I have an Umbraco 4.11 site currently deployed to a virtual server.
I'm looking to migrate the instance over to Azure, but I can't seem to find any guides to tell me what I need to do that aren't going back to v4.7 or earlier.
Can someone give me some indication what I need to do? This isn't a fresh build; the site is already up and running but I assume some things will need tweaking first.
Running Umbraco 4.11 on Azure
I have an Umbraco 4.11 site currently deployed to a virtual server.
I'm looking to migrate the instance over to Azure, but I can't seem to find any guides to tell me what I need to do that aren't going back to v4.7 or earlier.
Can someone give me some indication what I need to do? This isn't a fresh build; the site is already up and running but I assume some things will need tweaking first.
I would setup an empty 4.11 on the Azure site with a DB name that is not the same as the one on your virtual box.
Check that the new site works (i.e you can get into back office).
Copy across templates / styles / other code that is deployed on your current virtual box (will be the same as the 4.7 guides).
Backup DB from your virtual server and restore into the Azure system.
Change your web.config to point to the restored DB.
Log in and check it all works ;)
@Keith, Are you planning on using Azure Web Sites or Web Roles?
I got it partially running as a Web Role - In the end the cost was proving prohibitive - I detailed my experiences in an article here - http://www.ministryotech.co.uk/blog/azure-not-a-lean-solution/
Interesting post! Did you consider Azure Web Sites? For a single instance Azure deployment it is a very simple process.
For Web Roles and multi instances, you currently need to use the Deprecated Windows Azure Accelerator for Umbraco
More info in this thread http://our.umbraco.org/forum/getting-started/installing-umbraco/37103-Umbraco-on-multi-role-Azure-
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