Tool Overview

Zongsoft toolchain overview.

Zongsoft toolchain is used to assist deployment, packaging, upgrade and development and debugging.

Tool List

Tools	Commands	Purpose
Zongsoft.Tools.Deployer	dotnet deploy	Deploy plugins and accompanying files based on .deploy files
Zongsoft.Tools.Packager	dotnet-pack	Make .tar.gz, .deb, .rpm installation packages
Zongsoft.Tools.Upgrader	dotnet-upgrade	Produce, verify and publish automatic upgrade packages
Zongsoft.Tools.Regular	GUI	Regular expression testing tool

Recommended Order of Use

1. Use dotnet deploy to deploy the plugin to the host.

2. Use host to complete run verification.

3. For initial installation delivery, you can use dotnet-pack to create an installation package.

4. For self-upgrading existing applications, you can use dotnet-upgrade to create an upgrade package; it is not required to generate deb/rpm first.

Related Resources

• tools repository

• tools Chinese README

• tools English README

• Zongsoft.Tools.Deployer NuGet package

• Zongsoft.Tools.Packager NuGet package

• Zongsoft.Tools.Upgrader NuGet package

Parameters and formats of each tool: deployer, Install packager, Upgrade packager, Regular tester. The command examples distinguish between PowerShell and Bash. Before execution, confirm the source directory, target directory, and actual application identity.