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Web Deploy to IIS fails. Why?

I am trying to deploy a .net core c# app to an IIS running on Windows Server 2016. I created a publish profile. I click on Validate Connection button and get the following error, that I need to install Web Deploy and that Web Management Service should be started:

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I did install Web Deploy 3.6 and the Web Management Service is definitely running.

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Here is my profile. The Site Name is AppPool\WebSiteName. User name is the same as I logged in on the server with.

What am I missing?

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Solution

  • Figured out the problem. The Server entry needs to have the protocol. So http://winserver instead of just the name of the box.