Deploying SP2010 custom state machine workflows into a production site

Question

I have a dev environment with VS2010 and SP2010 installed in and a production environment running SP2010. I have created a state machine workflow in VS2010 and deployed to my dev environment for testing. Now that I have things working the way I want I need to deploy the workflow into my production environment.

In VS2010 I have selected "Package" and taken the resulting .wsp file and attempted to deploy them on my production site by going to Site Settings -> Solutions and uploading. I have also activated the solution within the solution gallery and ensured that it is also activated in "Site collection features". However, the workflow does not show up in Site Settings -> Workflows and I can't seem to out what to do. I have also tried deploying the .wsp through stsadm addsolution.

What am I missing when deploying a custom built workflow packaged as a wsp?

Answer 1

Your first method of deploying solution by uploading it to Site Settings -> Solutions applies to only sandboxed solutions. Are you sure yours is a sandboxed solution ?

The second method which you tried is a global method of deployment through stsadm.

I would suggest, start from scratch ie clean up your local Solutions gallery. and use stsadm operations addsolution , deploysolution and activatefeature to deploy this workfow.

Note that deploysolution and activatefeature can also be done via UI.