Nuget Restore Failed in Azure with GitHub

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I created a basic ASP.NET Razor pages project called learningapptest. Then I created a github repository called learningapptest.

I then pushed up my basic ASP.NET project to github. In the Azure Portal, I went to my basic web app.

I selected deployment center, I picked GitHub as the source, I made sure I was signed in.

I selected Erikw343 as the organization, and selected learningapptest as the repository; I selected main as the branch.

I took the rest as the defaults and clicked save.

Then, I got this error message:

Run nuget restore
The folder 'D:\a\learningapptest\learningapptest' does not contain an msbuild solution or packages.config file to restore.
Error: Process completed with exit code 1

Although, my project does have a packages.config file!

This is my main_learningapperik.yml file:

    # Docs for the Azure Web Apps Deploy action:                    https://github.com/Azure/webapps-deploy
    # More GitHub Actions for Azure: https://github.com/Azure/actions

    name: Build and deploy ASP app to Azure Web App - learningapperik

    on:
      push:
        branches:
          - main
      workflow_dispatch:

    jobs:
      build:
        runs-on: windows-latest
        permissions:
          contents: read #This is required for actions/checkout
    
        steps:
          - uses: actions/checkout@v4

          - name: Setup MSBuild path
            uses: microsoft/[email protected]

          - name: Setup NuGet
            uses: NuGet/[email protected]

          - name: Restore NuGet packages
            run: nuget restore

          - name: Publish to folder
            run: msbuild /nologo /verbosity:m /t:Build /t:pipelinePreDeployCopyAllFilesToOneFolder /p:_PackageTempDir="\published\"

          - name: Upload artifact for deployment job
            uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
            with:
              name: ASP-app
              path: '/published/**'

              deploy:
                runs-on: windows-latest
                needs: build
        permissions:
           id-token: write #This is required for requesting the JWT
           contents: read #This is required for actions/checkout

        steps:
          - name: Download artifact from build job
            uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
            with:
              name: ASP-app
  
          - name: Login to Azure
            uses: azure/login@v2
            with:
              client-id: ${{ secrets.AZUREAPPSERVICE_CLIENTID_F6348B2E31F94008973B341661415A87 }}
              tenant-id: ${{ secrets.AZUREAPPSERVICE_TENANTID_6F3985F493BC43D09123DC142720057F }}
              subscription-id: ${{ secrets.AZUREAPPSERVICE_SUBSCRIPTIONID_8BE450D5FE7840ECB96C8E7C3E95A8A4 }}

          - name: Deploy to Azure Web App
            id: deploy-to-webapp
            uses: azure/webapps-deploy@v3
            with:
             app-name: 'learningapperik'
             slot-name: 'Production'
              package: .

This is a link to my public GitHub learningapptest project: https://github.com/erikw343/learningapptest

look here for the failed actions: https://github.com/erikw343/learningapptest/actions

I changed my YAML file to this, and it fixed the build errors, but now I have deploy errors:

    # Docs for the Azure Web Apps Deploy action: https://github.com/Azure/webapps-deploy
    # More GitHub Actions for Azure: https://github.com/Azure/actions

    name: Build and deploy ASP app to Azure Web App - learningapperik

    on:
      push:
        branches:
          - main
      workflow_dispatch:

    jobs:
      build:
        runs-on: windows-latest
        permissions:
          contents: read #This is required for actions/checkout

        steps:
          - uses: actions/checkout@v4

          - name: Setup MSBuild path
            uses: microsoft/[email protected]

          - name: Setup NuGet
            uses: NuGet/[email protected]

          - name: Restore NuGet packages
            run: nuget restore learningapptest/learningapptest.sln

          - name: Publish to folder
            run: msbuild learningapptest/learningapptest.sln /nologo /verbosity:m /t:Build /p:_PackageTempDir="\published\"

          - name: Upload artifact for deployment job
            uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
            with:
              name: ASP-app
              path: '/published/**'

      deploy:
        runs-on: windows-latest
        needs: build
        permissions:
          id-token: write #This is required for requesting the JWT
          contents: read #This is required for actions/checkout

        steps:
          - name: Download artifact from build job
            uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
            with:
              name: ASP-app
  
          - name: Login to Azure
            uses: azure/login@v2
            with:
              client-id: ${{ secrets.AZUREAPPSERVICE_CLIENTID_F6348B2E31F94008973B341661415A87 }}
              tenant-id: ${{ secrets.AZUREAPPSERVICE_TENANTID_6F3985F493BC43D09123DC142720057F }}
              subscription-id: ${{ secrets.AZUREAPPSERVICE_SUBSCRIPTIONID_8BE450D5FE7840ECB96C8E7C3E95A8A4 }}

          - name: Deploy to Azure Web App
            id: deploy-to-webapp
            uses: azure/webapps-deploy@v3
            with:
              app-name: 'learningapperik'
              slot-name: 'Production

My new issue now is this:

    Run actions/download-artifact@v4
      with:
        name: ASP-app
        merge-multiple: false
        repository: erikw343/learningapptest
        run-id: 19995715081
    Downloading single artifact
    Error: Unable to download artifact(s): Artifact not found for name: ASP-app
            Please ensure that your artifact is not expired and the artifact was uploaded using a compatible version of toolkit/upload-artifact.
            For more information, visit the GitHub Artifacts FAQ: https://github.com/actions/toolkit/blob/main/packages/artifact/docs/faq.md

I noticed that this error also occurs after pushing up my local repo to github.com. So, it has nothing to do with Azure! — Erik343
– Erik343, Commented Dec 6 at 19:52
The main_learningapperik.yml file is still on GitHub.com there controlling it from Azure. — Erik343
– Erik343, Commented Dec 6 at 20:07

Erik343 · Accepted Answer · 2025-12-07 19:15:40Z

So, I had to fix the main_learningapperik.yml file, here is the new working file:

# Docs for the Azure Web Apps Deploy action: https://github.com/Azure/webapps-deploy
# More GitHub Actions for Azure: https://github.com/Azure/actions

name: Build and deploy ASP app to Azure Web App - learningapperik

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: windows-latest
    permissions:
      contents: read #This is required for actions/checkout

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Setup MSBuild path
        uses: microsoft/[email protected]

      - name: Setup NuGet
        uses: NuGet/[email protected]

      - name: Restore NuGet packages
        run: nuget restore learningapptest/learningapptest.sln

      - name: Publish to folder
        run: msbuild learningapptest/learningapptest.sln /nologo /verbosity:m /t:Build /p:outdir=obj/Release/Package/PackageTmp/published

      - name: Upload artifact for deployment job
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: ASP-app
          path: 'learningapptest/obj/Release/Package/PackageTmp/published/**'

  deploy:
    runs-on: windows-latest
    needs: build
    permissions:
      id-token: write #This is required for requesting the JWT
      contents: read #This is required for actions/checkout

    steps:
      - name: Download artifact from build job
        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: ASP-app
      
      - name: Login to Azure
        uses: azure/login@v2
        with:
          client-id: ${{ secrets.AZUREAPPSERVICE_CLIENTID_F6348B2E31F94008973B341661415A87 }}
          tenant-id: ${{ secrets.AZUREAPPSERVICE_TENANTID_6F3985F493BC43D09123DC142720057F }}
          subscription-id: ${{ secrets.AZUREAPPSERVICE_SUBSCRIPTIONID_8BE450D5FE7840ECB96C8E7C3E95A8A4 }}

      - name: Deploy to Azure Web App
        id: deploy-to-webapp
        uses: azure/webapps-deploy@v3
        with:
          app-name: 'learningapperik'
          slot-name: 'Production'
          package: .

I changed this:

    nuget restore

to:

    nuget restore learningapptest/learningapptest.sln

I also changed this:

    msbuild /nologo /verbosity:m /t:Build /t:pipelinePreDeployCopyAllFilesToOneFolder /p:_PackageTempDir="\published\"

to:

    msbuild learningapptest/learningapptest.sln /nologo /verbosity:m /t:Build /p:outdir=obj/Release/Package/PackageTmp/published

Last, I changed this:

- name: Upload artifact for deployment job
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: ASP-app
          path: '/published/**'

to:

- name: Upload artifact for deployment job
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: ASP-app
          path: 'learningapptest/obj/Release/Package/PackageTmp/published/**'

Now, the github action was green after a build and deploy, but after going to my website, it was giving me a permissions issue, something like this: "You do not have permissions to view this page".

I then found out that in Azure, I had set my .NET version to .NET 4.8 Framework. So, I set it to .NET 8, which is the correct version.

I then recreated this .yml file in Azure:

# Docs for the Azure Web Apps Deploy action: https://github.com/Azure/webapps-deploy
# More GitHub Actions for Azure: https://github.com/Azure/actions

name: Build and deploy ASP.Net Core app to Azure Web App - learningapperik

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: windows-latest
    permissions:
      contents: read #This is required for actions/checkout

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Set up .NET Core
        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
        with:
          dotnet-version: '8.x'

      - name: Build with dotnet
        run: dotnet build --configuration Release

      - name: dotnet publish
        run: dotnet publish -c Release -o "${{env.DOTNET_ROOT}}/myapp"

      - name: Upload artifact for deployment job
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: .net-app
          path: ${{env.DOTNET_ROOT}}/myapp

  deploy:
    runs-on: windows-latest
    needs: build
    permissions:
      id-token: write #This is required for requesting the JWT
      contents: read #This is required for actions/checkout

    steps:
      - name: Download artifact from build job
        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: .net-app
      
      - name: Login to Azure
        uses: azure/login@v2
        with:
          client-id: ${{ secrets.AZUREAPPSERVICE_CLIENTID_A111F52FF5EE49A4AA670255A04E2CF6 }}
          tenant-id: ${{ secrets.AZUREAPPSERVICE_TENANTID_AC4F4514DC254B5F851B21E9BEB10418 }}
          subscription-id: ${{ secrets.AZUREAPPSERVICE_SUBSCRIPTIONID_E8FF084E21B84CACB21A504E25D1F320 }}

      - name: Deploy to Azure Web App
        id: deploy-to-webapp
        uses: azure/webapps-deploy@v3
        with:
          app-name: 'learningapperik'
          slot-name: 'Production'
          package: .

Now, the build and publish steps were failing...

I then changed this:

dotnet build --configuration Release

to:

dotnet build learningapptest/learningapptest.sln --configuration Release

And, changed this:

dotnet publish -c Release -o "${{env.DOTNET_ROOT}}/myapp"

to:

dotnet publish learningapptest/learningapptest.sln -c Release -o "${{env.DOTNET_ROOT}}/myapp"

This is my final .yml file:

# Docs for the Azure Web Apps Deploy action: https://github.com/Azure/webapps-deploy
# More GitHub Actions for Azure: https://github.com/Azure/actions

name: Build and deploy ASP.Net Core app to Azure Web App - learningapperik

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: windows-latest
    permissions:
      contents: read #This is required for actions/checkout

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Set up .NET Core
        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
        with:
          dotnet-version: '8.x'

      - name: Build with dotnet
        run: dotnet build learningapptest/learningapptest.sln --configuration Release

      - name: dotnet publish
        run: dotnet publish learningapptest/learningapptest.sln -c Release -o "${{env.DOTNET_ROOT}}/myapp"

      - name: Upload artifact for deployment job
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: .net-app
          path: ${{env.DOTNET_ROOT}}/myapp

  deploy:
    runs-on: windows-latest
    needs: build
    permissions:
      id-token: write #This is required for requesting the JWT
      contents: read #This is required for actions/checkout

    steps:
      - name: Download artifact from build job
        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: .net-app
      
      - name: Login to Azure
        uses: azure/login@v2
        with:
          client-id: ${{ secrets.AZUREAPPSERVICE_CLIENTID_A111F52FF5EE49A4AA670255A04E2CF6 }}
          tenant-id: ${{ secrets.AZUREAPPSERVICE_TENANTID_AC4F4514DC254B5F851B21E9BEB10418 }}
          subscription-id: ${{ secrets.AZUREAPPSERVICE_SUBSCRIPTIONID_E8FF084E21B84CACB21A504E25D1F320 }}

      - name: Deploy to Azure Web App
        id: deploy-to-webapp
        uses: azure/webapps-deploy@v3
        with:
          app-name: 'learningapperik'
          slot-name: 'Production'
          package: .

After all of that, my page would come up normally and was working 100%.

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