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

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

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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