No packages found with specified pattern

Question

I am using Deploy azure app service to slot build step in Team Services, I want to be able to build my solution with PackageAsSingleFile set to False. However when I try to release the package with path to the artifact created I get "No packages found with specified pattern".

Do I need to create two artifacts, one as zip file and one as a package of files to be able to do what I want? I have tried different path to folders, but I get same error no matter.

Solution 1

Refer to these steps:

1. NuGet Installer task to restore package
2. Visual Studio Build task (Solution: ***.sln; Visual Studio Version: Visual Studio 2015; MSBuild Arguments: /p:DeployOnBuild=True /p:DeployDefaultTarget=WebPublish /p:WebPublishMethod=FileSystem /p:DeleteExistingFiles=True /p:publishUrl="$(build.artifactstagingdirectory)\"; Platform: $(BuildPlatform); Configuration: $(BuildConfiguration))
3. Publish Build Artifacts (Path to Publish: $(build.artifactstagingdirectory); Artifact Name: drop; Artifact Type: Server)
4. Edit/create Release definition
5. Link artifact to previous build
6. Azure App Service Deploy (Package or Folder: $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/**/drop)
7. Uncheck Publish using Web Deploy option

Solution 2

I used zip file, and Azure App Services Deploy task can be execute successfully.

For the related build definition, you can use below tasks:

Copy Files task:

Source Folder: $(Build.SourcesDirectory).

Contents: the project you want to deploy to Azure, such as ASPNETCoreProj\**.

Target Folder: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory).

Archive Files task: Root folder (or file) to archive: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory). Archive type: zip. Archive file to create: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/project.zip.

Publish Build Artifacts task:

Path to Publish: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory).

Artifact Name: drop.

In the release definition, you can specify Package or folder as $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)\**\*.zip in Azure App Services Deploy task.