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Deploying Django with gunicorn and nginx

This is a broad question but I'd like to get a canonical answer. I have been trying to deploy a site using gunicorn and nginx in Django. After reading tons of tutorials I have been successful but I can't be sure that the steps I followed are good…
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Visual Studio Deployment Project - Create shortcut to deployed executable

I realize there is likely a simple method to do this but how does one create a desktop shortcut to the executable deployed by an MSI built using a Visual Studio Deployment project? I imagine I need to use the Filesystem editor but when I create…
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Windows Service not appearing in services list after install

I've created a windows service in C#, using Visual Studio 2008 I pretty much followed this: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/dotnet/simplewindowsservice.aspx I created a setup project, as instructed to in the article, and ran it... it installs my…
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Visual Studio not finding my Azure subscriptions

I have a working Azure account with various services already running. I receive monthly bills for these. Now, I created a workerrole in Visual Studio that I want to deploy. I get the "Publish Windows Azure Application" screen that asks me to sign…
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How do I change the .NET framework bootstrapper package?

I have a C# project that I previously had targeting .NET 4.0, and now I want to target .NET 3.5, but I am getting this warning: The version of the .NET Framework launch condition '.NET Framework 3.5' does not match the selected .NET Framework…
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Inno Setup: Control panel icon does not show

I have an Inno Setup project. Everything is fine, but I do not see the application icon in the "Programs and Features" control panel area. I do see the icon everywhere else. The script file does have the…
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How to get started deploying PHP applications from a subversion repository?

I've heard the phrase "deploying applications" which sounds much better/easier/more reliable than uploading individual changed files to a server, but I don't know where to begin. I have a Zend Framework application that is under version control (in…
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How to set the publisher name for a Windows Forms application

I have created the setup of a Windows Forms application. After installing this setup in Windows 7, it displays something like this: Name: my application.exe Publisher: unknown publisher Type: application From: my application.exe I want to…
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General failure building bootstrapper

while doing the build of my dontnet 4.0 project setup i'm getting following errors An error occurred generating a bootstrapper: Unable to finish updating resource for E:\project\Setup\Debug\setup.exe with error 8007006E …
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Will an app continue to work if my provisioning profile expires?

I have an app that is loaded onto one of my development phones. The provisioning profile that was used for this app will expire in a couple of days. So, after the provisioning profile expires will the app will cease to function? or does the…
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Publishing C# console application

I have developed a C# console application using VS2010. Now i would like to make it into a setup.exe. Is it possible to have this setup.exe as a standalone file to run my program? Meaning how can i achieve in obtaining setup.exe that when i click on…
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Experiences with Wix# WixSharp compared to WiX

We are using Inno Setup and are planning to replace this with WiX. But when evaluating and playing around with WiX, I felt the declarative manner has some limitations compared to programmatic setup solutions. Moreover I found out that the WiX…
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How do we set Product name, Company name, etc. in Setup and Deployment Projects?

In my Windows application I set the Title, Product Name and Company Name in the assembly. I added a setup and deployment project to the solution and added the primary output of the Windows application to it. When I launch the setup, it does not take…
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Getting Application path during the installation

I'm deploying an application and during the installation after the user chooses where to install the app, I want to get that path; I'm in a custom action already but i don't know how to get the application path where it's going to be installed…
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Visual Studio Setup Project conditional if File Exists

I have a Setup/Deployment Project for my Application and it outputs certain files (*.dll, *.dat) to the Application Folder. I would like a condition to be set to check if a file currently exists or not. If it doesn't, write it but if it does, don't…
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