I've been reading through the blogs and other parts of the site, and the documenatation / blogs suggest that currently the best way to migrate a 7 to 8 site is by migrating the databases first and then rebuilding the rest.
Ok, sounds good. The docs also I believe mentioned there is a tool to do the migration process, but I'm at a loss to find it.
Is there a script somewhere that does this database conversion process? Or a set of docs on it?
I want to give it a whirl, but I'm not sure how to begin.
If I'm not mistaken all I have seen is mention of the migration documentation being work in progress so I don't think anything official has been released yet. But hopefully there will be some more documentation about available soon.
While automatic upgrades from Umbraco 7 to Umbraco 8 will not be
possible, very soon it will be possible to migrate your content
(content/media/members) from the latest version of Umbraco 7 to
Umbraco 8.0. We will let you know when we have more information ready
on this, including documentation and information on best practices to
follow.
Thanks for the reference. I'm waiting for the updates too. I thought about upgrading Umbraco 7 via nuGet, but then read the article by Robert Foster on YourITTeam: Upgrading to Umbraco v8 and related packages? Look before you leap! A must read for those who are in doubts.
This migration tool is released on the release of 8.1.0, which made it possible to migrate from 7.14 to 8.1.0+.
So using this migration tool you should have no problem on migrating the content, unless you are using some packages which are no longer supported for Umbraco 8 (for example Vorto).
The content migration tool is a database migration, which is made for the database schema of Umbraco 7.14+. This means that in order to do the migration the first step is to ensure your Umbraco 7 site is running at least Umbraco 7.14.
Um7 to Um8 Database Migration Steps
Hi All,
I've been reading through the blogs and other parts of the site, and the documenatation / blogs suggest that currently the best way to migrate a 7 to 8 site is by migrating the databases first and then rebuilding the rest.
Ok, sounds good. The docs also I believe mentioned there is a tool to do the migration process, but I'm at a loss to find it.
Is there a script somewhere that does this database conversion process? Or a set of docs on it?
I want to give it a whirl, but I'm not sure how to begin.
thanks!
Hi Nick and welcome to our :)
If I'm not mistaken all I have seen is mention of the migration documentation being work in progress so I don't think anything official has been released yet. But hopefully there will be some more documentation about available soon.
From this blogpost https://umbraco.com/blog/introducing-umbraco-8/ about the v8 release it says
It also refers to this post, which may contain some useful information https://umbraco.com/blog/umbraco-7-to-umbraco-8-a-developer-s-perspective/ but might not be comprehensive enough to get you started.
So I guess all one can say for now is "Stay tuned" :-)
/Jan
Hi Jan,
Thanks for the response. Perhaps it was that second post where I saw some mention of a tool to convert the databases over.
Ok, sounds like it's still just too early to attempt this, so I'll wait.
Thanks!
Best, ~Nick
Is there a tool for DB migration from 7 to 8?
Not yet, sorry.
Hi Jan,
Thanks for the reference. I'm waiting for the updates too. I thought about upgrading Umbraco 7 via nuGet, but then read the article by Robert Foster on YourITTeam: Upgrading to Umbraco v8 and related packages? Look before you leap! A must read for those who are in doubts.
Update: just forgot to mention the above article reference. Here it is: https://youritteam.com.au/blog/umbraco-v8-upgrade-guidance Upgrading to Umbraco v8 and related packages
Hi,
I just noticed this post in the forum, but with Umbraco 8.1.0 a migration tool has been released for migrating content.
See the article on Our Umbraco here: https://our.umbraco.com/documentation/Getting-Started/Setup/Upgrading/migrating-to-v8
But the migration tool for 8.1 dont help if the base version is 7.x - The big deal is to migrage from 7.x to 8.x
Hi Niels,
This migration tool is released on the release of 8.1.0, which made it possible to migrate from 7.14 to 8.1.0+.
So using this migration tool you should have no problem on migrating the content, unless you are using some packages which are no longer supported for Umbraco 8 (for example Vorto).
See also https://our.umbraco.com/documentation/Getting-Started/Setup/Upgrading/migrating-to-v8#versions-supported:
The content migration tool is a database migration, which is made for the database schema of Umbraco 7.14+. This means that in order to do the migration the first step is to ensure your Umbraco 7 site is running at least Umbraco 7.14.
Ah yes... my mistake :) Im sitting with a 7.13 I need to migrate to 8.5 ;D
Ah, clear!
Way to proceed is to first upgrade to 7.14+ and then you can start the migration process ;-)
Best of luck!
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