Sitecore 8 Cloud Architecture Options

Sitecore v8 Architecture –Upgrade to the Cloud

Presented by: Jerry Norman-Nott, Sitecore Technical Partner Manger ANZ [email protected]

Sitecore v6.5 – v7.2 Infrastructure

Sitecore v8 - Basic Infrastructure

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Sitecore v8 using Azure Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Note: Sitecore 8 on PaaS requires xDB Cloud

CLOUD SERVICE LOAD BALANCED EXAMPLE

Azure “Staging Web Roles”These two web roles are both inactive and can be licensed as Enablement Servers

SWAP DeploymentsNewly deployed changesCan be deployed to the inactive “Staging Web Roles” for testing.

An Azure swap can be performed to complete the deployment. Where the “Staging” roles become “Production” and the “Production” roles become “Staging”.

Deployment ServerSitecore deployment server is a Sitecore instance that has the Sitecore Azure module installed.

Azure “Production Web Roles” These two web roles are both serving traffic, and are licensed as standard Sitecore xPlatform Servers

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2) As a Sitecore Management server (web role). To increase number of web roles to two and meet the Azure SLA requirements

The Sitecore Experience Database (xDB) is the data collection and reporting engine for Sitecore. Sitecore xDB Cloud service is a SaaS offering supported by Sitecore.

SQL Azure or SQL VMs

Typically containing Web, Master, Core database. May contain other too.

LOAD BALANCERAzure Load Balancer

Active – Active Cloud Service load balancer that routes traffic within a cloud service to all instances (web roles) evenly

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xDB Cloud vs xDB BYO

NOTE: As a SaaS offering xDB Cloud is rapidly changing

xDB Cloud (SaaS) xDB BYO (Self Managed)

Setup None Infrastructure and Configuration

Maintenance / Managed By Sitecore By Partner or Customer

Module support DMS, EXM, WFFM All

Sitecore PaaS Compatibility Yes No

Extensibility Minimal Fully extensible

Encryption HTTPS By Partner or Customer

High Availability / SLA SLAs Available Self Managed

Backup and Restore Managed by Sitecore support Self Managed

License Implications Consumption based on contacts and interactions

Perpetual based on number of servers and consumption

xDB Cloud – Details

July 2015

What are the steps for upgrading Sitecore 7.2 DMS analytics to xDBCloud?

Follow the migration tools to migrate v7.2 SQL analytics to v8.0 mongo repository. Then contact Sitecore support to arrange for the mongo data to be imported into xDB cloud.

See: https://dev.sitecore.net/en/Downloads/Sitecore_Experience_Platform/8_0/Sitecore_Experience_Platform_80_Update3.aspx

What is the process of receiving a backup of xDB Cloud data for on-premise testing or analysis?

A requests can be made for a full backup of xDB data at any time by contacting Sitecore support.

Can external data be ingested into xDB cloud? For example custom CRM or Point of Sale customer interactions?

Currently Sitecore xDB Cloud cannot be extended or customised to incorporate external contacts or interactions.

However the xDB contact can be extended to include custom facets within xDB Cloud.

Is xDB Cloud a no-brainer?

Yes – xDB Cloud is a great option and recommended. The high up take coupled with the reduce overheads have seen xDBCloud utilised successfully by many customers to date.

xDB Cloud provides the easiest setup and fastest time to market.

By investing in xDB Cloud customers are investing in a continuously improving and supported platform. With new features being planned and released ongoing.

Presented by: Jerry Norman-Nott // [email protected]