Deploying to production server

I am using NopCommerce 2.10.

I have successfully ran Prepare.bat and Deploy.bat.  The result is a folder "Deployable".

In development, the database connection string is placed in the settings.txt file.  I understand that this file is not included in the "Deployable" package.  How should I specify the database connection string so to be able to run in production?

It depends on your database type (SQL Compact or Standard) and some other connection string parameters. So the easiest way will be installing it locally and looking at the created \App_Data\Settings.txt file (just copy this file to the production).

P.S. Also do not forget about InstalledPlugins.txt file. This file is also required

Many thanks Andrei.

Is this a nopCommerce best practice to just use the settings.txt file in production?  Is changing the web.config another option?

Right, connection string is stored in the settings.txt file. web.config file is not used for this purpose

Andrei, once again I want to thank you for your help.  I use tha approach you suggested and the nopCommerice site has been deployed successfully in production.