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asp.net mvc 3 deployment to windows server 2008

Just spend a few sleepless nights trying to deploy ASP.NET MVC 3 on my Amazon ec2 claud server. First, I am not a server guy so some of the points I will mention might be no brainer to most of you, but still, I whish there was at least more stuff on the web, explaining the process...

I am deploying ASP.NET MVC 3 on WIndows 2008, which is running IIS7.

  • Step one, upgrade to ASP.NET 4.0
  • Set the application pool in IIS to use ASP.NET 4.0
  • Copy the ASP.NET MVC 3 dll (System.Web.MVC) (version 3!) into the dll folder
  • Donload AspNetWebPages.msi and install on your machine, find the folder it installed in the program files, and copy the following assemblies to the bin folder of your website: System.Web.Razor.dll, System.Web.Routing.dll, System.Web.Webpages.dll, and WebMatrix.Data.dll

This article will probably be absolete once ASP.NET MVC is officially released, but for those of you like me that really want to start using Razor, hope this provides some guidance

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