dotnet publish with /p:PublishProfile=?

Question

I\'m trying to call \"dotnet publish\" with a specific publish profile pubxml file as documented here :

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/host-and-deploy/

Answer 1

My response is late. My solution has a simple .NET Core console application ConsoleAppCore.csproj. I used Visual Studio IDE to generate a publish profile with the name FolderProfile.pubxml and then the following commands worked for me:

Relative path - From the solution root

dotnet publish ConsoleAppCore\ConsoleAppCore.csproj /p:PublishProfile=ConsoleAppCore\Properties\PublishProfiles\FolderProfile.pubxml

Absolute path - From any location

dotnet publish "C:\work\ConsoleAppCore\ConsoleAppCore.csproj"   "/p:PublishProfile=C:\work\ConsoleAppCore\Properties\PublishProfiles\FolderProfile.pubxml"

On Azure dev ops

Task name=.NET Core

Task version=2

Command=publish

Path to projects=I left this empty

Arguments=

$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)\ConsoleAppCore\ConsoleAppCore.csproj /p:PublishProfile=$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)\ConsoleAppCore\Properties\PublishProfiles\FolderProfile.pubxml  --configuration $(BuildConfiguration) --output  $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)\ConsoleAppCore-Publish\

In the Azure Dev Ops build pipeline scenario, I have redirected the output to a folder under $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory) . I also have a Publish Artifact task which is configured to use the staging directory variable.

I have made use of the publish profile XML file because I wanted a single file to govern the complete behavior while on Azure Devops. Relying on a single file for all parameters simplifies management on Azure.

Azure Dev ops - Artifacts Explorer

The Publish Artifact task created a drop for me and this is how it looks. Please notice that the file name in the explorer tallies with the name specified along with the --output option in the dotnet publish task