Home/ Questions/Q 8086221
In Process

The Archive Base Latest Questions

Editorial Team
  • 0
Asked: 2026-06-05T18:22:55+00:00

I’ve written a client-server application. There is one computer running the server application, and

  • 0

I’ve written a client-server application. There is one computer running the server application, and several computers running the client application.

So far, every time I had a new version / patch of my application, I copied the binaries first through VNC to the server application, and then start a script, that performs a script on client-side, that is copying the binaries to a local folder (network execution is not working!)… Then the client application is started on every client computer…

So what are good opportunities that can replace my old-style method?

I tried creating a click-once application that is updating over http/ftp… but without success ^^

Share

Leave an answer

You must login to add an answer.

Need An Account,

1 Answer

  1. Editorial Team

    We use an open source app called Presto: http://presto.codeplex.com/

    After doing the initial setup, there are only two manual steps with each deployment:
    1. Copy the binaries to a network location
    2. Press the button in Presto to initiate a new deployment

    The big win with Presto is that you use it to initially set up your apps and servers, and specify the appropriate config settings for each environment. Once you initiate a deployment, the installation happens automatically, and the correct values are written to the config files (QA gets QA values, production gets production values, etc…).

    With Presto, you can stop services, delete folders, copy new binaries, update config files, etc… and it’s all automated.

    • 0