How Do I Make My Asp.Net Project Live

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I have completed my asp.net web application project, now how do i make it live?

I have my company servers where I can upload all the files through ftp file transfer.

but doing so will be suffice?

Do i have to change the connection string anywhere or how to upload the database?

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<add name="InventoryDatabaseConnectionString" connectionString="Data Source=.\INSTANCE;Initial Catalog=InventoryDatabase;Integrated Security=True" />

this is the connection string written in web.config now in my system

How do i do the entire process?

Can anyone please help me?

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Sudeshna

Posted 9-Feb-15 22:34pm

sudeshna from bangkok

Updated 10-Feb-15 16:14pm

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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter 10-Feb-15 4:53am

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sudeshna from bangkok 10-Feb-15 4:55am

i searched. i am getting half information. can you please just tell the procedure? It will be a great help to me

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VPSingh malhi · Answer 1 · 2015-02-11T22:44:00

Most of of the cases I have observed that the backup of database from express versions do not work on servers because Microsoft has provided express versions of SQL servers for learners. These versions work very well on local machines their database will have different for example (.sdf) is an extension for MS SQL express version and (.mdf) is for professional MS SQL version. First of all please pay attention for this issue. Instead this thing I will suggest you to just develop new database and table straight on SQL server. Then get the connection string as per the online server you have used. Now replace the connection string.

Now this is the time to compile and publish the solution. There different ways to publish an ASP.net solution. The easiest way is:

Go to build menu and click on "Publish website". It will give you a dialog box "Publish Web"
Options displayed on this dialog box may differ as per the version of visual studio you are using. Some of the Trial Visual studio versions do not have even "Build" menu. In the latest profession versions like "Visual studio 2012 / 2013 pro." will ask you to create profile. On the " Profile" tab, add new profile by choosing "Custom" and click "OK".
It will take you for different methods of "Publish". It is you own choice as per your circumstances if you have "ftp" link and password for your webserver then you can choose ftp. The easier methods for beginners are :
Web deploy package and File System.
Now choose "File System" and browse to the folder where you want to save your compiled website.
It is the time to click on "Publish" button.

Now you can copy and paste these files any of the windows online server using any ftp client. Most of the developers are using "FileZilla" https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client[^]

Mukesh_Chauhan · Answer 2 · 2015-02-11T19:49:00

Solution 2

You need to install the database (MS SQL or MySQL) on the server and create the database 'InventoryDatabase' on the server and then use following connection string in the web.config

<add name="InventoryDatabaseConnectionString" connectionstring="Data Source=Name\INSTANCE;Initial Catalog=InventoryDatabase;Integrated Security=True" />

after that configure the webserver (IIS or Apache) for the website using the path where you copied the file on the server.

Posted 11-Feb-15 19:49pm

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Updated 11-Feb-15 19:50pm

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sudeshna from bangkok 12-Feb-15 2:25am

I have to install full sql server 2008 r2 in server?

sudeshna from bangkok 12-Feb-15 2:28am

i have already inserted 500 records in my local db located in my system. how do i upload that db with records to server?

Mukesh_Chauhan 12-Feb-15 2:34am

Yes, you need to install the full sql server and you can make a script to export those records and then import to the server database

Mukesh_Chauhan 12-Feb-15 2:38am

You can also use"Import and Export Feature" of SQL Server Management Studio to import and export of data

sudeshna from bangkok 12-Feb-15 2:44am

Ok. Then 1st i have to install sql server, then using the import and export feature i will import the data to server? Right? Then i will publish my project and the folder which will be created after publish, i will upload all the files to server.Right? Then i can give the same connection string which i have in my web.config. Correct?

sudeshna from bangkok 12-Feb-15 2:45am

after that configure the webserver (IIS or Apache) for the website using the path where you copied the file on the server.

But I did not understand this statement. I dont have IIS or Apache. I have FTP file transfer server.

Mukesh_Chauhan 12-Feb-15 5:37am

To make website live, you need to use webserver (IIS or apache), webserver is the place to host the website. ftp file server cannot be used to make website live. to make webste live you need to use web server. IIS is mostly used to host for asp.net based websites

sudeshna from bangkok 12-Feb-15 5:56am

how to get the IIS? can it be downloaded from internet?

Mukesh_Chauhan 12-Feb-15 6:02am

IIS is already included in the windows, you just need to add it from add and remove component in the windows program and features.

Control Panel\Programs\Programs and Features\Turn Windows feature on or off

Tushar sangani · Answer 3 · 2015-02-10T01:58:00

Solution 1

Backup The Database of the Current system And Restore On The Server Database And Change The Connection String.set the connection string Of the Server.

C#

<add name="InventoryDatabaseConnectionString" connectionString="Data Source=serverip or Name\INSTANCE;Initial Catalog=InventoryDatabase;Integrated Security=True" />

Posted 10-Feb-15 1:58am

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Updated 11-Feb-15 19:24pm

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sudeshna from bangkok 10-Feb-15 22:10pm

i dont have any data in the database. I had all the dummy data in my local database.So when i will make it live, i will remove all the data.

And what connection string will i set on the server.

Presently in my local DB.
<add name="InventoryDatabaseConnectionString" connectionstring="Data Source=.\INSTANCE;Initial Catalog=InventoryDatabase;Integrated Security=True">

this is the connection string written.

So next what do I do?

sudeshna from bangkok 10-Feb-15 23:28pm

Can anyone please help me? I need to make my project live

Tushar sangani 12-Feb-15 1:20am

add name="InventoryDatabaseConnectionString" connectionString="Data Source=ServereIP Or Name;Initial Catalog=InventoryDatabase;Integrated Security=True" />

sudeshna from bangkok 12-Feb-15 2:24am

I have inserted 500 records in my local db which is there in my system. now next what do i do? to upload my db in server?

VPSingh malhi 12-Feb-15 6:26am

Which dbserver you are using please tell about its version as well. Then someone will be able to suggest you how you can manage it?

sudeshna from bangkok 13-Feb-15 3:31am

Hi I dont have a windows server. So i am hosting my local machine as server. I have published my project and inside iis i have given the path of the published folder and created a host name as local.jewelry.com.
I have gone to
hosts under drivers and have added the ip address of my computer and host name.
The only error coming at runtime is about the path in web.config.

What path do i give at web.config?

Tushar sangani 16-Feb-15 6:21am

if the same pc sql server install then give same path

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