Welcome back to the XM Cloud Basics series! Over the past few posts, we’ve explored everything from architecture and deployment to personalization and analytics. Now, it’s time to step back and look at what it takes to run a real-world XM Cloud project successfully — from setup to delivery. This post focuses on the non-technical … Continue reading Real-World Project Considerations for XM Cloud
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Deploying with Sitecore XM Cloud Deploy App
Welcome back to the XM Cloud Basics series! In the last post, we explored how to use Sitecore Pages and build reusable components in XM Cloud. Now, let’s take a closer look at how deployment works in this SaaS-native world. One of the most exciting aspects of XM Cloud is that it eliminates the need … Continue reading Deploying with Sitecore XM Cloud Deploy App
Setting Up Your First XM Cloud Environment
Welcome back to the XM Cloud Basics series!So far, we’ve covered: Part 1: Introduction to Sitecore XM Cloud Part 2: Understanding the XM Cloud Architecture Now, it’s time to get our hands dirty and set up your first XM Cloud project. Whether you’re a developer evaluating XM Cloud or a team lead exploring SaaS-first DXP, … Continue reading Setting Up Your First XM Cloud Environment
Installing Sitecore 10 using SOLR as Search Provider on Azure
In this blog, we will see how to install Sitecore 10 with SOLR as Search provider. In case if you are looking for Sitecore with Azure Search as a Search provider then you can go through this blog. Also the prerequisite for installing the Sitecore 10 with SOLR is that we need the SOLR up … Continue reading Installing Sitecore 10 using SOLR as Search Provider on Azure
How to setup SOLR search provider in your instance?
In this blog, we will see how to configure SOLR search provider in your instance if you are using Azure Search and now you want to switch to SOLR. To specify the search provider, open the Web.config file from the Sitecore instance and search for the search:define key. If we want to use SOLR as … Continue reading How to setup SOLR search provider in your instance?
How to create SOLR cores on Azure hosted SOLR service?
In this blog, we will check 2 ways of creating the SOLR cores. How to create a core in SOLR with API? http://%5BYOUR SOLR SITE ADDRESS]/solr/admin/cores? action=CREATE&name=sitecore10demo_custom_index&instanceDir=sitecore10demo_custom_index&configSet=_default&dataDir=data Here are details about parameters – ParameterValueCommentsactionCREATECommand to create corenamesitecore10demo_custom_indexName of the coreinstanceDirsitecore10demo_custom_indexDirectory nameconfigSet_defaultConfigset to be useddataDirDataData directory How to create a core in SOLR manually? We can … Continue reading How to create SOLR cores on Azure hosted SOLR service?
Setting up SOLR in cloud as an App Service
In this blog we will target the SOLR service for Sitecore 10, and hence we will configure SOLR 8.4.0. If you are looking for a solution for older version of Sitecore or SOLR then you can refer Dan Cruickshank's blog here. Setting up the App Service Login to Azure portal. Navigate to App Services and … Continue reading Setting up SOLR in cloud as an App Service
How to access Sitecore logs from Azure
Once our website is live and hosted on Azure PaaS, we don't have access to it's files and folders like we have on On-prem setup. So how do we get the Sitecore logs from Azure WebApps? There are couple of approaches to access the logs namely FTP, Azuretools.aspx, Azure Application Insights, etc. You can go … Continue reading How to access Sitecore logs from Azure
Search not working in Content Editor on Azure PaaS instance
Once we install Sitecore on Azure PaaS using the Marketplace option. In either case, if you opted for SOLR or Azure Search as search provider, the advanced search or the search in the Content Editor doesn't work. What can be the reason behind this issue? The reason is the indexes are not created or the … Continue reading Search not working in Content Editor on Azure PaaS instance
Accessing Sitecore files from Azure PaaS instance
In previous blogs, we have seen how to install Sitecore on Azure & how to publish Visual Studio code to Sitecore Azure PaaS instance. But there are scenarios where we need to check some settings or access different files present in Sitecore instance. To do so, we have FTP option for our rescue, we will … Continue reading Accessing Sitecore files from Azure PaaS instance
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