Questions tagged [deployment]

Deployment is the process of loading operating systems, drivers, files and programs to systems for end users.

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Is there a way to xcopy just changed or new files?

I am trying to deploy a website from my desktop to my webserver and so right now I am doing this: xcopy C:\source X:\destination /s My desktop is a Windows XP machine, and I need to copy to a Windows Server 2008 machine, but this copies everything…
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Using the IdentityFile directive in ssh_config when AgentForwarding is in use

Is it possible to specify forwarded keys using the IdentityFile directive in .ssh/config? I ran into this quirk when trying to deploy some code via Capistrano/GIT on our production server. Both my personal and my work GIT keys are always loaded in…
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Jenkins realtime console output for parallel threaded fabric command

We have a Python fabric command that runs in parallel across several hosts, something like this: $ fab --hosts=prod1.server,prod2.server,prod3.server --parallel copy_cache This will copy cache to the production servers listed in parallel. There is…
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jenkins on ubuntu - how/where is it deployed?

I'm a jee newbie so I may misunderstand some java concepts independent on jenkins itself. I've got an access to a ubuntu-like server where jenkins was installed through sugo apt-get (someone else installed it). I've got a web access to the…
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Command line code to pin program to taskbar Windows 10?

I'm trying to reimage several computers, and am making a batch file to run the basic commands. Is there a command line code that will allow me to pin programs to the task bar? For instance, Internet Explorer.
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Install Windows Store App package (*.appx) for all users

I know there are several posts where users want to install Windows Store Apps for all users. Answers were to use DISM. In my case I can not use DISM because all clients are already deployed. If a user requests a new app at the supports center, the…
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Visual Studio 2019 msbuild directory "Current" instead of "15.0"

I installed the Visual Studio 2019 in my working machine and I noticed the following: With Visual Studio 2017, the msbuild.exe path is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\MSBuild\15.0\Bin With Visual Studio 2019, the…
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What tool can I use to create and deploy Windows 7 images?

I need a free imaging solution for Windows 7. I want to deploy Windows 7 images today. What tools can I use to create and deploy Windows 7 images? What pitfalls should I watch out for, and how can I steer clear?
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How can I turn off flash fill automatically in Excel 2013?

Flash fill breaks a lot of things in older excel documents. It causes maddeningly slow transfers from cell to cell after updating. I am trying to find a way to turn off "flash fill" in Excel 2013 automatically before rolling the product out to the…
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Activate Excel Add-Ins as part of Deployment?

I am using the office customization tool to create an unattended installation file for Microsoft Office 2010 pro plus. I have everything setup as I like, except that I need the excel add-ins activated (Analysis ToolPak, Analysis ToolPak - VBA, Euro…
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AppX deployment for Microsoft.SurfaceHub fails

Every few seconds a new .evtx file and a new .txt file appear in c:\windows\temp. Each .evtx file has nearly identical content (except for timestamps), ditto the .txt files. The .evtx files are roughly 7 MB large and contain almost 3600 events…
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Sysprep WITHOUT creating new user

I have install a ghost server and i would like to deploy many Windows 7 64 bits. Before creating the master i must sysprep it but i would like to know how to sysprering without create a new user after restart of the computer. thanks !
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Image -> Answer File -> Sysprep -> Image?

Here is my confusion. All the tutorials I have read on sysprep, imagex, and answer files lead me to believe that you need an image to create and answer file, then you use that answer file with sysprep so you can then create the image. I am at the…
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Phantom hard drive after deploying latest Windows 7 image from WDS

Receiving a new batch of PCs prompted us to recapture our WDS image for our on-site Windows 7 machines. Rolled into the new image (i.e. the only changes that have been made since the previous version of the image) was the suite of drivers, Adobe…
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ssh automation deploy user www-data or other user

We have our project on /var/www and it is owned by user www-data. I would like to create an automation for deploy so I do: Connect through SSH as user www-data Navigate to /var/www/somefolder Perform git pull and all the relevant stuff. Is it…
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