Additional Kentico Azure support, management and FAQDominik Pintér (dominikp@kentico.com), Kentico software

Agenda

• Additional Azure support• Import/export• Hotfix application• Upgrade procedure• File system• FAQ

Additional Azure support

• Azure deployment guide - http://bit.ly/dK6nFX• Blog posts and videos on our DevNet portal• http://devnet.kentico.com/Blogs.aspx • http://devnet.kentico.com/Videos/Azure-Series.aspx • Webinars• Live presentations

Import/export

• Currently not supported (in 5.5 R2)• In Kentico CMS 6.0 full support• Imported files – blob storage• Exported files – blob storage

Kentico CMS

Applicationdirectory

Blob storage

Exportedpackage

Kentico CMS Blob storage

Importpackage

Hotfix application

Kentico CMS 5.5 R2• Difficult process since 5.5 R2 supports only web site• DLLs, libraries and database without problem• Hotfix must be applied locally not on AzureProblem:

Web site doesn‘t contain designer files

Solutions:– Delete designer files of hotfixed files in solution tree (in Visual studio)

and click convert to web application after hotfix is applied– Apply hotfix to web site and then convert to web application whole

solution

Upgrade procedure and version 6.0

Upgrade procedure• Same as hotfix

Kentico CMS 6.0• Native web application support – installation, hotfixes,

upgrades (from 6.0 upper)• You have to still apply hotfixes and upgrades locally

File system in Azure environment

Kentico CMS 5.5 R2• Main storage is database• Modules Media libraries, smart search,web analytics store

their data in blob storage via Azure drive Kentico CMS 6.0

CMS.IOKentico CMS

business layer

System.IO

Azure blob API

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Frequently asked questions

Q: How to use full text in Azure ? A: Since SQL Azure doesn‘t support full text

search only way is to use Kentico CMS smart search module.

Frequenty asked questions

Q: Why Azure support in 5.5 R2 is limited to only one instance?

A: Application in Windows Azure must be stateless. Web farm module in 5.5 R2 cannot be used for synchronizing of static objects. Also Azure drive works only with one instance for read/write in same time.

Frequently asked questions

Q: Why your Azure support has so many limitations?

A: Full support is planned to version 6.0, with 5.5 R2 you can try Azure platform, you can run there simpler sites. Also use most of the benefits of this platform with 5.5R2 including scalability.

Frequently asked questions

Q: What license do I need to run Kentico CMS on Azure?

A: Kentico CMS runs on Azure with any license including Free.

Frequently asked questions

Q: How can I get license for my staging hosted service?

A: You can ask for license to our support guys. When you will test different versions of your application we recommend you to use Upgrade for redeployments instead of deleting and creating new services (domain name stay the same in this case).

Q&A

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Thank you!E-mail: dominikp@kentico.comTwitter: DominikPinterBlog: http://devnet.kentico.com/Blogs/Dominik-Pinter.aspx