This post was used for my workshop at the company. However, it might be an initiative of your own approach for automating Sitecore deployments with Teamcity. (Note: the summary is here)

Setup Prerequisites

• Complete Part 1

What are we gonna do in Part 2?

We will fulfill the value of all the configuration parameters so that the automating deployment will be able to run successfully.

1. log into TeamCity
2. create the configuration parameters:
   • Administration -> Projects -> Viet Hoang – Simple Development Framework -> CA – CD1 – CD2
   • left navigation: select Parameters  -> Add new parameter
3. add configuration parameter vhs.source.folder
   • Name: vhs.source.folder
   • Value: .
4. add configuration parameter vhs.AssemblyVersion
   • Name: vhs.AssemblyVersion
   • Value: 2.1.0
5. repeat #2 to add configuration parameter vhs.configuration
   • Name: vhs.configuration
   • Value: Release
6. repeat #2 to add configuration parameter vhs.gitBranch
   • Name: vhs.gitBranch
   • Value: Release-2.1.3
7. repeat #2 to add configuration parameter vhs.deployIisAppPath_CM
   • Name: vhs.deployIisAppPath_CM
   • Value: the CM website name in IIS
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8. repeat #2 to add configuration parameter vhs.deployIisAppPath_CD1
   • Name: vhs.deployIisAppPath_CD1
   • Value: the CD1 website name in IIS
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9. repeat #2 to add configuration parameter vhs.deployIisAppPath_CD2
   • Name: vhs.deployIisAppPath_CD2
   • Value: the CD2 website name in IIS
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10. repeat #2 to add configuration parameter vhs.msDeployUsername
    • Name: vhs.msDeployUsername
    • Value:
11. repeat #2 to add configuration parameter vhs.msDeployPassword
    • Name: vhs.msDeployPassword
    • Value:
12. repeat #2 to add configuration parameter vhs.msDeployServiceUrl_CM
    • Name: vhs.msDeployServiceUrl_CM
    • Value: localhost
13. repeat #2 to add configuration parameter vhs.msDeployServiceUrl_CD1
    • Name: vhs.msDeployServiceUrl_CD1
    • Value: localhost
14. repeat #2 to add configuration parameter vhs.msDeployServiceUrl_CD2
    • Name: vhs.msDeployServiceUrl_CD2
    • Value: localhost
15. repeat #2 to add configuration parameter vhs.errorOnFail
    • Name: vhs.errorOnFail
    • Value: true
16. repeat #2 to add configuration parameter vhs.forceToPublishWithMsBuild
    • Name: vhs.forceToPublishWithMsBuild
    • Value: true
17. repeat #2 to add configuration parameter vhs.instance.root
    • Name: vhs.instance.root
    • Value: the full path parent folder of CM/CD1/CD2 website folder
      • Ex: CM website root is “F:\Sitecore Training\viethoang.cm.local” then the value is F:\Sitecore Training
18. repeat #2 to add configuration parameter vhs.instance.name_CM
    • Name: vhs.instance.name_CM
    • Value: the name of CM website folder
      • Ex: CM website root is “F:\Sitecore Training\viethoang.cm.local” then the value is viethoang.cm.local
19. repeat #2 to add configuration parameter vhs.instance.name_CD1
    • Name: vhs.instance.name_CD1
    • Value: the name of CD1 website folder
      • Ex: CD1 website root is “F:\Sitecore Training\viethoang.cd1.local” then the value is viethoang.cd1.local
20. repeat #2 to add configuration parameter vhs.instance.name_CD2
    • Name: vhs.instance.name_CD2
    • Value: the name of CD2 website folder
      • Ex: CD1 website root is “F:\Sitecore Training\viethoang.cd2.local” then the value is viethoang.cd2.local
21. repeat #2 to add configuration parameter vhs.unicorn.sourceFolder
    • Name: vhs.unicorn.sourceFolder
    • Value: the full path of an available folder which will stores *.yml files
      •  Note: it should be short such as “D:\unicorn_files” in order to avoid “Windows File Paths Longer Than 255 Characters” issue in the very first run of Unicorn Sync
22. finally we’ve just done for the configuration parameters
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What’s next?

Run build Viet Hoang – Simple Development Framework :: CA – CD1 – CD2. Hopefully, you will have no any issues and when the build is done, you would see something like this:

How to verify the automating Sitecore deployments on your machine

• open a browser, navigate to http://viethoang.cm.local/sitecore/
• log into it by using (admin / b)
• do publish site
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• open a browser, navigate to http://tekcent.local
• open a browser, navigate to http://demo.local

Hopefully, you would see something like this:

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Got issues?

Please send your issues (with screenshots if possible) to viet.hoang.sitecore@gmail.com so that I have a chance to understand your problem and be able to suggest the solution.

Happy Sitecore coding!