Nuget Package Updater

This project is intended to keep private nuget feeds updated on a more frequent schedule, pulling from a configured external source.

Get Started

First, we need to populate the appsettings.json with relevant information

"External": {
    "UserName": "Lois.Einhorn@miami.com",
    "Password": "FinkleIsEinhorn",
    "SourceUri": "https://nuget.telerik.com/v3/index.json",
    "AllVersions": true, // If true, will pull all > versions
    "PackageList": [
      "" // Specify only certain packages to keep up-to-date
    ]
  },
  "InternalFeed": {
    "DevOpsPAT": "i7izeohyhs3al6uybpk5tpkp6xwqow2nilao7pfk77wuno6utfha", 
    "Collection": "JAGC-DefaultCollection", 
    "ServerName": "jagc-az-devops1",
    "FeedUrl": "https://miamipd.com/DefaultCollection/_packaging/Super-SecretFeed/nuget/v3/index.json",
    "FeedSourceId": "de9039a3-f0ef-4fb4-8679-5efc8705e138",
  }

Ensure you have a c:\temp folder for the output

You should now be ready to run!

Install on Windows

Publishing

Publish the app is pretty straight forward. Setup a new Folder Publish profile.

An alternative publishing approach is to build the *.dll (instead of an *.exe), and when you install the published app using the Windows Service Control Manager you delegate to the .NET CLI and pass the DLL. For more information, see .NET CLI: dotnet command.

Ensure that the following settings are specified:

• Deployment mode: Self-contained
• Produce single file: checked
• Enable ReadyToRun compilation: checked
• Trim unused assemblies (in preview): unchecked

Finally, select Publish. The app is compiled, and the resulting .exe file is published to the /publish output directory.

Alternatively, you could use the .NET CLI to publish the app:

dotnet publish --output "C:\custom\publish\directory"

Create the Windows Service

To create the Windows Service, use the native Windows Service Control Manager's (sc.exe) create command. Run PowerShell as an Administrator.

sc.exe create ".NET Nuget Updater Service" binpath="C:\Path\To\App.WindowsService.exe"

If you need to change the content root of the host configuration, you can pass it as a command-line argument when specifying the binpath: sc.exe create "Svc Name" binpath="C:\Path\To\App.exe --contentRoot C:\Other\Path"

You should see

[SC] CreateService SUCCESS

Now run it!

sc.exe start ".NET Nuget Updater Service"