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55 articles found — Sitecore
Before scaling Sitecore Azure Web App, you should read about the experience I had and plan to share in this post. In Azure Web Apps, you can easily adjust existing resources almost in real time to accommodate business needs, and this also applies to Web Apps where you can Scale Up and/or Scale Out your application.
In today’s post I am going to share an issue I faced a while ago during a login process Error: An error occurred after logging in Sitecore People think IT professionals are fearless but no one knows the…
In today’s post I’m going to share how queries in Solr can be helpful, especially during troubleshooting sessions. For those who don’t know, Sitecore uses a search engine for two purposes in a standard installation:
One of the most frustrating things to see is an Access Denied error, because, usually, you were supposed to have the clearance to perform the action you are being blocked for. This week, I received a…
Part 1 – A user was member of 180 Security Groups and after provide its credentials, it was either redirect to a HTTP 431 error page or a blank page but never to Sitecore Experience Platform. Part 2 – User…
I didn’t expect to write another post about the Sitecore Identity Server and Azure AD Security Groups limit, since I thought that by finding the magic number last time and the workaround of reducing users’ membership would be sufficient.
A few weeks ago, a user complained that they couldn’t sign in to Sitecore via Azure AD and was getting the following error message: You do not have access to the system. If you think this is wrong, please contact…
Lately, I have been working a lot in Sitecore environments integrated with Azure AD and last week while troubleshooting a permission issue which I couldn’t reproduce using my user. After struggling a bit, I…
One of the most exciting – and easy – things to perform now with Sitecore Identity is the integration with Azure Active Directory (AD) which allows your users authenticate with the same credentials as for…
One of the most exciting – and easy – things to perform now with Sitecore Identity is the integration with Azure Active Directory (AD) which allows your users authenticate with the same credentials as for…
Azure App Services provide plenty of features and options but you probably already know that. One of the things that I like the most is the ability to configure things like Application Settings, Connection…
BAM! Another year starts, and as usual Sitecore announces their MVPs for 2020. And for the 4th time consecutive (2017, 2018, 2019 & 2020) I’ve been awarded as a Sitecore MVP. Let’s make another great year…
During a troubleshoot session with Sitecore, I was asked to rebuild the xDB index and I thought “I should connect to Sitecore and be able to rebuild it, easy peasy”. Sitecore support provided me with the…
I had to set up an integration between Azure Active Directory and Sitecore 9.1, and I was able to accomplish it by following the steps on Derek Correia’s blog. Then, I had to map claims to User Profiles as…
Recently I had to install Sitecore 9.2, and before getting thousands of errors by using my Powershell scripts I decided to have a look in the Installation Guide As you may know, you can provision a Sitecore…
As you probably know Sitecore standards send the content from Master to Web database (or publishing database if you prefer), however, Sitecore also provides a way to add more publishing targets. Do you…
I think at some point you will be at the same scenario as I was today: a brand new Sitecore 9.1, everything looking good, working, fully functional, easy peasy, so you decided to send a quick note to your…
If you’ve already gone through changing the Sitecore license either on‑premises or PaaS, you know how painful it can be, especially for scaled environments. Since Sitecore 9 the license path has changed, so you should be careful to put everything where it belongs.
A couple weeks ago I’ve asked a question in Sitecore Stackexchange explaining that the Sitecore 9.1 PaaS our team has provisioned in Azure was not providing data to the Application Insights. I went through…
I’ve started to work at the Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery part in a Sitecore project. As I am not familiarized with the process, I decided to create my very first Sitecore project/solution in…
WOW! I can’t believe it’s that time of year again when Sitecore announces the 2019 MVPs. I vividly remember how my day looked when I was first awarded as Sitecore MVP back in 2017, and again in 2018…
After configuring valid certificates in MongoDB it is time to establish the communication from Sitecore to MongoDB, and unfortunately Sitecore does not communicate with Mongo using SSL Out of the box. I…
I was told to configure MongoDB for SSL/TLS for a production environment which means I would have to use VALID CERTIFICATES! For production use, your MongoDB deployment should use valid certificates…
A week ago, I was trying to provision a Sitecore 9 Update 1 XP0 topology and everything was great, until the step CreateShardApplicationDatabaseServerLoginSqlCmd As you can see, it complains about sqlcmd is…
Couple days ago, I was installing a new Sitecore 9 XP1 topology and during my post-installations tests I received the following error while accessing the Reporting piece C’mon! You got to be kidding me… and…
A powershell script to “simplify your installation” is provided by the Sitecore 9 Installation Guide, however, you can use a different way where you have to execute every JSON file individually and…
Exactly one year ago, for the very first time, I was receiving the honor to be part of the Sitecore MVP group. Back then, I shared with you about my start, goals and how happy I was in be awarded! Last…
Couple weeks ago I was working on a Sitecore upgrade from 8.2 update 2 to 8.2 update 5 in order to also get EXM updated from 3.4 to 3.5 due Azure requirements. My scenario had a Content Delivery and a…
Last year I wrote a similar blog post about Sitecore 8.2 and I thought everyone would be excited—well, I was WRONG! I didn’t know anything until a couple of weeks ago, when Sitecore 9 had been announced!...
A few weeks ago I was working in an installation using Sitecore 8.2 update 2 in a Virtual Machine at Azure. As per you can see in the diagram below, I have 2 Content Delivery behind a Load Balancer to split…
While I was playing around with Sitecore Diagnostics Tool, I faced some problems with a WebDAV error in my Content Delivery node that says WebDAV must be disabled on Content Delivery serverWebDAV is…
This is the next article in a series dedicated to system administrators working with Sitecore. Assuming you have read the first part of this series dedicated to System Administrators, you should now have…
To sum up this article, the answer is: NO! Of course, I won’t make the assertion that cost isn’t a factor in the decision-making process, but I can say that it certainly isn’t the only consideration. You…
Wouldn’t it be great to run an inspection on your Sitecore instance before delivering it to development or in a production environment? Well, a couple weeks ago, while discussing some points about Sitecore instances, my colleague [João Neto](https://twitter.com/netoJoao87) introduced me to the [Sitecore Diagnostics Tool](https://github.com/Sitecore/Sitecore-Diagnostics-Tool), which seems to be a great tool that lets you automatically diagnose Sitecore sites.
1. Access the website and look for Available only as a ClickOnce installer 2. Click Install and Launch 3. Launch the Sitecore.DiagnosticsToolset.WinApp.application file 4. Wait until it asks you to install…
Today, using multiple layers of security to protect your data is no longer a luxury; it is non-negotiable. Furthermore, you need to ensure your Sitecore solution keeps functioning and communicating with your integrated services (e.g., SQL, Mongo, Solr) while maintaining the same level of security.
Yesterday I had to install the Active Directory module in a Sitecore 8.2 instance by following the official documentation and the Best way to setup Active Directory Module in a Sitecore Solution from my…
A few months ago I wrote a post discussing the changes in Sitecore 8.2 from a requirements perspective. At that time, I didn’t know about the support for SQL Server Always On Availability Groups! Microsoft…
Back in 2013 I started my Sitecore journey, and since last year I set a goal to explore this world using my System Administrator skills by writing articles, contributing in the community and being an active…
This is the third part in a series of posts about Using SSL on a Sitecore environment, I hope you enjoy it! On my last two posts (part 1 and part 2), you saw an overview of SSL, how to create a self-signed…
This is the second part in a series of posts about Using SSL on a Sitecore environment, I hope you enjoy it! On my previously post, you saw an overview of SSL, how to create a self-signed certificate and…
Formerly known as Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), it has become increasingly important today to keep data protected by establishing an encrypted link between a server and a client. This is the…
In today’s post, I’ll show another tricky way to get the Solr service started, which saved a couple of hours when reinstalling it. The story is pretty similar to my last post where I had a Sitecore instance configured to use Solr that was up and running, but a Solr Server restart caused by a general OS failure.
As you probably know, Sitecore supports the Solr search engine, and I got stuck when its services weren't starting! In this post I'll show how I overcame this and saved myself from a painful rework…
When working on a Sitecore scaled environment or having the Coveo server running separately from the content management server, you need to make sure that your Sitecore instance is available for external access in order for Coveo to work properly.
In the past, the biggest concern was having your wallet stolen, since everything about our life is tied to it, right? And nowadays, what do you think is the biggest one? YOUR DATA BE EXPOSED! Am I right? Based on that, Sitecore provides best practices and recommendations that help you make your installation as secure as possible, and says:
Since I have seen the term CLOUD for the first time, I already heard many assumptions from “in love” to “no supporters” people. Everyone has its own perspective, and who wouldn’t smell a rat when their…
How many Sitecores have you installed? You’ve probably lost count, haven’t you? And you know better than I how automated this process has become, and you practically don’t see what you did, and **DONE** everything…
How many Sitecore instances have you installed already? Have you lost the number, haven’t you? And you know better than me that it becomes an automatic process you almost don’t see what you’ve done, and BAM…
On my previous post, I’ve guided you through the steps you need to take in order to add license.xml into the Data folder based on Sitecore recommendations, which means provisioning /Data folder outside of…
In the previous post, I walked you through every step to add the license.xml file to the Data folder based on Sitecore's recommendations, which means placing the /Data folder at the same level as the main /Website folder.
As you probably know, Sitecore requires a license.xml to run and it is tied to the Sitecore web root’s data folder within a valid license on it, otherwise you won’t be able to run Sitecore at all! However,…
You probably already know that Sitecore needs a file named **license.xml** inside the **Data** folder, otherwise your installation won’t start at all! However, especially…
Let’s assume you have a Sitecore instance running smoothly and a server change is necessary, for whatever reason, and your first thought is “could not be easier, very straight forward process!”. However, I…
Assumindo que você tem uma instância Sitecore rodando e uma mudança de servidor é necessária, por qualquer razão, e o seu primeiro pensamento é “não poderia ser mais fácil, processo extremamente simples”.…
