Run EF migration on VSTS release

Question

When I release my Asp.Net MVC app to azure web app using VSTS and a Hosted VS2017 agent, the EF Migration (to Azure SQL) doesn\'t execute on application start the same way it ca

Answer 1

Is possible to have VSTS use the same Publish Profile as in VS which in my case is a Web Deploy process to Azure Web App and includes the option to run migrations on application start.

In the VSTS build definition, Variables tab, add the following entries:

DeployOnBuild: true

PublishProfile: NameOfTheVSPublishProfileFile

DesktopBuildPackageLocation: $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/MyBuildFolderName/drop/MyProjectZipName.zip

Then Build and Release.

Next time you run the app the new migrations will execute in the same way as when publishing from VS.