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

3.Choose 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, you will need to create a new virtual directory as described in Creating a virtual directory.

5.Open web browser and navigate to your website. You will be displayed with Database Setup Wizard.

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 either to create a new website or import your existing Kentico CMS website.

 

 

Related topics: Deployment to the live server, Configuration for Medium Trust environment