#Cloud Foundry Visual Studio Extension
The Cloud Foundry Visual Studio Extension enables Cloud Foundry users to publish applications from Visual Studio directly to a Cloud Foundry deployment.
##Features
- Supports multiple Cloud Foundry targets
- User interface for pushing applications using the Cloud Foundry MSBuild Tasks
- View organizations, spaces, apps, services
- Manage apps, services and bindings
##Installing
- Download and install CloudFoundry.VisualStudio.vsix from the Visual Studio Gallery
- Restart Visual Studio
##Building
###Prerequisites
- Visual Studio 2013 or Visual Studio 2015
- Visual Studio SDK - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40758
- Git client
###Build:
- Clone this repository
- Open cf-vs-extension.sln in Visual Studio
- Build CloudFoundry.VisualStudio
For information about the Cloud Foundry MSBuild Tasks, visit: https://github.com/hpcloud/cf-msbuild-tasks
###Debugging CloudFoundry.VisualStudio
- Set your debug start action to
Start external program
and use the following path:C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe
- Set the
Command line arguments
to/rootsuffix Exp
###Cloud Foundry Explorer
The Explorer is a TreeView that enables you to browse your organizations, view application states and delete apps and services. You can view the Cloud Foundry Eplorer window by opening it selecting View -> Other Windows -> Cloud Foundry Explorer or using the keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+K, Shift+C
####TreeView Nodes
CloudFoundryTarget
- actions: refresh, remove
- details: version, url, username, ignore ssl errors
Organization
- actions: refresh
- details: current roles in org, org name, when it was created
Space
- actions: refresh
- details: current roles in space, space name, when it was created
App
- actions: browse, start, restart, stop, delete
- details: when it was created, name, buildpack, max memory, instance count
Service
- actions: delete
- details: current roles in org, org name, when it was created
Route
- actions: delete
- details: domain for route, apps bound to route
###Publish app to Cloud Foundry You can push a Web Application to Cloud Foundry using the cf-msbuild-tasks - https://github.com/hpcloud/cf-msbuild-tasks
- Add nuget package
cf-msbuild-tasks
in your project - Right click on your web project -> Publish to Cloud Foundry
- Fill out the publish form and click Publish or save your publish profile for later.
##Contributing We are looking forward to contributions from the Cloud Foundry community. Feel free to open a pull request or an issue if you find one.