So I just setup my shop in Umbraco 8 and noticed that Umbraco 9 is released... Soo, I'd like to upgrade my entire site.
I'm using Vendr shop and it's compatible with Umbraco 9, luckily!
But my problem is - I have NO idéa how to move my content from Umbraco 8 to 9.
I know that I can't upgrade from Umbraco 8 to 9, I need to create a new project and merge my content from the old database to the new one (installed with Umbraco 9). But how exactly do I do that?
Have any of you successfully moved data types, templates, pages etc. from Umbraco 8 to 9?
Also, when I run
dotnet add package Vendr
To install Vendr in Umbraco 9, the package area in the backend is empty.
I think I've found a solution but it would be nice if someone could verify this is the correct approach so others don't follow my steps and messes something up:
Take a backup of your Umbraco 8 database
Create a new database for your Umbraco 9
Go through the installation so you have an EMPTY Umbraco 9 installation
Open your Umbraco 9 project and find the file: appsettings.json
Open this file and change the ConnectionString to target the Umbraco 8 backup database you created in the first step. eg: umbracoDbDSN": "Server=.;Database=DocsSite;Integrated Security=true"
Now run your project and go through the upgrade progress
When it's done, you should now have an Umbraco 9 with all content
from your Umbraco 8 project.
It works for me but I don't know if I'm missing something else.
When I install new packages eg.: dotnet add package Vendr they are still not installed in my project?
Step 5 don't make sense, but just skip then, then you are correct :)
The reason it don't make sense is because is should just still be the 9 version you wanna use and there dont exists Umbraco 8 versions with the name "Umbraco.Cms" (They are named "UmbracoCms")
Migrating Umbraco 8 to 9
So I just setup my shop in Umbraco 8 and noticed that Umbraco 9 is released... Soo, I'd like to upgrade my entire site.
I'm using Vendr shop and it's compatible with Umbraco 9, luckily!
But my problem is - I have NO idéa how to move my content from Umbraco 8 to 9.
I know that I can't upgrade from Umbraco 8 to 9, I need to create a new project and merge my content from the old database to the new one (installed with Umbraco 9). But how exactly do I do that?
Have any of you successfully moved data types, templates, pages etc. from Umbraco 8 to 9?
Also, when I run
To install Vendr in Umbraco 9, the package area in the backend is empty.
Am I doing things completely wrong? I followed the installation guide from https://our.umbraco.com/documentation/Fundamentals/Setup/Install/
I think I've found a solution but it would be nice if someone could verify this is the correct approach so others don't follow my steps and messes something up:
Open your Umbraco 9 project and find the file: appsettings.json Open this file and change the ConnectionString to target the Umbraco 8 backup database you created in the first step. eg:
umbracoDbDSN": "Server=.;Database=DocsSite;Integrated Security=true"Now run your project and go through the upgrade progress
When it's done, you should now have an Umbraco 9 with all content from your Umbraco 8 project.
It works for me but I don't know if I'm missing something else. When I install new packages eg.:
dotnet add package Vendrthey are still not installed in my project?Step 5 don't make sense, but just skip then, then you are correct :)
The reason it don't make sense is because is should just still be the 9 version you wanna use and there dont exists Umbraco 8 versions with the name "Umbraco.Cms" (They are named "UmbracoCms")
Thank you for the feedback Bjarke! I'll remove step 5 and leave the rest in case other people find themselves in a similar situation af me.
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