Creating an oData service question

fretted · 24 Sep 2016 at 12:27

Hi guys,

Ive been asked to set up an odata service on a development server for testing purposes - my googling shows i can do this using a visual studio web api template.

However, the development server is firewalled from the internet and has no visual studio installed. Can i set up the odata service just using my local copy of visual studio 2013 and or do i need to do this development on the server?

I have admin privs, so can install vs but cant download any updates.

john_s · 24 Sep 2016 at 12:53

You won't need Visual Studio installed on the server you deploy to. You'd usually write, build, and test the service locally, then deploy it (copy the files) to the server.

fretted · 24 Sep 2016 at 14:13

Thanks for responding.

Do i need to set up a local iis and is it obvious where I deploy to?

john_s · 25 Sep 2016 at 08:33

You might not need local IIS. VS has its own (cut down) implementation which tends to run most things while you're developing.

There's likely a folder that sites are kept in, but you can configure IIS to tell it where the new service is served from.

Or look at setting up something like Octopus Deploy for automated deployment.