Full list of /P MSDeploy arguments for MSBuild from TeamCity

Question

I currently use the MSBuild runner in TeamCity for continuous integration on my local server and this works very well. However, I\'m having trouble finding a full list of suppor

Answer 1

Firstly, the short answer is you can't find the complete list. MSBuild does not have a complete list of parameters you can chose from since you can send any parameter you like. It is a means of communication between the caller of MSBuild and the author of the MSBuild build script (a vs sln or csproj file for instance).

If the build script use the parameter it is used otherwise it is ignored.

So this is a valid call to msbuild:

msbuild /p:<anything>=<anything>

Secondly, you shouldn't send parameters to msbuild from teamcity using the /p: command options. Instead, set configuration or system properties in your teamcity build configuration. They will be passed to msbuild automatically as parameters.

Answer 2

Here are the parameters used by Visual Studio Team Services when creating an ASP.NET (Preview) build definition:

/p:DeployOnBuild=true 
/p:WebPublishMethod=Package 
/p:PackageAsSingleFile=true 
/p:SkipInvalidConfigurations=true 
/p:PackageLocation="$(build.artifactstagingdirectory)\\"

One may also extrapolate from the <PropertyGroup /> blocks defined in these examples:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff398069(v=vs.110).aspx

From this example:

<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <WebPublishMethod>Package</WebPublishMethod>
    <LaunchASiteUrlAfterPublish>False</LaunchASiteUrlAfterPublish>
    <SiteUrlToLaunchAfterPublish />
    <MSDeployServiceURL />
    <DeployIisAppPath />
    <RemoteSitePhysicalPath />
    <AllowUntrustedCertificate>False</AllowUntrustedCertificate>
    <SkipExtraFilesOnServer>True</SkipExtraFilesOnServer>
    <DeployAsIisApp>True</DeployAsIisApp>
    <MSDeployPublishMethod>WMSVC</MSDeployPublishMethod>
    <UserName />
    <SavePWD>True</SavePWD>
    <PublishDatabaseSettings>
      <!— this section omitted to keep the example short -->
    </PublishDatabaseSettings>
  </PropertyGroup>
</Project>

You could derive the following list:

• WebPublishMethod
• LaunchASiteUrlAfterPublish
• SiteUrlToLaunchAfterPublish
• MSDeployServiceURL
• DeployIisAppPath
• RemoteSitePhysicalPath
• AllowUntrustedCertificate
• SkipExtraFilesOnServer
• DeployAsIisApp
• MSDeployPublishMethod
• UserName
• SavePWD
• PublishDatabaseSettings