Sitecore 8.2 publishing service is an optional addition in
the release.
Sitecore has introduced a new option and faster alternative
to Sitecore Publishing, called Sitecore Publishing Service.
Publishing has been improved and is significantly faster
using a publishing service based on Microsoft .NET core technologies.
Sitecore Publishing Service 1.1 Initial Release is
compatible with Sitecore 8.2.
Note:
1) The Sitecore Publishing Service is available for us to
use without any Extra License Cost!
2) Both cannot run simultaneously but returning to the old
system is possible.
Previously, when a user chose to publish something, the
publishing dialog remained open for the duration of the publish process.
This was awkward if the user needed to reboot or if their
session ended because they could not see the status of the publishing job.
Sitecore publishing service places all publishing jobs in a queue.
When you request a publishing job of any kind, it is queued and then processed
as soon as possible. You can see all the active, queued, and completed jobs in
the Publishing Dashboard
application.
How to install and
work with the Sitecore Publishing module?
Let's install and configure the Sitecore Publishing Service.
Sitecore Publishing
Module Prerequisites:
1)
Sitecore XP 8.2 (8.2 rev.160729)
2)
.Net Core (To enable the service to run under
IIS, you must install the Windows (Server Hosting) package.
Sitecore Publishing
Module Requirements:
Installing the Sitecore
Publishing Service:
Sitecore Publishing Service can be install in
two ways:
1)
Manually – the way we host any website on
IIS.
2)
Scripted Installation
Here, we are doing Manual
installation.
Step 1:
Unzip “Sitecore Publishing Service
Host 1.1.0” and copy those files to c:\inetpub\wwwroot\sitecorepublishing
Step2:
Go to IIS and create a new site name
“sitecore.publishing” pointing to
this directory c:\inetpub\wwwroot\sitecorepublishing and change the Sitecore
application pool .Net CLR version to be “No
Managed Code” as you can see from the following screen shot:
Step 3:
Go to c:\inetpub\wwwroot\ sitecorepublishing
\config\global and Create a new file called sc.connectionstrings.xml.
Step 4:
In that file add the following:
<Settings>
<Sitecore>
<Publishing>
<ConnectionStrings>
<Master>user id=sa;password=123;Data
Source=(local)\SQLEXPRESS;Database=Sitecore82rev160729Sitecore_Master;MultipleActiveResultSets=True;</Master>
<Web>user id=sa;password=123;Data
Source=(local)\SQLEXPRESS;Database=Sitecore82rev160729Sitecore_Web;MultipleActiveResultSets=True;</Web>
<Core>user id=sa;password=123;Data
Source=(local)\SQLEXPRESS;Database=Sitecore82rev160729Sitecore_Core;MultipleActiveResultSets=True;</Core>
</ConnectionStrings>
</Publishing>
</Sitecore>
</Settings>
Update the username, password,
datasource, and database.
Step 5:
Open Command Prompt
as an Administrator mode, and go to location C:\inetpub\wwwroot\sitecorepublishing
run the command “schematool.exe upgrade”
as shown below:
You see that the installed versions
for each database changed from 0 to 1 then it ran successfully.
Open SQL Server management studio
all the publishing tables has been created.
Step 6:
You should receive {“status”:0} if
the application installed correctly.
Step 8:
After installing the Sitecore module, you need to configure
PublishingServiceUrlRoot in App_Config/Include/Sitecore.Publishing.Service.Config configuration file to publishing
service which you have installed.
Publishing Dashboard
Once Sitecore Publishing Module is configured, it will
provide the publishing dashboard which is available on Launch pad.
Clicking on above link, will provide you publishing
dashboard.
This module provides new interfaces for publishing items and
site.
Happy Coding!
