Clean Windows Azure Website

Question

My ASP.NET MVC project pushed to a Azure website with an extra DLL which is invalid. This is keeping the project from running correctly. If a new website is created it works

Answer 1

1. Download the profile from Azure portal
   
   
2. Import publish profile in VS
   
   
3. Stop the web app in Azure portal Stopping the web app ensures existing files including dlls and other resources will be deleted after publish succeeds.
   This step might not be necessary, however, the existing web app could have some dlls that cannot be removed during publish directly, returning error messages like:

Web deployment task failed. (Unable to perform the operation ("Delete File") for the specified directory ...

4. Publish with “Remove additional files at destination” checked

5. Start the web app again after publish succeeds.

Answer 2

for linux servers you dont get, CMD, then all you have to do its, Delete the deployment, then create deployment credentials for FTP and there you go with FTP client clean the wwwroot folder by your self.

Answer 3

You can also delete files via Webmatrix (link in footer menu in Azure configuration portal)

Answer 4

You can also use console to delete any file. Kudu is a web tool that allow you to see inside of Azure web application.

Two ways to access Kudu

1. go here: https://yoursite.scm.azurewebsites.net/DebugConsole/?shell=powershell (replace with your real website name)
2. login to portal > app services > your site > Development tools > Advanced tools.

Answer 5

Another trick to delete an entire Azure website deployment which can be done entirely in the Azure portal is:

1) Create a new empty deployment slot under the Azure website. 2) Swap it with the parent Azure website.

That will give you an empty Azure website. If you want you can delete the deployment slot afterwards.

Answer 6

When you right click and click Publish Web on the left hand side there should be a settings tab. Click this. Then expand the option under File Publish Options and check the Box for Remove addtional files at destination. (This will wipe out whats already there)

Also can be detailed here: MSDN