When having multiple CD Nodes in rotation via a load balancer, its imperative to know if they are actually in rotation. While you can check the load balancer settings, you may not have access and need to determine from an front end perspective if all CD Servers are operating as expected. A few tricks to …
If you see the “Failed to instantiate a processor of type ‘”Sitecore.Xdb.MarketingAutomation.Processing.EventProcessor”” error in your Marketing Automation Engine Logs (located within the AppData/Jobs path, not the actual Marketing Automation Role), there are a few things to check. This issue is generally caused by the Marketing Automation Engine Windows Service being unable to communicate to xConnect …
Sitecore logs are a helpful resource for anyone managing their Sitecore environment… but as part of good Sitecore governance, you need to adjust the logging retention for how long to keep your Sitecore logs (this can be shorter or longer than the defaults). As the Sitecore CMS, Processing, Reporting, and CD Roles are different than …
If you are adding custom Solr collections/indexes to SolrCloud in Sitecore 9, it is important to note that the parameter order matters in your patch config (always use a patch config). Without the proper order, you are likely to receive the following error: An example patch config that would generate such an error has the …
If you are running Sitecore PaaS for versions 9.0.2 (Sitecore 9.0 Update 2) or 9.1.0 (Sitecore 9.1 Initial Release), you may run into the following error when deploying Marketing Definitions: There was an error deploying the definitions. Consult the Sitecore logs for more information. Assuming you don’t have certificate issues and can successfully populate and …
No You Don’t! I will explain why in a moment… and why you might want to. Sitecore 9.1 includes two new roles supporting Cortex, Sitecore’s Artificial Intelligence Engine focused to Machine Learning. These are the Cortex Processing and Cortex Reporting Roles. Better known as the Sitecore Cortex Processing Engine and Sitecore Cortex Reporting Foundation. Sitecore …
Sitecore Installation Framework 2.1.0 has been released. This version is required if you want to deploy Sitecore 9.1 Update 1. You can obtain this version at https://sitecore.myget.org/feed/sc-powershell/package/nuget/SitecoreInstallFramework/2.1.0 If you are using PowerShell to get the package you would use a call akin to the following. Note, its a good practice to still download Sitecore Fundamentals …
Usually the Sitecore Reporting database needs to be rebuilt for various reasons (corruption, upgraded Sitecore version, missing Experience Analytics data, etc. ) as it does not contain correct data. How you prepare for the rebuild, what happens during rebuild, and afterwards matter. Prepare for a Reporting Database Rebuild Before you click the button to start …
If you use the Prerequisites.json for your Sitecore 9.1 Deployment, be forewarned that this file is intended for a Single Server 9.1 XP1 deployment and not a scaled build (ex. XP1 on separate servers). What’s Missing? If you have a scaled Sitecore 9.1 deployment, you need to execute WebDeploy to communicate and deploy databases to …
A best practice for Production environments is to encrypt your connectionStrings to protect data in case the web.config file is accessed “without authorization”. My colleague Grant Killian wrote an excellent article in 2017 on the topic of encryption, the Microsoft ASP.NET IIS Registration Tool (aspnet_regiis.exe) is the focus in the updated Security Hardening guidelines of …