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before-deploy.ps1 is never executed

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Matt

22 Jul, 2020 03:50 PM

Hi

I have a project targeting .Net Framework 4.6.1 in which I added two scripts and named them as described in your documentation:
https://www.appveyor.com/docs/deployment/agent/#running-powershell-scripts-on-target-server-during-deployment

On every build, deploy.ps1 is always called and works perfectly, but no matter what I try (including it to the csproj one way or another, or not at all), before-deploy.ps1 isn't.

The documentation simply states "PowerShell script in the root of application folder will be called before every deployment.", so I guess there's nothing special that needs to be done here, right?

Also, I'm running the latest AppVeyor Agent version on a fully updated Windows Server 2016.

I suppose you might need more information from me. Please feel free to ask.

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 22 Jul, 2020 04:03 PM

   

   Hi Matt,

   What kind of app is that? before-deploy.ps1 is supported only with "web" (deploy_website) and "windows" apps (deploy_app, deploy_service).

   What do you get in deployment log? For before-deploy.ps1 the agent is simply iterates over all zip package entries until before-deploy.ps1 is found. Unpack the package to see if it contains before-deploy.ps1.

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2. 2 Posted by Matt on 22 Jul, 2020 04:27 PM

   

   Hi Feodor, and thanks for the quick follow-up.

   This is indeed a website, with deploy_website is to true.

   You were right: the script wasn't in the deployed zip file. I just ran another build / deploy after setting "Copy - Always" to the script file from its Visual Studio properties, and it worked perfectly.

   Added to the .csproj file:
   

   <None Update="before-deploy.ps1">
     <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
   </None>
   

   Thanks a lot for your help!

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3. Support Staff 3 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 22 Jul, 2020 11:20 PM

   

   Great, thanks for the update!

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4. Feodor Fitsner closed this discussion on 22 Jul, 2020 11:20 PM.