Configuration of the development and production environments
I am using Visual Studio 2013 in my client to build my sites and I have two Windows 2008 R2 servers for the production environment; one that hosts the websites and the other the MSSQL database.
What would your recommend as the best way to set up the development environment? I guess it's important to keep the files and the database in sync so I'm finding it difficult to get my head around where I keep my files and which database I use for development, particularly because development will also continue once the site is in production.
There are different packages for sync your different environments. The first package you could have a look at is Courier, this package is build for deploy changes between the different environments.
Another package you can have a look on is a package called Umport. This package helps you automate the deployment of your Umbraco configuration between environments. Simply export the configuration of the source environment and import it on the target environment and you're good to go.
The Conveyor package helps you with transfer content (media and content) of a website from one environment to another. Perhaps you also should have a look at this one.
Configuration of the development and production environments
I am using Visual Studio 2013 in my client to build my sites and I have two Windows 2008 R2 servers for the production environment; one that hosts the websites and the other the MSSQL database.
What would your recommend as the best way to set up the development environment? I guess it's important to keep the files and the database in sync so I'm finding it difficult to get my head around where I keep my files and which database I use for development, particularly because development will also continue once the site is in production.
Your advice would be much appreciated.
Thanking you in anticipation.
Roger
Hi Roger,
There are different packages for sync your different environments. The first package you could have a look at is Courier, this package is build for deploy changes between the different environments.
https://our.umbraco.org/projects/umbraco-pro/umbraco-courier-2
Another package you can have a look on is a package called Umport. This package helps you automate the deployment of your Umbraco configuration between environments. Simply export the configuration of the source environment and import it on the target environment and you're good to go.
https://our.umbraco.org/projects/developer-tools/umport/
The Conveyor package helps you with transfer content (media and content) of a website from one environment to another. Perhaps you also should have a look at this one.
https://our.umbraco.org/projects/backoffice-extensions/conveyor/
Hope this can help you to find the right choice for your case.
/Dennis
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