MSDeploy runCommand using relative path

Question

I am trying to run a command as a part of my packaging/deployment process via MSDeploy. In particular, I am trying to create a custom event log by running installut

Answer 1

I realize this isn't the answer you probably wanted to hear but this is how I got around it.

We created a powershell script on the destination server. So instead of running your command:

installutil C:\inetpub\wwwroot\MyTestApp\bin\BusinessLayer.dll ... etc

We would run:

c:\WINDOWS\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe d:\powershell\installSites.ps1 siteName 

The "sitename" is being passed in as a param into the powershell script. Inside the script it knows on that destination server which files to install, any commands that need to run, app pools to recycle, etc.

Again, not as easy as finding a relative path, but it does the job.