You can stage the published Web Deploy packages to the ClearPath server for deployment on the ePortal runtime platform. You can publish both .NET Framework and .NET Core projects for staging to the ClearPath server.
Note: Before staging the .NET Core project, you must publish the project to a Web Deploy package.
Publishing the .NET Core Project
To publish a .NET Core project, perform the following steps:
Open Developer Command Prompt for Visual Studio.
Type Cd <project directory>, and then press Enter.
Where, <project directory> is the root of the .NET core project.
If you are using a 32-bit operating system, execute the following command:
set ProgramW6432=%ProgramFiles%
If you are using a 64-bit operating system, ignore this step and go to step 4.
Type the following:
dotnet publish /p:PublishProfile=Properties\PublishProfiles\ePortalStageProfile.pubxml.
Publishing the .NET Framework Project
To publish a .NET Framework project, perform the following steps:
Open Developer Command Prompt for Visual Studio.
Enter the following command by providing the solution file path location:
msbuild C:\SolutionDirectory\ApplicationDirectory\ApplicationName /p:DeployOnBuild=true /p:PublishProfile=PublishProfileName
Staging the Published Package
To stage the published package (either on .NET Core or .NET Framework) to ePortal from the command line, perform the following steps:
Open Developer Command Prompt.
Enter the following command by providing the solution file path location:
ePortalStage.exe <project directory> <AppliancesDir> [options] -p <PublishedPackageDir> -v <version> -n <Name>
Where,
< project directory> is the directory where the presentation project exists. This can be an absolute path or a relative path. If this path contains spaces, it must be enclosed in double quotes.
<AppliancesDir> is the directory which represents the root of the appliances share. This can be an absolute path or a relative path. If this path contains spaces, it must be enclosed in double quotes. Typically, this will be a mapped drive letter, followed by a backslash.
[options] here are zero or more values. Each option consists of a double hyphen immediately followed by a lowercase keyword, or a single hyphen followed by a character. Each option includes an option argument, except for the --help (-?) and --force (-f) options. The option argument is separated from the option by one or more spaces. If the option argument contains a space, it must be enclosed in double quotes. For more information on the main options, refer to Staging the Presentation Project from the Command Line.
<PublishedPackageDir> is the location of the published Web Deploy package.
Note: If the package is published using the ePortalStageProfile file, this location is publish\CorePackage.
<version> is the version number of the application.
<Name> is the name of the staged application.