如何使用数据库部署ASP.NET MVC 4应用程序？

Question

I'm new to asp.net and want to do the following:

I have an asp.net mvc 4 website that uses a local database (mdf). I want to install that website on a windows 2012 server (amazon ec2).

My Questions:

• How do I handle the database?
• How do I move it onto the server?

Answer 1

There are several steps:

• According to Microsoft ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd410407(v=vs.90).aspx ), you should publish first your website to a local folder; you can embark your database by clicking Include files from the App_Data folder .
• You will transfer your published folder to your Windows 2012 in, for example, a subfolder of c:\\inetpub\\wwwroot .
• You will have to create a new Web Site in IIS (I'll let you search by yourself ;-) )

Note: I am not that familiar with mdf files, but you will certainly have to modify your web.config , to point to the actuel path of the mdf file ( c:\\inetpub\\wwwroot\\MY_SITE\\AppData\\MYDATABASE.mdf ).

Note: Also, the IIS User account should have the right to write the database; so the folder c:\\inetpub\\wwwroot\\MY_SITE\\AppData\\ should have its security modified accordingly (right click, Properties / Security ) to add the IIS User (as this is the account that should run the Web Site).