IIS web deploy - create virtual directories?

Question

When developing a site on VS2010/IIS 7.5, I\'m using Web Deploy to publish the site from my machine to the dev site server.

The site has about 40 virtual directorie

Answer 1

If you're using MSBuild for your web deploy you can write a CustomBuildTask in .net that you can use to create your virtual directory.

There are a lot of resources on how to create and consume a custom build task, but here is the code I use to create a virtual directory using a custom build task:

public void CreateVirtualDirectory()
{

    DirectoryEntry oDE = new DirectoryEntry("IIS://" +
            this._strServerName + "/W3SVC/" + _webSiteID + "/Root");


    //Get Default Web Site
    DirectoryEntries oDC = oDE.Children;

    //Add row to schema
    DirectoryEntry oVirDir = oDC.Add(this._strVDirName,
                oDE.SchemaClassName.ToString());

    //Commit changes for Schema class File
    oVirDir.CommitChanges();


    //Set virtual directory to physical path
    oVirDir.Properties["Path"].Value = this._strPhysicalPath;

    //Set read access
    oVirDir.Properties["AccessRead"][0] = true;

    //Set the default docs
    oVirDir.Properties["EnableDefaultDoc"][0] = true;
    oVirDir.Properties["DefaultDoc"][0] = "default.aspx";

    //set the name
    oVirDir.Properties["AppFriendlyName"][0] = this._strVDirName;

    //do it
    oVirDir.Invoke("AppCreate", true);


    //set the application pool
    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(_strApplicationPool))
    {
        object[] param = { 0, _strApplicationPool, true };
        oVirDir.Invoke("AppCreate3", param);
        oVirDir.Properties["AppIsolated"][0] = "2";
    }

    //Save all the changes
    oVirDir.CommitChanges();
}

Answer 2

I've not done any custom programming against WebDeploy, but I've seen reference that there is an API for it. I can't seem to find official documentation on it, but perhaps this blog+sample app could provide a start: Web Deploy API Web Application