Create a Web Deployment Package with Cake Build

This is simple tip to help you create Web Deployment Packages with Cake.

If you have a ASP.NET project and you want to create a Web Deployment package using Cake, you just need to use the MSBUILD Command with the right arguments.

Feel free to copy the following command and paste it in a Task from your Cake file.

MSBuild("PROJECT_NAME.csproj", settings =>
	settings.SetConfiguration(configuration)
	.UseToolVersion(MSBuildToolVersion.VS2015)
	.WithTarget("Package")
	.WithProperty("VisualStudioVersion", new string[]{"14.0"})
	.WithProperty("PackageLocation", new string[]{ packageDir.ToString()  })
	.WithProperty("PackageTempRootDir", new string[]{"root"})
	);

Here an example of a complete script (build.cake).

var target = Argument("target", "Default");
var configuration = Argument("configuration", "Release");
var packageDir = MakeAbsolute(Directory("./package"));

Information("BUILD DIR:" + packageDir);

Task("Default")
.Does(() =>
{
	MSBuild("PROJECT_NAME.csproj", settings =>
		settings.SetConfiguration(configuration)
		.UseToolVersion(MSBuildToolVersion.VS2015)
		.WithTarget("Package")
		.WithProperty("VisualStudioVersion", new string[]{"14.0"})
		.WithProperty("PackageLocation", new string[]{ packageDir.ToString()  })
		.WithProperty("PackageTempRootDir", new string[]{"root"})
		);
});

RunTarget(target);

Hope this helps.