We persist information to the registry as well.
We also require an uninstall and reinstall.
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Subject: [WiX-users] website maintenance (i.e. change host header
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I'd like to confirm if my thinking/understanding is correct here...
In my setup, I allow the user to select the port and host header for an
installed website. Custom dialog, then pass the port and host header to
the <WebAddress> and I'm done. Seems so simple - Wix rocks!
Problem #1 - if I don't persist the user-defined port and host header (i.e.
to registry), and then re-use those values in <WebAddress>, the uninstall
doesn't remove the website. After thinking about it for a bit, this seems
reasonable since you want to be absolutely sure you are removing the proper
website and unless WiX persists the SiteId of the created IisWebServer
metabase object for future reference, there is no way to guarantee you are
operating on the same site. Requiring an exact match of ip, port, and host
header is probably the safest choice if you don't have the SiteID on hand.
Problem #2 - If I want to allow the user to modify the host header setting
from a maintenance dialog (i.e. Add/Remove Programs... Change), then I
would need to ensure the "current" host header is used during IIS
"unpublish phase" (to ensure the IIS CA matches the currently-installed
site), then use the "new" host header during IIS "re-publish phase". From
what I can see in the InstallExecute tables, there is only a single IIS
configuration action, so it looks like there is no place for me to insert a
custom action to switch out property values between IIS "unpublish" and
"re-publish" (I made those terms up... think in terms of the distinct
RemoveFiles and InstallFiles actions).
So... if my understanding thus far is correct... the best option would be
to disallow modifying any of the <WebAddress> parameters during
maintenance. If they need to be changed, then a complete uninstall and
re-install is in order.
make sense? or am I missing something?
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