Site Deployment

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March 28, 2012 03:54

So, I am configuring a Site in Essential REST, on my machine.

How can I deploy it to the test machine without using the Manager.

Can I do it with a script?

Is there a documentation about that?

 

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  March 28, 2012 04:11

  You could write a script to update values in your xml files and then copy them to correct location but if your not doing this all the time I would suggest just copying your site config files to your production server and updating any links in the config files that don't point to your live environment. I manage my sites this way but I run a test and live instance on the same machine so I just copy changes over to my live instance of essentials when I have completed testing. 

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  March 28, 2012 04:13

  Also, have a read of this:  https://support.geocortex.com/Forums/Thread.aspx?thread=46361&mid=2&pageid=0&ItemID=7

  Its worth taking Malcolm's approach to avoid issues in future re upgrades.

   

  Brad

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  March 28, 2012 04:38

  @ Nick

  I didn't your answer.

  So, I have a folder under C:\Program Files (x86)\Latitude Geographics\Geocortex Essentials\Default\REST Elements\Sites

  that is called "MyWonderfulCitySite"

  What should I do to copy it to the test machine.

  what config files I should edit?

   

  Copying it to the test machine , under the same location, won't make it available for REST services.

  I want to access the rest service with this

   

  http://<server name>/Geocortex/Essentials/REST/sites/MyWonderfulCitySite

   

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  March 28, 2012 04:55

  You would copy your site folder to "MyWonderfulCitySite" to the same location on your test server. When you open manager the site will be visible. This also will create a REST endpoint. You would only need to change paths in your site.xml file if they are different from the paths that you would use in your test environment. I have done this several times in my environment with out any issues and I have even setup new servers and was able to migrate existing sites to a new server this way as well. Only issue that may arise is if you are running different versions of essentials in two environments.

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  March 28, 2012 21:37

  Thanks Nick

  We are getting there.

  So, I did open the Manager, and there is an end point now.

  So, my question right now, copying the folder without opening the manager won't create an end point, but opening the manager will do some magic to create the end point. Is that right?

   

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  March 30, 2012 05:58

  Hi Ghassan,

  If you don't get a REST endpoint after copying the folders into the Sites directory, it is likely that either the REST master endpoint has not yet loaded the site, or there was some sort of error resolving the contents of the Site.XML file.

  If any of the ArcGIS map services referenced in your configuration file are not available, the site may fail to load.

  REST Manager will show you the site and will allow you to update the URLs to your maps if necessary.  There's no magic involved (that I know of), but sometimes there is a minor delay while the application resolves the contents of the file.

  Regards,

  -Malcolm

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  March 30, 2012 15:34

  Coincidentally Malcolm, I'm after a little better understanding around this top of manager & sites (see my post https://support.geocortex.com/Forums/Thread.aspx?pageid=0&mid=2&ItemID=2&thread=46681).  Any further info would be appreciated.

   

  Brad

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