iis - How to update a running asp.net core application?

Question

I have a Asp.Net Core MVC application running on Windows Server 2008 R2 with IIS. But every time I update this application, I need to manually stop the applicationPool in IIS, and restart the applicationPool after I finish updating the app. Otherwise it will tel me "the xxx.dll is in use by other progress".

Is there any way to make this process easier?

Answer 1

Finally I found my anwser:
I just need add a file named app_offline.htm to the IIS web root(not your project wwwroot folder), and remove it after you replace all of your file. due to this issue you may need try both App_Offline.htm or app_offline.htm .

and this will allow you to use FTP client to update