gitHub action workflow to deploy .net application

Question

Here is the CICD pipeline and the IIS server is not getting start and stop. Can someone help me with this ?

name: Publish and Deploy to IIS

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - master

jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: self-hosted

steps:

- name: Checkout Repository
      uses: actions/checkout@v2
      
    - name: Setup .NET
      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v1
      with:
        dotnet-version: '7.0.*'
      
    - name: Setup Node.js environment
      uses: actions/setup-node@v4.0.2
      with:
        node-version: '20.0.*'

- name: Setup NuGet
      uses: NuGet/setup-nuget@v1.0.5

- name: Set up dependency caching for faster builds
      uses: actions/cache@v3
      with:
        path: ~/.nuget/packages
        key: ${{ runner.os }}-nuget-${{ hashFiles('**/packages.lock.json') }}
        restore-keys: |
            ${{ runner.os }}-nuget.

- name: Restore NuGet packages
      run: 
        |
          dotnet nuget locals all --clear
          nuget restore

- name: Build with dotnet
      run: dotnet build --configuration Release

- name: Stop IIS
      run: |
        Start-Process -FilePath "iisreset" -ArgumentList "/stop" -Verb RunAs
      shell: powershell

- name: dotnet publish
      run: dotnet publish -c Release -o C:\inetpub\atarifujiq\publish

- name: Start IIS
      run: |
        Start-Process -FilePath "iisreset" -ArgumentList "/start" -Verb RunAs
      shell: powershell

Abhinav Chauhan · Answer

Hello Viikas,

In the PowerShell script sections, such as starting and stopping IIS, it's good to check and set the execution policy if needed

```
- name: Stop IIS
  run: |
    Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process -ExecutionPolicy Bypass
    Start-Process -FilePath "iisreset" -ArgumentList "/stop" -Verb RunAs
```

Let me know if this solves your issue.

Thanks

vikash · Answer

Hello Abhinav,

Thanks for the response.
but still I'm facing the issue pwsh command is getting executed but IIS server is not getting stop/start.

gitHub Action response :
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Run Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process -ExecutionPolicy Bypass
Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process -ExecutionPolicy Bypass
Start-Process -FilePath "iisreset" -ArgumentList "/stop" -Verb RunAs
shell: C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.EXE -command ". '{0}'"
env:
DOTNET_ROOT: C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Local\Microsoft\dotnet
NUGET: C:\actions-runner_work_tool
uget.exe\6.9.1\x64/nuget.exe

Error :
-----------
C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Local\Microsoft\dotnet\sdk\7.0.406\Sdks\Microsoft.NET.Sdk	argets\Microsoft.NET.Publish.targets(267,5): error MSB3021: Unable to copy file "obj\Release
et7.0\Fujiq.Api.dll" to "C:\inetpub\atarifujiq\publish\Fujiq.Api.dll". The process cannot access the file 'C:\inetpub\atarifujiq\publish\Fujiq.Api.dll' because it is being used by another process. [C:\actions-runner_work\AtariFusionRepo\AtariFusionRepo\AtariScraper\Fujiq.Api.csproj]
Error: Process completed with exit code 1.

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