InstallShield MVC2 Application deployment on IIS - asp.net-mvc-2

I want to be able to deploy a MVC2 application as a web application on IIS using the installshield. When I try to deploy the application it just simple copies the whole solution to IIS instead of converting it to a web application. I created an MSI using VS2010 which converts the code into web application and then called that through installshield installer (which basically does some other stuff as well). But it creates two references in installed programs visible through Add/Remove Programs which in turn makes me uninstall both in order to completely remove the application. Any suggestions on how to go about at this?

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What's the best way to redeploy asp.net core web api on IIS without stopping the application?

For now I've to (re)deploy asp.net core web api on Windows server with IIS. I know how to deploy and its working currently in production. The issue is every time I make a change I have to stop the website/recycle the apppool to be able to copy the application dlls. This is a pain as I'm looking to ultimately setup CI/CD using some provider however without this knowledge I'm unable to move forward.

What directory to publish Asp.NET Core application on desktop to?

I come from the desktop application world (WPF, WinForms), where the convention is to deploy your exe to \Program Files[ (x86)]\CompanyName\AppName\ directory, and store all the data in \Program Data\CompanyName\AppName\ directory.
What's the corresponding convention for deploying Asp.NET Core web services on a desktop (not a server) PC? Program Files directory doesn't seem like a good idea, because it requires admin credentials for writing, a problem you hit the moment you try to publish the app. On the other hand, while Program Data doesn't have the permission problem, it just doesn't feel right, given there is no corresponding Program Files location.
I've also seen C:\intepub\wwwroot\web-service-name used, when IIS was involved. Is that the way to go? I'm guessing it makes sense when running Asp.Net Core app in Kestrel behind IIS as reverse proxy, but what if I were to host my app inside a Windows Service instead?
There is a lot of enduser as well as enterprise apps deployed as windows services with embedded web applications (using Apache, tomcat..etc) Under Program Files, Ex: HPE server admin/config tools.
So for Kestrel APP, I would deploy bin in Program Files and write logs,DB,etc under Program Data. it will works without permission issues since dotnet binary has the needed perms.

Error on deploying a SharePoint 2010 site template

I have a web application in which I have few document libraries, lists, picture libraries, workflows and few webparts. The webparts are created using visual studio with the feature site scoped. WorkFlows are created using SPD. Everyting working fine in my local SharePoint server. I want to copy my web application to a different server. For this I saved the site template Site Actions-> Save Site as template, saved the wsp to my desktop. Then I took the wsp to the other server machine where i created a webapplication.
Then using PowerShell command added the solution using Add-SPSolution command. When trying to install using Install-SPSolution command I got an error:
This solution contains no resources scoped for a web application and cannot be deployed to a particular web application
I tried to change the scope of webpart feature to Web/WebApplication but encountered error when tried to deployed using visual studio.
How can I deploy the wsp in a different SharePoint Server machine?
When you save the site as a template, you'll only save the site, not your web application. Create the web application first (maybe without a site template), and roll out your site from your WSP afterwards.
If you are using powershell to deploy the solutions, please remember to include the flag -GACDeployment.

Deploy the asp.net MVC 2 web application to the IIS 7.5 getting issues

I have developed the asp.net mvc web application. whereas my macine is configured with IIS 7.5. I want to deploy my web application with source code to the IIS so that i can attache the process and debug it run time. I choose this way because few functionality , like file copy and file create not performing after simple publish.
I tried by ,
Create the web application in IIS 7.5 manager. installed ASP.NET utility. As i browsed , I got asked by to enable directory browsing.
Which i enabled. where as in IE I found file structure which definitely did not want. I expected direct my LogOn page which is configured in globle.asax after deployment.
What else i need to check. or is any step i have missing?
I am using Visul web developer 2010 express edition to develop the application.
Please guide me.

Automate Application Installation with Powershell

I need to write a powershell script that would install my team's web application and all the web application's dependencies (ie: telerik, asp.net mvc3, third-party assemblies) with a single click of a button. Is this possible? Or does someone have to click "Next" to go through an installation wizard?
Sounds like a job for MSDeploy. This ships with PowerShell cmdlets (and a regular console executable.)
http://www.iis.net/download/webdeploy
Features
Seamless integration with IIS 7.0
Manager and Visual Studio 2010
interface for creating packages and
deploying them onto a machine, both
locally and remotely.
Seamless integration with the Web
Platform Installer to install
community web applications simply and
easily.
Web application packaging:
Ability to package a Web application
or an entire site, including the
associated databases.
Ability to package ACLs, COM, GAC and
registry settings.
Supports both live servers and zipped
packages as a source or destination.
Web application deployment:
Administrative privileges are not
required in order to deploy Web
applications.
Ability to add powerful parameters to
change text in files when they are
deployed (such as prompting to
replace a connection string when
deploying from QA to staging
environments).
Integration with the IIS 7.0 Web
Management Service (WMSVC) for remote
deployment by non-administrators.
Server administrators have granular
control over the operations that can
be performed and can delegate tasks
to non-administrators.
Web server migration and synchronization:
Ability to synchronize or migrate the
entire Web server, a Web site or
application. Synchronizes only the
data that has changed.
Ability to detect missing
dependencies during synchronization.
Automatically gathers content, IIS
configuration, SSL certificates and
ASP.NET configuration when you sync a
Web site.
In addition to the IIS Manager and Visual Studio 10, tasks can be performed using the command-line or public APIs.
-Oisn