Basically, I want to be able to deploy a Orchard CMS web application to a windows azure cloud service. I v'e tried following the same steps as I would normally do for any other web application but it just never works.
UPDATE I downloaded the Orchard.Source.1.5.1 from orchardproject.net website. Added my custom modules and themes. Published the web application to a local folder. That would result in a Orchard web application. I open this web application, add the Windows Azure Cloud Service project and my web application is the web role in this project. I set up DataConnectionString to my azure cloud storage with my name and key. Published to Azure.
Once the deployment is over when I go to the site url to see the result I get this the YSOD with the following exception:
Server Error in '/' Application.
None of the constructors found with 'Public binding flags' on type 'Orchard.Environment.DefaultOrchardShell' can be invoked with the available services and parameters:
Cannot resolve parameter 'Orchard.Mvc.Routes.IRoutePublisher routePublisher' of constructor 'Void .ctor(System.Func1[Autofac.Features.OwnedInstances.Owned1[Orchard.Environment.IOrchardShellEvents]], System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable1[Orchard.Mvc.Routes.IRouteProvider], Orchard.Mvc.Routes.IRoutePublisher, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable1[Orchard.Mvc.ModelBinders.IModelBinderProvider], Orchard.Mvc.ModelBinders.IModelBinderPublisher, Orchard.Tasks.ISweepGenerator)'.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: Autofac.Core.DependencyResolutionException: None of the constructors found with 'Public binding flags' on type 'Orchard.Environment.DefaultOrchardShell' can be invoked with the available services and parameters:
Cannot resolve parameter 'Orchard.Mvc.Routes.IRoutePublisher routePublisher' of constructor 'Void .ctor(System.Func1[Autofac.Features.OwnedInstances.Owned1[Orchard.Environment.IOrchardShellEvents]], System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable1[Orchard.Mvc.Routes.IRouteProvider], Orchard.Mvc.Routes.IRoutePublisher, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable1[Orchard.Mvc.ModelBinders.IModelBinderProvider], Orchard.Mvc.ModelBinders.IModelBinderPublisher, Orchard.Tasks.ISweepGenerator)'.
UPDATE: I followed the guide in the orchard project website "Deploying Orchard to Windows Azure" and didn't touch anything, just got all the source code from the repository, ran ClickToBuildAzure from the Visual Studio 2010 command line, didn't get any error messages, set up my storage in the ServiceConfiguration file and uploaded my package and ServiceConfiguration files. Deployment went ok. I got to the Orchard Get Started screen but after input all the information, including a connection string to my SQL Azure DB (got the connection string from Azure Portal and inserted my password), I got the following error:
Setup failed: An exception was thrown while invoking the constructor 'Void .ctor(Orchard.Environment.Configuration.ShellSettings, Orchard.Data.ISessionLocator, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1[Orchard.Data.Migration.Interpreters.ICommandInterpreter], Orchard.Data.ISessionFactoryHolder, Orchard.Reports.Services.IReportsCoordinator)' on type 'DefaultDataMigrationInterpreter'.
I didn't even get to the AddingaModuletotheDistribution point.
The guide provided by the Orchard Team is not the ideal solution for me.
I have developed custom modules and themes and I work in a development environment with Visual Studio and TFS and would not like to use it with WebMatrix and and deploy to Azure Web site.
I downloaded the source code from the orchard website and added an azure web role project.
By the way, I've checked this question and this blog post and still could not resolve my problem.
Everything I find regarding this is fairly outdated!
I am almost giving up. Could anybody tell me if this is possible? Or the only way to work with Orchard is WebMatrix?
You need to read the documentation more carefully, as adding modules and themes is covered here: http://docs.orchardproject.net/Documentation/Deploying-Orchard-to-Windows-Azure#AddingaModuletotheDistribution
You need to add your modules and themes to the Azure solution, not the Orchard solution the is in src. Once you've done that, the ClickToBuildAzure script will generate a package that contains your modules and themes, and that will deploy well to Azure.