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Wish all of you a very happy 2018 and prosperous year ahead. Presentations at 2 SUGs and attended an amazing talk by Chris Auer. What an amazing start of 2018. SUG Jan'18 Meetup Queen City, Manchester, NH Was fortunate to attend and this time present as well at the first Sitecore User Group Meet of... Continue Reading →
Being a foodie who loves cooking, while installing my first Sitecore XP 9 using SIF though surprisingly but I feel like cooking a delicious meal . Well, I am pretty sure that after reading the first line may be you will react something like this guy: But I found both the processes quite similar. How?... Continue Reading →
As the first step let's download all the files/packages which will be needed during the installation process. Login to dev.sitecore.net with your credentials and click on Download button under Sitecore Experience Platform 9. Create a folder on any of your local drives where you want to store all the related files, it will be like... Continue Reading →
As a next step we will be installing Solr and configuring it as a service. 1. Download Solr package from http://lucene.apache.org/solr/downloads.html 2. We need Solr 6.6.2 hence rather downloading the latest version we will navigate to “the apache archives” link and download Solr 6.6.2 Note: Please note initially I tried using the latest... Continue Reading →
As we know that XP 9 is all about tightening the security hence we need to setup HTTPS for Solr. Well there are many ways to do that either you can follow the steps provided in the Installation Guide which we downloaded earlier or follow the easy way given by our own Kam Figy. Kam... Continue Reading →
As a next step there are few activities to be performed at SQL Server end. Note: Step 1-4 are optional if you already have a Sitecore user in SQL server with sysadmin rights. But if not follow the steps. 1. Login to your SQL Server. Navigate to Security -> Logins -> Right Click and... Continue Reading →
Now is the time to install and import two important modules – Sitecore Install Framework Module and Sitecore Fundamental Module. 1. Open Powershell in administrator mode. Register the Sitecore Repositories by running the following command on Powershell : Register-PSRepository –Name SitecoreRepo –SourceLocation https://sitecore.myget.org/f/sc-powershell/api/v2 2. When the Prompt asks for inputs. Press Y 3. ... Continue Reading →
I know you are dying to see the Sitecore 9 login window and the home page rendering with default layout . Don’t worry this is the last step towards that stage when we will be installing the SIF script. 1. Sitecore 9 Installation Guide provide the script to be executed. But before executing that... Continue Reading →
Was fortunate to attend my first ever Sitecore User Group Meetups. SUG Meetup – Dec’17 at Queen City, Manchester NH Attended the Sitecore User Group Meet at Queen City, Manchester, NH on 12/05/2017 at 1230 Elm St, Manchester, NH. Hosted by Michael Reynolds and Greg Coffman. Mike was dressed up like Santa and presented an excellent... Continue Reading →
