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Deploy Lightswitch Web Application Connected To External Database






Prerequisites




  1. Visual studio 2010 is installed on your machine.
  2. Visual Studio 2010 service pack 1 is installed on your machine.
  3. Microsoft Visual Studio Light switch 2011 is installed on your machine.




  1. How to create a project in visual studio?
  2. Basics of lightswitch like screens entities
  3. How to add external data source in lightswitch?
  4. Basics about IIS
  5. What is the authorization and authentication?

Steps Involved




  1. Create a table with data in database
  2. Add existing data source and editable grid screen
  3. Publish your application
  4. Configure the environment
  5. Run the application

Create A Table With Data In Database




Picture showing the schema of the sample table
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Picture showing the records in the sample table
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Add Existing Data Source And Editable Grid Screen




Picture showing the external data source added in the lightswitch project
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Publish Your Application


  1. First of all open visual studio in admin mode and open the project.
  2. Change the configuration from debug to release.
  3. Now, right click on project and click on publish as shown below
  4. Picture showing the publish option in the context menu for publishing the application
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    Picture showing the first screen of the publish wizard to specify the application type
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  5. Click on next


  6. Picture showing the second screen of the publish wizard for selecting the hosting environment
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  7. Click next


  8. Picture showing the third screen of the publish wizard for selecting the deployment type
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  9. Click Next.


  10. Picture showing the fourth screen of the publish wizard for specifying the database connection string
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  11. Click Next.


  12. Picture showing the fifth screen of the publish wizard for specifying the certificate
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  13. Click Next


Picture showing the final screen of the publish wizard
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Picture showing the application deployed on IIS server
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Configuring The Environment




Picture showing the popup window that appears on click on the Basic Settings in IIS
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Picture showing the window to check if the user is authenticated or not
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Picture showing a window for adding user credentials for authentication
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Picture showing the window to enter user credentials
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Picture showing the test connection window for authentication and authorization
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Picture showing enabling the Anonymous Authentication and ASP.NET authorization
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Run The Application




Picture showing the deployed lightswitch application on IIS
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Posted By  -  Karan Gupta
 
Posted On  -  Saturday, May 10, 2014

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