IIS App deployment failed without clear error message about azure-pipelines-extensions HOT 5 CLOSED

@ynijs, @chshrikh
Hi,
I was getting the same "doesn't exists." message and it turned out to be because Web Deploy Package was wrong.
The error message is incomplete. In MsDeployOnTargetMachines.ps1, line 184
throw "$packageFile doesn't exists."
$packageFile is not set. I think it should be $Path.

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I'm getting a similar issue. If I have a release with "IIS Web App Management", I cant save the release, I get the error: "TF400893: Unable to contact the server. This is most likely caused by a network error. Please check your connection and try again."

If I run the release as is, I get a similar error. I'm deploying an app to on-prem IIS via VSTS

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@ynijs could you please set the system.debug variable with value as true and share the logs to RM_Customer_Queries at Microsoft dot com or post them here.

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I too was getting the "Doesn't Exists" error. I spent a few hours today pouring over the logs and I see what the problem is. When I publish my artifacts, I choose artifact type Server (not Share). When the IIS Deployment WinRM script runs on the IIS box, it pushes a path of c:\blah\blah\blah. The IIS box doesn't have that file on it's box. Changing artifact type to Share and all works as expected. Is there a way to do this with artifact type of Server? This is the way I would prefer to publish my artifacts.

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@ynijs @shanecastle @aidanfolkes @dascalos
This issue has been fixed. If you still face this issue feel free to reopen this issue.

@dascalos
When you select artifact type as server, then during queue a RD, artifacts are being downloaded to agent box. But for WinRm task artifacts need to be present on target machine. So you have to you copy tasks ( like Windows File Copy or Azure File Copy) in your RD to copy artifacts from local machine to target machine. After copy task you can add WinRm tasks.

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