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avidaicu
avidaicu

Reputation: 27

Sitecore - Transfer a site from one installation to another

I am running Sitecore 6.5

I have two installations of Sitecore and want to transfer a whole site from one installation to another.

Have found a few articles that go into Serialization and Creating a Package although they don't go into detail about how these two fit together.

How do I transfer a site from one installation to another?

thanks.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 5010

Answers (4)

Frederik Struck-Schøning
Frederik Struck-Schøning

Reputation: 13231

Note: when transferring user accounts, passwords will not be migrated when using either packages or serialization.

Solution is here - cowboy-aspx from Sitecore :) https://kb.sitecore.net/articles/242631

Upvotes: 0

Steven Newstead
Steven Newstead

Reputation: 1243

Large packages have a tendency to break, one option would be to look into this:

http://www.hhogdev.com/Products/Team-Development-for-Sitecore/Overview.aspx

TDS can sync all your items to XML on your dev box and from that you can create a different sort of installation package which is significantly more robust than a regular package you create through the Sitecore desktop. It's the same sort of package that Sitecore use when you upgrade versions.

I believe there is a 60 day trial on this product so plenty of time to try it out.

Upvotes: 0

GoetzOnline
GoetzOnline

Reputation: 427

If your systems are similar enough, you may want to consider moving the Sitecore DBs via backup/restore (in SQL) and copying over filesystem assets. Generally I find this faster and less prone to user error than creating/installing very large packages. (Just remember to take back-ups first.)

Upvotes: 2

Dappergoat
Dappergoat

Reputation: 479

Create a package with the package designer. include these items and their children with the button "items statically". if you have placed your solution specific item in folders, it is only needed to include these.

  • /sitecore/content
  • /sitecore/layout
  • /sitecore/media library
  • /sitecore/templates/ (only take the templates you have created. e.g. the folder user defined

using the button "files statically", include the folders with you have solution specific changes to like:

  • /bin
  • /layouts
  • /app.config/include (only take the files changed in the solution, compared to a default sitecore installation)
  • web.config (if you have made changes to this, compared to default sitecore web.config)

if you have any user accounts you want to transfer to, you can include them with "security accounts".

then generate zip file and install on empty sitecore and full publish :)

Upvotes: 5

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