如何从命令行更改 Kestrel 的内容根路径

Question

I am using Visual Studio to build my MVC website, in NET 6.0

When I publish I get an.exe which I can run it loads Kestrel, it outputs

info: Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime[14]
      Now listening on: http://localhost:5000
info: Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime[14]
      Now listening on: https://localhost:5001
info: Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime[0]
      Application started. Press Ctrl+C to shut down.
info: Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime[0]
      Hosting environment: Production
info: Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime[0]
      Content root path: D:\GitHub\myProj\net.myProj.UiTests\bin\Debug\net6.0\uiBinariesForUiTests

I open a browser on localhost on port 5001 and all is good - the website works over localhost perfectly

I want to execute this file from within a test directory...

I am using

var fileName = outputPath + "\\net5.MyProj.Ui.exe";  
_iisProcess = new Process();
_iisProcess.StartInfo.Verb = "runas";
_iisProcess.StartInfo.FileName = fileName;
_iisProcess.EnableRaisingEvents = true;
_iisProcess.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
_iisProcess.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = false;
_iisProcess.Start();

The issue this causes is, it changes the content root path from

D:\GitHub\myProj\net.myProj.UiTests\bin\Debug\net6.0\uiBinariesForUiTests

to

D:\GitHub\myProj\net.myProj.UiTests\bin\Debug\net6.0

When I execute the.exe, is there a way to explicitly state the content root path?

Answer 1

Turns out, you need to set the directory

_iisProcess.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = outputPath;