The Web Deployment Tool.

    I'll have to play with this.

    Jeff Martin
    MCSD C# .NET
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  • 06-23-2009, 12:20 PM In reply to

    • Russtavo
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    Re: Use WebPI for custom internal app sites?

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    Thomas, can you explain how this is done on the command line? I have created my custom application XML file, can't figure out how to get the WPI tool to deploy it. Many thanks.
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  • 06-23-2009, 5:30 PM In reply to

    • choyer
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    Re: Use WebPI for custom internal app sites?

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    Hi Russtavo,

    Could you send the XML you created to webpi@microsoft?  The scenario you mention is not currently supported, but I would be interested in seeing what you've created to see if there is a way you could use Web PI to achieve your scenario.

    Thanks,

    Crystal

    Web Platform Installer Program Manager
    IIS Program Manager

  • 06-24-2009, 12:10 PM In reply to

    • Russtavo
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    Re: Use WebPI for custom internal app sites?

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    Ok e-mail sent but all I did was download and customise the Microsoft Application List feed here: http://www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebApplicationList-beta.xml

    On Scott Guthrie’s blog he suggests you can do what I am attempting, see here: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2009/06/02/microsoft-web-platform-installer.aspx#7105799

    I’m not sure why  the Web PI would only be designed to support the Application Gallery when it’s potentially so useful (and easy) for developers to be able to deploy apps this way along with the whole technology stack. I was trying to initiate the Web PI it with a button like this:

    <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/web/gallery/install.aspx?appsxml=http://localhost/MyWebApplicationList.xml&appid=1"><img src="wpiBadgeBlue.png" alt="Install Now" /></a>

    But it reports “The product you are trying to install is not supported on your operating system” – I wonder if wpilauncher.exe will only accept feeds from microsoft.com? Ideas?

  • 06-24-2009, 12:12 PM In reply to

    • Russtavo
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    Re: Use WebPI for custom internal app sites?

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    Sorry double-post.
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