Deploying to a server

Here are some of the steps that are needed to deploy Kudu to a Windows 2012 server:

• Enable Web Server role, and within that:
  • Application Development / ASP.NET 4.5
• Make sure you have all the relevant target files in your "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\MSBuild" folder. Installing Visual Studio brings in those files. See related discussion here.
• Install:
  • Git
  • Node
• Copy KuduWeb artifacts to C:\inetpub\wwwroot
  • Create an empty App_Data in there
• Copy the KuduService artifacts into C:\inetpub\Kudu.Services.Web
• Change AppPool to run as LocalSystem so it can manage IIS sites
• Give 'Users' full access to C:\inetpub\apps, which is where sites get created
  • Note that you can change that location using the sitesPath AppSetting in Kudu.Web's web.config.