Learn how to build an Azure DevOps Release Pipeline that automatically deploys an ASP.NET Core application to IIS running on an Azure Virtual Machine. This video covers the full setup end to end - from provisioning the VM in the Azure Portal to triggering automatic deployments after every successful CI build.

We start by creating an Azure Virtual Machine in the Azure Portal and configuring it to run IIS. You will see how to enable the IIS role on the Windows Server and install the .NET 10 Hosting Bundle so the VM is ready to host an ASP.NET Core application.

With the server prepared, we move into Azure DevOps and set up a Deployment Group to establish a secure connection between Azure DevOps and the VM. This is what allows the release pipeline to communicate directly with your server and push deployments without any manual steps.

From there, we build the Release Pipeline itself and configure the IIS Web App Deploy task to target the correct site on the VM. Finally, we enable the Continuous Delivery trigger so that every time the CI pipeline completes successfully, a new release kicks off automatically and deploys the latest build straight to IIS. By the end, you will have a production-ready pipeline that takes a code push all the way to a live running site on Azure with zero manual intervention.

Link to CI build pipeline tutorial, which is the part 1:
https://youtu.be/vBUpk393onI

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Timecodes:
00:00-01:02 Demo and introduction
01:02-07:13 Create Azure Virtual Machine
07:13-08:28 Enable IIS on Virtual Machine
08:28-10:49 Install .NET hosting bundle
10:49-12:31 Connect Azure Devops with Virtual Machine
12:31-18:08 Create release pipeline (CD)
18:08-21:05 Testing the release pipeline

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A step-by-step walkthrough for setting up a CI/CD release pipeline in Azure DevOps to deploy an ASP.NET Core Web API to IIS on an Azure virtual machine. Covers creating the Azure VM with proper inbound port rules, enabling IIS, installing the .NET 10 hosting bundle, registering the VM as a deployment group target in Azure DevOps, and configuring the release pipeline stages with IIS web app deployment tasks. The result is an automated pipeline that deploys the latest build artifact to IIS whenever changes are merged to the main branch.

Deploy ASP.NET Core to IIS with Azure DevOps Release Pipeline - CI/CD