Deployment in shared hosting

After you finish the development of your application, you will need to move it to your web server. Deployment to the web server can be done over FTP and it’s not necessary to run any setup or make any manual configuration on the server, which means you can run Astron CMS with most shared hosting providers.

Please make sure that your web hosting provider supports the following features:

Allows you to access the MS SQL Server database from your local machine using SQL Server
Enterprise Manager (not only through some web interface) or is willing to restore your
CMS database on their MS SQL Server.
Allows ASP.NET applications to write on the disk (for uploading of files through the user interface).
Installing CMS on Your Computer

Site deployment

Copy all your site files into the folder. Set correct connection string settings and other parameters (mail and provider settings) in a web.config config file.

IIS configuration

To support fiendly URL you need to configure ISS by adding a wildcard application map ASP.NET handler with setting it’s property into C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_isapi.dll. Notice that the flag "Verify that file exists" must be unchecked.

Administrative interface deployment

Copy the files of the administrative interface into the folder, where it will be located. Set the correct settings of the connection string and other parameters in web.configconfig file.

IIS configuration

The folder, in which the administrative interface is located, should be created as web application. The wildcard application map handler should be empty at that.

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