Web Deploy auto Provider

Applies To: Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows XP

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The auto provider specifies that the provider on a destination will be the same as the source provider.

Example

msdeploy.exe -verb:sync -source:appHostConfig="MySite" -dest:auto,computername=Server1

The auto provider enables you to avoid entering the full path for the -dest argument when the destination argument is the same as the -source argument. It also removes the need to copy the manifest file separately from an archive or package.

In a sync operation, use the auto provider to specify the destination. For example, to synchronize a source to the exact same corresponding location on a target computer, specify the destination by using the syntax -dest:auto.

How the auto** provider works**

The auto provider takes the source that you specify and uses a corresponding location on the destination computer. For example, if you specify appHostConfig=Site1 as the source, the destination on the target computer will be Site1. This is useful when you want to synchronize a Web site "as is" to a remote machine.

Example usages

The following examples show how to use the auto provider in a variety of scenarios.

1) Synchronize an appHostConfig provider to the same site name on a different server.

msdeploy.exe -verb:sync -source:appHostConfig="contoso.com/fabrikam" -dest:auto,computername=Server1

2) Synchronize a manifest to a package, and then from the package to auto.

msdeploy.exe -verb:sync -source:manifest=custom.xml -dest:package=myapp.zip

msdeploy.exe -verb:sync -source:package=myapp.zip -dest:auto