Couple of years back Sitecore launched No-SQL platform for analytics by collaboration with MongoDB. Which drastically increased scalability for websites struggling with performance issues using Sitecore Analytics on SQL with heavy traffic. Sitecore mandated to use Mongo for Analytics hence whoever was upgrading to the latest versions left with NO options other than implementing MongoDB.... Continue Reading →
GeoIP Tracking in MongoDB and Forward Request HTTP Header
When we load balance your web site at layer 7, it will become non-transparent. This means that the actual client source IP address is replaced by the load balancer’s own IP address, and therefore ONLY this address will be recorded in the IIS logs. One way around this is to insert X-Forwarded-For headers on the load balancer to... Continue Reading →
SUG Bangalore Webinar – Introduction with MongoDB with Sitecore
Was fortunate to attend the webinar hosted by Sitecore User Group Bangalore and presented by Ankit Joshi on 3/26/2017. Webinar was well organized and content presented by Ankit was also crisp and clear. I found it very helpful for people who are new to Sitecore xDB using MongoDB. The webinar was recorded and you can... Continue Reading →
Historical analytics data conversion to MongoDB for Sitecore 8.x – Batch Aggregation
Are you currently using Sitecore Analytics without MongoDB? Are you planning to upgrade Sitecore to 7.5 or upper version with MongoDB? If yes, its time to decide whether you want to convert the historical data or want to go with a fresh MongoDB setup. Cause if you want the historical analytics data, you need to go... Continue Reading →