Building an asp.net application does not yield output

Question

I tried to follow this tutorial.

My plan was

1. checking out the local git repo
2. compile and deploy that to my local IIS (under C:/inetpub/wwwroot/)
3. call that "integration testing".

I created the following deployment plan: with MY-PC being my local machine.

However, I am missing something. The Build step does not produce output. In Visual Studio, building does not do it either, i still have to publish it. (Right?)

I am new to buildmaster as well as deploying asp.net applications (I want to do it right the first time...) which leves me wondering what I forgot. The Buildmaster log is as follows:

Source and target directory are the same; splitting...
AgentBasedAction initialization complete:
  Temp Directory: C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\TMP
  Source Directory: C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\SRC
  Target Directory: C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK
  Server: MY-PC (Id: 1)
Initializing action...
Initialization complete. Executing...
Executing Get Latest...
Clearing target directory "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK" before getting latest source...
Getting latest source code from path "C:\Repositories\SecretProject|master:"...
Get latest from source control complete.
Execution complete. Finalizing...
Target directory used. Abandoning source.
Finalization complete.
AgentBasedAction initialization complete:
  Temp Directory: C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\TMP
  Source Directory: C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK
  Target Directory: C:\inetpub\wwwroot\secret-project
  Server: MY-PC (Id: 1)
Initializing action...
Initialization complete. Executing...
Arguments: "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe" "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\Secret_Project.sln" /t:Rebuild /p:Configuration=Debug;DeployOnBuild=True;BaseIntermediateOutputPath=C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\TMP\ 
Working Directory: C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK
Executing C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\ExtTemp\WindowsSdk\BmBuildLogger.exe
Starting process: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\Secret_Project.sln" "/t:Rebuild" "/p:Configuration=Debug;DeployOnBuild=True;BaseIntermediateOutputPath=C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\TMP\\" "/logger:C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\ExtTemp\WindowsSdk\BmBuildLogger.exe;05636b406dfa4d97a32995e3c69b9d14"
Building Projekt "Secret_Project.sln", Rebuild Ziel(e):
Message: Die Projektmappenkonfiguration "Debug|Any CPU" wird erstellt.
Building Projekt "Secret_Project.csproj", Rebuild Ziel(e):
MakeDir: Das Verzeichnis "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\TMP\Debug\" wird erstellt.
MakeDir: Das Verzeichnis "bin\" wird erstellt.
MSBuild: Das Ziel "GenerateTargetFrameworkMonikerAttribute" wird bersprungen, da alle Ausgabedateien hinsichtlich der Eingabedateien aktuell sind.
Csc: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\Csc.exe /noconfig /nowarn:1701,1702 /nostdlib+ /errorreport:prompt /warn:4 /define:DEBUG;TRACE /highentropyva+ /reference:C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\Antlr.3.5.0.2\lib\Antlr3.Runtime.dll /reference:C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\EntityFramework.6.1.0\lib\net45\EntityFramework.dll /reference:C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\EntityFramework.6.1.0\lib\net45\EntityFramework.SqlServer.dll /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5.1\Microsoft.CSharp.dll" /reference:C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure.1.0.0.0\lib\net40\Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure.dll /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5.1\mscorlib.dll" /reference:C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.6.0.3\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5.1\System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5.1\System.Configuration.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5.1\System.Core.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5.1\System.Data.DataSetExtensions.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5.1\System.Data.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5.1\System.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5.1\System.Drawing.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5.1\System.EnterpriseServices.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5.1\System.Net.Http.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5.1\System.Net.Http.WebRequest.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5.1\System.Web.Abstractions.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5.1\System.Web.ApplicationServices.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5.1\System.Web.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5.1\System.Web.DynamicData.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5.1\System.Web.Entity.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5.1\System.Web.Extensions.dll" /reference:C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.WebPages.3.1.2\lib\net45\System.Web.Helpers.dll /reference:C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.5.1.2\lib\net45\System.Web.Mvc.dll /reference:C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.Web.Optimization.1.1.3\lib\net40\System.Web.Optimization.dll /reference:C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.3.1.2\lib\net45\System.Web.Razor.dll /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5.1\System.Web.Routing.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5.1\System.Web.Services.dll" /reference:C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.WebPages.3.1.2\lib\net45\System.Web.WebPages.Deployment.dll /reference:C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.WebPages.3.1.2\lib\net45\System.Web.WebPages.dll /reference:C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.WebPages.3.1.2\lib\net45\System.Web.WebPages.Razor.dll /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5.1\System.Xml.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5.1\System.Xml.Linq.dll" /reference:C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\WebGrease.1.6.0\lib\WebGrease.dll /debug+ /debug:full /optimize- /out:C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\TMP\Debug\Secret_Project.dll /subsystemversion:6.00 /target:library /utf8output App_Start\BundleConfig.cs App_Start\FilterConfig.cs App_Start\RouteConfig.cs Controllers\HomeController.cs Global.asax.cs Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs "C:\Windows\TEMP\.NETFramework,Version=v4.5.1.AssemblyAttributes.cs"
Copy: Die Datei wird von "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\Antlr.3.5.0.2\lib\Antlr3.Runtime.dll" in "bin\Antlr3.Runtime.dll" kopiert.
Copy: Die Datei wird von "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\EntityFramework.6.1.0\lib\net45\EntityFramework.dll" in "bin\EntityFramework.dll" kopiert.
Copy: Die Datei wird von "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\EntityFramework.6.1.0\lib\net45\EntityFramework.SqlServer.dll" in "bin\EntityFramework.SqlServer.dll" kopiert.
Copy: Die Datei wird von "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure.1.0.0.0\lib\net40\Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure.dll" in "bin\Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure.dll" kopiert.
Copy: Die Datei wird von "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.6.0.3\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll" in "bin\Newtonsoft.Json.dll" kopiert.
Copy: Die Datei wird von "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.WebPages.3.1.2\lib\net45\System.Web.Helpers.dll" in "bin\System.Web.Helpers.dll" kopiert.
Copy: Die Datei wird von "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.5.1.2\lib\net45\System.Web.Mvc.dll" in "bin\System.Web.Mvc.dll" kopiert.
Copy: Die Datei wird von "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.Web.Optimization.1.1.3\lib\net40\System.Web.Optimization.dll" in "bin\System.Web.Optimization.dll" kopiert.
Copy: Die Datei wird von "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.3.1.2\lib\net45\System.Web.Razor.dll" in "bin\System.Web.Razor.dll" kopiert.
Copy: Die Datei wird von "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.WebPages.3.1.2\lib\net45\System.Web.WebPages.Deployment.dll" in "bin\System.Web.WebPages.Deployment.dll" kopiert.
Copy: Die Datei wird von "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.WebPages.3.1.2\lib\net45\System.Web.WebPages.dll" in "bin\System.Web.WebPages.dll" kopiert.
Copy: Die Datei wird von "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.WebPages.3.1.2\lib\net45\System.Web.WebPages.Razor.dll" in "bin\System.Web.WebPages.Razor.dll" kopiert.
Copy: Die Datei wird von "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\WebGrease.1.6.0\lib\WebGrease.dll" in "bin\WebGrease.dll" kopiert.
Copy: Die Datei wird von "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\EntityFramework.6.1.0\lib\net45\EntityFramework.xml" in "bin\EntityFramework.xml" kopiert.
Copy: Die Datei wird von "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\EntityFramework.6.1.0\lib\net45\EntityFramework.SqlServer.xml" in "bin\EntityFramework.SqlServer.xml" kopiert.
Copy: Die Datei wird von "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.6.0.3\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.xml" in "bin\Newtonsoft.Json.xml" kopiert.
Copy: Die Datei wird von "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.WebPages.3.1.2\lib\net45\System.Web.Helpers.xml" in "bin\System.Web.Helpers.xml" kopiert.
Copy: Die Datei wird von "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.5.1.2\lib\net45\System.Web.Mvc.xml" in "bin\System.Web.Mvc.xml" kopiert.
Copy: Die Datei wird von "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.Web.Optimization.1.1.3\lib\net40\System.Web.Optimization.xml" in "bin\System.Web.Optimization.xml" kopiert.
Copy: Die Datei wird von "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.3.1.2\lib\net45\System.Web.Razor.xml" in "bin\System.Web.Razor.xml" kopiert.
Copy: Die Datei wird von "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.WebPages.3.1.2\lib\net45\System.Web.WebPages.xml" in "bin\System.Web.WebPages.xml" kopiert.
Copy: Die Datei wird von "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.WebPages.3.1.2\lib\net45\System.Web.WebPages.Deployment.xml" in "bin\System.Web.WebPages.Deployment.xml" kopiert.
Copy: Die Datei wird von "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.WebPages.3.1.2\lib\net45\System.Web.WebPages.Razor.xml" in "bin\System.Web.WebPages.Razor.xml" kopiert.
Copy: Das Verzeichnis "bin\de" wird erstellt.
Copy: Die Datei wird von "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.WebPages.3.1.2\lib\net45\de\System.Web.Helpers.resources.dll" in "bin\de\System.Web.Helpers.resources.dll" kopiert.
Copy: Die Datei wird von "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.5.1.2\lib\net45\de\System.Web.Mvc.resources.dll" in "bin\de\System.Web.Mvc.resources.dll" kopiert.
Copy: Die Datei wird von "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.Web.Optimization.1.1.3\lib\net40\de\System.Web.Optimization.resources.dll" in "bin\de\System.Web.Optimization.resources.dll" kopiert.
Copy: Die Datei wird von "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.3.1.2\lib\net45\de\System.Web.Razor.resources.dll" in "bin\de\System.Web.Razor.resources.dll" kopiert.
Copy: Die Datei wird von "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.WebPages.3.1.2\lib\net45\de\System.Web.WebPages.resources.dll" in "bin\de\System.Web.WebPages.resources.dll" kopiert.
Copy: Die Datei wird von "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.WebPages.3.1.2\lib\net45\de\System.Web.WebPages.Deployment.resources.dll" in "bin\de\System.Web.WebPages.Deployment.resources.dll" kopiert.
Copy: Die Datei wird von "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.WebPages.3.1.2\lib\net45\de\System.Web.WebPages.Razor.resources.dll" in "bin\de\System.Web.WebPages.Razor.resources.dll" kopiert.
Copy: Die Datei wird von "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\TMP\Debug\Secret_Project.dll" in "bin\Secret_Project.dll" kopiert.
Message: Secret_Project -> C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\WRK\Secret_Project\bin\Secret_Project.dll
Copy: Die Datei wird von "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\TMP\Debug\Secret_Project.pdb" in "bin\Secret_Project.pdb" kopiert.
Erstellen des Projekts Secret_Project.csproj beendet.
Erstellen des Projekts Secret_Project.sln beendet.
An unhandled exception occurred while executing this action: System.InvalidOperationException: There are no files in the expected output directory: C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A4\_S4\TMP\Debug\Package\PackageTmp
   bei Inedo.BuildMaster.Extensibility.Actions.RemoteCommandExecution.RemoteCommandExecuter.ExecuteCommand(RemoteActionBase remoteAction, String commandName, String[] commandArgs)
   bei Inedo.BuildMaster.Extensibility.Agents.Local.LocalAgent.Inedo.BuildMaster.Extensibility.Agents.IRemoteCommandExecuter.ExecuteCommand(RemoteActionBase action, String commandName, String[] commandArgs)
   bei Inedo.BuildMaster.Extensibility.Actions.RemoteActionBase.ExecuteRemoteCommand(String name, String[] args)
   bei Inedo.BuildMaster.Extensibility.Actions.ActionBase.ExecuteInternal(IActionExecutionContext context, ExtensionConfigurerBase extensionConfigurer, Boolean resumeNextOnError, Boolean logErrorsAsWarnings)

With "Erstellen des Projekts Secret_Project.sln beendet." the solution is completely build. Buildmaster appears to assume some files in the TMP directory, but there are only these:

I should add, that building the very first tutorial application failed as well and I cannot create another one because of this error:

An error occurred while saving: 50000161Providers_CreateOrUpdateProvider25`A provider with that name already exists.

Answer 1

I don't know the exact reason, but it is working now. A major factor might have been the following: Above, I started with the standard or the empty application. Now, i used the .net application template.

The build action is now "Build MSBuild project" and not "Build ASP.net or MVC project" which I had selected before.