We've inherited an Umbraco site and I'm relatively new to developing in Microsoft. We've made a lot of changes in the CMS and the code of the site we're working on and just needing advice on the best solution for deploying database changes (re-adding them in the interface on staging and live isn't a feasible option).
I tried using uSync to transfer content, but came across too many issues to consider this as a stable solution in the long run. I looked at the Courier app, however it isn't built to work on the version of Umbraco we have (7.4.3).
Just wondering what other people are doing for deployment and what you guys would recommend for our set up? The site is hosted on Azure, and if we upgraded to Umbraco 7.9 we could look at using the Courier app (trying to come up with the most cost effective solution for the client).
Database deployment recommendations
Hi there,
We've inherited an Umbraco site and I'm relatively new to developing in Microsoft. We've made a lot of changes in the CMS and the code of the site we're working on and just needing advice on the best solution for deploying database changes (re-adding them in the interface on staging and live isn't a feasible option).
I tried using uSync to transfer content, but came across too many issues to consider this as a stable solution in the long run. I looked at the Courier app, however it isn't built to work on the version of Umbraco we have (7.4.3).
Just wondering what other people are doing for deployment and what you guys would recommend for our set up? The site is hosted on Azure, and if we upgraded to Umbraco 7.9 we could look at using the Courier app (trying to come up with the most cost effective solution for the client).
Many thanks,
Victoria
Hello Victoria,
I would say that uSync is a quite solid way of deploying database changes.
Just make some rules on how to use it, like 1) do not change the doctypes on live 2) do changes only on dev and locally 3) create all content on live
Something like that, it should work really well.
Courier also is good, I would recommend you to upgrade to the latest version. Why 7.9?
Thanks,
Alex
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