What do I need to setup a Jenkins build server that can build ASP.NET projects without Visual Studio?

Question

I\'m trying to setup a build server using Jenkins (on Windows Server 2012) that will be responsible for building (with config transform) and packaging (zip file) ASP.NET MVC/Web

Answer 1

I needed to copy the files in C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v11.0\Web from my dev box to the same location on the build server, then the properties worked fine.

In addition to the steps I outlined above, below are the extra steps I had to do to get this working:

1. Changed Jenkins Windows service to logon as Administrator
2. Copy the files in C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v11.0\Web from my dev machine to the same location on the build server
3. Enabled NuGet package restore by running [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("EnableNuGetPackageRestore", "true.", "Machine") in Powershell