[SOLVED] No /bin-folder on asp.net core publish

No /bin-folder on asp.net core publish

I made a small ASP.NET Core (2.0) project, which I thought would output files the same way the old ASP.NET 5 would - but apparently not.

In the old days I would get a web.config, a bin/ with my .dlls, and what else I needed when I deployed to my server.

With the new project I still get a web.config, but all of my dependencies is laying right next to it.

I tried changing the /p:WebPublishMethod from FileSystem to Package, and MSDeploy but still no /bin-folder for me.

How come all my files are in the root of my publish folder?

Solution

Publishing an ASP.NET Core project will create an output structure that can be deployed as it is. The output format is suitable for self-hosting and to be hosted through IIS.

There is no bin folder simply because there does not need to be one. It’s the published output, not just intermediary build output. All the files within the publish directory are required to host your application.