The DotNet Publish action is used to packs the .Net Core application and all of its dependencies into a folder getting it ready for publishing.
Name
A friendly name for this action (will be displayed in the actions workflow area).
Enabled
Determines if this action will be run within the relevant stage.
Project
The project to publish. This can be either a path to a project.json file or to a directory. If omitted, it will default to the workspace folder. Note that relative paths are rooted in the workspace folder
Output Directory
The path to the folder in which to publish the application. Relative paths will be anchored to the workspace folder. If left empty, it will default to "/bin/[configuration]/[framework]/" for portable applications or "/bin/[configuration]/[framework]/[runtime]" for self-contained applications."
Build Base Path
The path to the folder in which to temporary build files. By default, they go to the obj directory under the project directory. Relative paths will be anchored to the workspace folder.
Using
The Using drop down is populated with any property collector whose namespace matches the pattern defined by the DotNet CLI Actions. The pattern for this action is ^DotNet.Cli.*
If you create a property collector for this action, make sure you select the Path Finder PlugIn type and give it a name that will match the pattern above in blue.
For more in-depth explanations on property collectors see Property Collectors.
Alternatively, you can select the Custom option from the Using drop down list and specify a path in the resulting input field that will be displayed. Please read Why it's a good idea to use a property collector before using this option.
Settings
Framework
The name of the framework to compile for. The framework must also be defined in the project.json file.
Configuration
The configuration to use when building the project. This defaults to "Debug" if left empty.
Runtime
Target runtime identifier to build for.
Version Suffix
This can be used to replace a wildcard * in the version field in the project.json file. The format follows NuGet's version guidelines.
Options
Native subdirectories
Set this flag to include subdirectories from native assets of dependency packages in output.
No build
Tick this checkbox to skip the building phase of the publishing process
Log standard output
If this is ticked, the command line output is written to the build log.
Verbose logging
Tick this checkbox to request verbose command line output.
Timeout (in seconds)
How long to wait for the action to finish running before timing out. Leaving this blank (or zero) will default to 86400 seconds (24 hours).
Environment Variables
Multiple environment variables can be defined - one per line. These are set before the DotNet Publish command line is run.
Log environment variables
If this is ticked, environment variable values are written to the build log.
Generate system environment variables
Tick this checkbox to set up a list of new environment variables prefixed with 'ContinuaCI.' for all current system expression objects and variables.
Mask sensitive variable values in system environment variables
If this is ticked, the values of any variables marked as senstive will be masked with **** when setting system environment variables. Clear this to expose the values.