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How to deploy Website via Github actions?

This article provides steps how to deploy your .NET application to Website using Github Actions.

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1) Activate WebDeploy in Control panel

First you'll need to activate your WebDeploy account in our Hosting Control Panel and take note of your login details, you'll need them later.

Control panel - activate WebDeploy

2) Github Actions

Login to your Github account, go to your repository and select Actions from top menu.

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3) Create new workflow

Next select New Workflow from left menu and then click Set up a workflow yourself ->.

Github_Actions_Custom_Workflow.png

4) Fill workflow: publish.yml

Fill in following workflow in editing window.

name: Build, publish and deploy to MonsterASP.NET
on: [push]

jobs:
  build_and_deploy:
    runs-on: windows-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Setup .NET 8
        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
        with:
          dotnet-version: 8.0
          
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: dotnet restore
        
      - name: Build
        run: dotnet build --configuration Release --no-restore

      - name: Publish
        run: dotnet publish --configuration Release --output ./publish --runtime win-x86 
        
      - name: Test with .NET
        run: dotnet test

      - name: Deploy to MonsterASP.NET via WebDeploy
        uses: rasmusbuchholdt/simply-web-deploy@2.1.0
        with:
          website-name: ${{ secrets.WEBSITE_NAME }}
          server-computer-name: ${{ secrets.SERVER_COMPUTER_NAME }}
          server-username: ${{ secrets.SERVER_USERNAME }}
          server-password: ${{ secrets.SERVER_PASSWORD }}

and after that Save/Commit your workflow.

5) Secrets

As last step you will need to save secrets to repository and fill in WebDeploy details there from our Hosting Control Panel .

Github_Actions_Secrets.png

Now fill WebDeploy details from our Hosting Control Panel to secrets variables:

WEBSITE_NAME: siteXXXX
SERVER_COMPUTER_NAME: https://siteXXXX.siteasp.net:8172
SERVER_USERNAME: siteXXXX
SERVER_PASSWORD: *********

6) Congratulations, it's done

Now, when you run github push command or manually run workflow in Github, your application will be automatically deployed to your Website using Github Actions.

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