Add new connection string in web.config using msdeploy paramters.xml

Question

I am using msdeploy to sync IIS on remote machine. Till now I needed to replace default connection string with required one and I was able to use parameter.xml

"C:\program files\IIS\Microsoft Web Deploy V2\msdeploy.exe" -verb:sync -source:iisApp="$(BuildLocation)" -dest:iisApp="MySite",computerName=ServerName -setParamFile="MYSiteParameters.xml"

<parameter name = "Name" defaultValue="ConnectionString">
    <parameterEntry kind="XmlFile" scope="Web\.config$" match="/configuration/connectionStrings/add[@name='Name']/@connectionString" />
</parameter>

This was successfully replacing the existing connection string.

Now I want to add another connection string, an extra one which is not available in source file. Is this possible with msdeploy?

Thanks.

Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-28 19:24:45Z

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This is not possible with the parameterization which exists in MSDeploy today. You will need to create a placeholder connection string inside of your web.config so that you can parameterize the value for it.

answered Dec 28, 2011 at 19:24

Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi

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