Deploying webservice

[Peter Schmitz]

Hi,

I just created my first .net web service and now I want to create an
installation program for it. That's why I added a WebSetup project to my
current solution and added the primary output of my web service project to it.
But when I run this setup on a different computer (with IIS of course) the
whole thing does not seem to work properly: Only the main Dll of my service
is copied - and AFAIK this isn't sufficient. So:

- What files exactly are needed to run my webservice? And what are the
correct locations for them?

- Isn't there any possibility to automatically generate a matching setup for
a .net webservice?

Thanks a lot
Peter

[Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]]

Re: Deploying webservice

Hi Peter,

To deploy a simple Web service, you probably only need to copy the
web.config, *.asmx, and .DLL files. You need to put the DLLs into the \bin
directory, the rest in the root of the virtual directory.

I found this to be a good product for IIS installs

http://www.zerog.com/products_ianet.shtml

"Peter Schmitz" <PeterSchmitz@d iscussions.micr osoft.com> wrote in message
news:C199AAE0-2E38-44E4-A2D0-9F7AD327AF02@mi crosoft.com...[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> I just created my first .net web service and now I want to create an
> installation program for it. That's why I added a WebSetup project to my
> current solution and added the primary output of my web service project to
> it.
> But when I run this setup on a different computer (with IIS of course) the
> whole thing does not seem to work properly: Only the main Dll of my
> service
> is copied - and AFAIK this isn't sufficient. So:
>
> - What files exactly are needed to run my webservice? And what are the
> correct locations for them?
>
> - Isn't there any possibility to automatically generate a matching setup
> for
> a .net webservice?
>
> Thanks a lot
> Peter
>[/color]

[Peter Schmitz]

Re: Deploying webservice

Thanks for replying!

I did just what you said and then created a new virtual directory that
points directly at the directory that contains all necessary files. But when
I enter "http://localhost/MyFirst/MyFirst.asmx" into the browsers address box
on the local computer, I receive a HTTP 404 error.....

Thanks
Peter





"Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]" wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hi Peter,
>
> To deploy a simple Web service, you probably only need to copy the
> web.config, *.asmx, and .DLL files. You need to put the DLLs into the \bin
> directory, the rest in the root of the virtual directory.
>
> I found this to be a good product for IIS installs
>
> http://www.zerog.com/products_ianet.shtml
>
> "Peter Schmitz" <PeterSchmitz@d iscussions.micr osoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C199AAE0-2E38-44E4-A2D0-9F7AD327AF02@mi crosoft.com...[color=green]
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just created my first .net web service and now I want to create an
> > installation program for it. That's why I added a WebSetup project to my
> > current solution and added the primary output of my web service project to
> > it.
> > But when I run this setup on a different computer (with IIS of course) the
> > whole thing does not seem to work properly: Only the main Dll of my
> > service
> > is copied - and AFAIK this isn't sufficient. So:
> >
> > - What files exactly are needed to run my webservice? And what are the
> > correct locations for them?
> >
> > - Isn't there any possibility to automatically generate a matching setup
> > for
> > a .net webservice?
> >
> > Thanks a lot
> > Peter
> >[/color]
>
>[/color]