If you want to deploy Kentico CMS directly to the live server (or generally to a remote server), you need to follow these steps:

 

1. Install Kentico CMS on your local machine if you haven't done so yet.

 

2. Run the Kentico Web Installer (you can find it in Start -> All Programs -> Kentico CMS).

 

3. Select I want to install Kentico CMS on a remote (production or testing) server and enter the path C:\tempfiles. Finish the wizard - it only copies the files to the given folder. You do not need to have Visual Studio installed.

 

4. Copy the files from your local folder C:\tempfiles to the root of the website using FTP. If you want to use a sub-folder, create a new virtual directory as described in Creating a virtual directory.

 

5. Open a web browser and navigate to your website. The Database Setup wizard starts up.

 

6. Go through the wizard and create a new Kentico CMS database on your live server.

 

7. At the end of the Database Setup Wizard, choose to either create a new website or import your existing Kentico CMS website.

 

 

Related topic: Deployment to the live server