What's the best way to deploy an executable process on a web server?

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The original question:

The title of this question might be a bit clumsily phrased, but here\'s the situation:

I have a .NET web project deployed on my server.

Answer 1

I would write a command-line application that would do all of that.

Here is a rough example:

Site.api.publish();
admin.api.shutdown();
while(shell.status("admin.exe") == true) {}; //still running
file.replace("admin.exe", "path-to-compile\admin.exe");
shell.run("admin.exe");

You probably get the point. If you want it to do it automatically just use the Task Schedular to call it every day, or however often you want it.