IT:AD:MSDeploy:HowTo:Backup a Remote Website

If on the same machine, we sync the local app to a local folder as follows:

    # create a folder copy    
    msdeploy -verb:sync -source:apphostconfig="Default Web Site\Test" -dest:archiveDir="c:\bck\"
    

Notice that the above just creates a directory.

To create a package:

    # or create a zip:
    msdeploy -verb:sync -source:apphostconfig="Default Web Site\Test" -dest:package="c:\bck2\bck.zip"

If we are remoting, we have to add computer, etc. information, to backup the remote server to a local zip:

    msdeploy -verb:sync -source:apphostconfig="Bwainz.com",computername=192.168.0.2,userName=Administrator,password=Passw0rd1 -dest:archiveDir="c:\bck\"

or

    msdeploy -verb:sync -source:apphostconfig="Bwainz.com",computername=192.168.0.2,userName=Administrator,password=Passw0rd1 -dest:package="c:\bck2\bck.zip"

The result – whether in a directory or zip will be:

• Contents folder (that contains the application files)
• Archive.xml
  • all of the configuration and registry information related to the Web site
  • No ACL?
• SystemInfo.xml
  • IIS-related system information that includes operating system version, Windows directory location, computer name, free drive space, IIS version, and a list of installed IIS

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<MSDeploy.appHostConfig MSDeploy.ObjectResolver.dirPath="Microsoft.Web.Deployment.DirPathObjectResolver">
  <appHostConfig path="Default Web Site/Test" MSDeploy.path="2" MSDeploy.MSDeployLinkName="Child1" MSDeploy.MSDeployKeyAttributeName="path" MSDeploy.MSDeployProviderOptions="H4sIAAAAAAAEAE2QT0sDMRDFd7UbKOqhh97zAZbYurZ62VN7EKR/wKIHT9nurAbTJCSTln56ncCizuHNY4bh95gsz7Lsmyr1VNcXJO8rtfc22A7FCRrRgtP2fACDJX8FH5Q19YOYiomYlHwRNUYPtYGIXuqSb2Oj1f4Zzjv7Baaupk1XPc7msq3m91DNikS6+wO8EWD5C/hnt94eVQt+45CAYZDCuX62lgcYOImfhSEX2FHqCCHPGUvx2SXJjXTuyQZcWNOpD5bOx0voJMXlxOQvCuF2BwGHBa2GjGRU9E8Ysd5c/QBO9a9wIAEAAA==">
    <application path="/Test" MSDeploy.path="2" applicationPool="DefaultAppPool" MSDeploy.applicationPool="1" enabledProtocols="http" MSDeploy.enabledProtocols="1" serviceAutoStartEnabled="false" MSDeploy.serviceAutoStartEnabled="1" serviceAutoStartProvider="" MSDeploy.serviceAutoStartProvider="1" MSDeploy.MSDeployLinkName="PathElement" MSDeploy.MSDeployKeyAttributeName="path">
      <virtualDirectoryDefaults path="" MSDeploy.path="1" physicalPath="" MSDeploy.physicalPath="9" userName="" MSDeploy.userName="1" password="" MSDeploy.password="1" logonMethod="ClearText" MSDeploy.logonMethod="1" allowSubDirConfig="true" MSDeploy.allowSubDirConfig="1" MSDeploy.MSDeployLinkName="virtualDirectoryDefaults" />
      <virtualDirectory path="/" MSDeploy.path="2" physicalPath="%SystemDrive%\inetpub\wwwroot\Test" MSDeploy.physicalPath="8" userName="" MSDeploy.userName="1" password="" MSDeploy.password="1" logonMethod="ClearText" MSDeploy.logonMethod="1" allowSubDirConfig="true" MSDeploy.allowSubDirConfig="1" MSDeploy.MSDeployKeyAttributeName="path">
        <MSDeploy.dirPath path="C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Test" MSDeploy.MSDeployLinkName="Microsoft.Web.Deployment.ContentExtension" />
      </virtualDirectory>
    </application>
  </appHostConfig>
</MSDeploy.appHostConfig>

<systemInfo osVersion="6.1" winDir="C:\Windows" machineName="SKYSW7LT" processorArchitecture="x64" msdeployVersion="1.0" buildVersion="7.1.1631.0">
  <iisSystemInfo iisMajorVersion="7" iisMinorVersion="5">
    <aspNetVersionInfo>
      <aspNetVersion version="2.0.50727.0" />
      <aspNetVersion version="4.0.30319.0" />
    </aspNetVersionInfo>
    <installedComponentInfo>
      <installedComponent name="ASP" installed="False" />
      <installedComponent name="ASPNET" installed="True" />
      <installedComponent name="Authorization" installed="False" />
      <installedComponent name="BasicAuthentication" installed="True" />
      <installedComponent name="CGI" installed="False" />
      <installedComponent name="ClientCertificateMappingAuthentication" installed="False" />
      <installedComponent name="CustomLogging" installed="False" />
      <installedComponent name="DefaultDocument" installed="True" />
      <installedComponent name="DigestAuthentication" installed="False" />
      <installedComponent name="DirectoryBrowse" installed="True" />
      <installedComponent name="FTPServer" installed="False" />
      <installedComponent name="HttpCompressionDynamic" installed="True" />
      <installedComponent name="HttpCompressionStatic" installed="True" />
      <installedComponent name="IPSecurity" installed="False" />
      <installedComponent name="IISCertificateMappingAuthentication" installed="False" />
      <installedComponent name="HttpTracing" installed="True" />
      <installedComponent name="HttpRedirect" installed="True" />
      <installedComponent name="HttpLogging" installed="True" />
      <installedComponent name="HttpErrors" installed="True" />
      <installedComponent name="ISAPIExtensions" installed="True" />
      <installedComponent name="ISAPIFilter" installed="True" />
      <installedComponent name="LoggingLibraries" installed="True" />
      <installedComponent name="Metabase" installed="True" />
      <installedComponent name="NetFxEnvironment" installed="True" />
      <installedComponent name="NetFxExtensibility" installed="True" />
      <installedComponent name="ODBCLogging" installed="False" />
      <installedComponent name="ProcessModel" installed="True" />
      <installedComponent name="RequestFiltering" installed="True" />
      <installedComponent name="RequestMonitor" installed="True" />
      <installedComponent name="ServerSideInclude" installed="False" />
      <installedComponent name="StaticContent" installed="True" />
      <installedComponent name="W3SVC" installed="True" />
      <installedComponent name="WindowsAuthentication" installed="True" />
      <installedComponent name="CertProvider" installed="False" />
      <installedComponent name="AppWarmUpBeta" installed="False" />
      <installedComponent name="dynamicIPRestrictionsBeta" installed="False" />
    </installedComponentInfo>
  </iisSystemInfo>
</systemInfo>

Note: The zip and folder both differ from a package generated by Visual Studio in that

• the Visual Studio package will contain a parameters.xml (as Visual Studio can see it as part of the project, whereas IIS doesn't have it there to include).
• Outside the zip, Visual Studio will also create:
  • A readme on how to use the *.cmd file
  • The *.cmd file
  • A {ProjectName}.SetParameters.xml
  • A {ProjectName}.SourceManifest.xml containing something like:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<sitemanifest>
  <IisApp path="Z:\Dropbox\Code\Spikes\XAct.Spikes.WebDeploy05\XAct.Spikes.WebDeploy05\obj\Release\Package\PackageTmp" managedRuntimeVersion="v4.0" />
  <setAcl path="Z:\Dropbox\Code\Spikes\XAct.Spikes.WebDeploy05\XAct.Spikes.WebDeploy05\obj\Release\Package\PackageTmp" setAclResourceType="Directory" />
  <setAcl path="Z:\Dropbox\Code\Spikes\XAct.Spikes.WebDeploy05\XAct.Spikes.WebDeploy05\obj\Release\Package\PackageTmp" setAclUser="anonymousAuthenticationUser" setAclResourceType="Directory" />
</sitemanifest>

Important: Note that the above is only backing up the WebSite...not the database.