assistance with getting web deploy from visual studio set up

Question

I am working on getting web deploy set up on IIS 7.5. I have followed the steps exactly in this article:

http://www.iis.net/learn/publish/using-web-deploy/configure-the-web-deployment-handler

I have tested importing and exporting applications on the server and all work perfectly. Now I would like to set up remote access to ms deploy so I can install web applications by publishing in visual studio 2012 with publish profiles.

Here is where I am confused, what is the url I include in this for the service url (ie. msdeploy.axd)? Where I can find it on the servers iis (server is located on different machine than visual studio)? I have read about access is over port 8172, how can I check that this is open for communication?

Thanks for any help

Answer 1

First up, the installation instructions you want are Installing and Configuring Web Deploy in the "Install" section of the site. The instructions you linked are from 2008.

Once you've installed MSDeploy v3 as per the newer instructions, the MSDeployServiceURL value will be https://webserver:8172/msdeploy.axd. You'll also probably need to set <AllowUntrustedCertificate>true</AllowUntrustedCertificate> if you don't have a cert on the server.

The user in question will need to be an administrator unless you have setup non-administrator deployments (instructions in the same link).