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New Post 5/17/2008 6:34 AM
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User is offline zoran
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How to publish website without source code 

HI,

I am trying to publish my local dnn application without the source code files and without success!!!

Every time I do that I will get an error on my live server which is on our intranet!

Is there something I have to be awair of when and do "Publish Website" from Visual Studio 2005?

 

Thanks!

 
New Post 5/17/2008 9:58 AM
User is offline Brandon Haynes
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Re: How to publish website without source code 

Hi Zoran,

The "Publish Website" option in VS is not a supported deployment path for DNN (and precompilation will not work at all).  You will need to copy your files manually to your target directory.  Take a look at the installation guide (located here: http://www.dotnetnuke.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=gOZGbvrVKJw%3d&tabid=478&mid=857) for more guidance.

Hope this helps!

Brandon


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New Post 5/17/2008 2:24 PM
User is offline zoran
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Re: How to publish website without source code 

Thanks Brandon!

Isn't that a little bit unsecure if you put also source code to your website.

Is there somewhere a security guide?

 
New Post 5/19/2008 8:26 AM
User is offline Brandon Haynes
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Re: How to publish website without source code 

Hi Zoran,

IIS does not serve the .vb files which constitute the UI layer of the DotNetNuke application (which are available here anyway), and proper ACLs prevent unauthorized editing.  Since DNN is not (and really cannot be) strongly named, and the base code is publicly available, even if the "publish website" codeless deployment scenario were supported, anyone breaching your server could just replace an assembly and achieve similar damage to server-side code changes.  In most setups, you are likely neither more nor less secure with the .vb code on your website. 

The main benefit from precompilation relates to application performance.  I know that one reason that DNN does not support website publishing relates to its custom handling of localization; it is perhaps possible that in the future that this functionality will be migrated to the ASP.NET 2.0 localization system and the deployment option will be back on the table (if localization is, in fact, the only thing preventing it).

A couple security guides are available under Resources/Documentation/Downloadable Files above, including DNN Installation Hardening, at http://www.dotnetnuke.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=qkVjRRDHNwU%3d&tabid=478&mid=857.

Hope this helps!

Brandon


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New Post 5/20/2008 8:36 AM
User is offline Mitch Sellers
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Re: How to publish website without source code 

If you are concerned about the security of code you have created in custom modules, those you can compile before installating/sharing with others.


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