I want to publish WCF Service Application created in Visual Studio 2010 on IIS Express.
So I'm using Project -> Publish -> Web Deploy:
Service URL: http://localhost
Site/application: wcf
But ran into some miss-understanding:
- Web Deployment requires a virtual directory, it doesn't want to publish in the site root
- IIS Express doesn't support virtual directories
How can I accomplish the task?
You can add a virtual directory via a command line using appcmd:
appcmd add vdir /app.name:<site_name>/ /path:/<virtual_directory> /physicalPath:<physical_location>
See here
You should be able to specify the destination of your web site/application in site properties -> Package/Publish Web.
In the field "IIS Web Site/application name to use on the destination server" put the site name. There, by default, the application is specified as a virtual directory but it does not have to be. You can just put the name of your site there, without the "/" and then it will deploy to the root of the site, not a virtual (sub-)directory. See screenshot:
IIS Express does support virtual directories. Using appcmd command provided by 'Eugene' should work.
Fist of all, you need to specify the correct Service URL, i.e. http://server/MsDeployAgentService