There are many great approaches to this as seen by the list of responses to this question. I would however recommend a solution that is very repeatable and perhaps more automated.
Sitecore PowerShell Extensions
This approach offers a set of PowerShell commands bundled with the SPE Remoting module.
Script
# Source : https://github.com/SitecorePowerShell/Console/tree/master/Modules
Import-Module -Name SPE -Force
$props = @{
Session = (New-ScriptSession -Username "admin" -Password "b" -ConnectionUri "http://console")
Verbose = $true
}
# Upload single file
Get-Item -Path C:\temp\data.xml | Send-RemoteItem @props -RootPath App
Get-Item -Path C:\temp\data.xml | Send-RemoteItem @props -RootPath Package -Destination "\"
Get-Item -Path C:\temp\largeimage.jpg | Send-RemoteItem @props -RootPath App -Destination "\upload\images\"
Get-Item -Path C:\temp\image.png | Send-RemoteItem @props -RootPath Media -Destination "Images/"
Get-Item -Path C:\temp\image.png | Send-RemoteItem @props -RootPath Media -Destination "/sitecore/media library/Images/image2.png"
Get-Item -Path C:\temp\cover.jpg | Send-RemoteItem @props -Destination "{04DAD0FD-DB66-4070-881F-17264CA257E1}"
# Upload single file using full qualified path
Send-RemoteItem @props -Path "C:\temp\data.xml" -Destination "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Console\Website\upload\data1.xml"
Get-Item -Path C:\temp\data.zip | Send-RemoteItem @props -RootPath App -Destination "\upload"
# Upload multiple files in a flat structure
Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\temp\" -Filter "*.xml" | Send-RemoteItem -Session $session -RootPath Media -Destination "Files/" -Verbose
# Upload multiple files in a compressed zip to maintain directory structure
Get-Item -Path C:\temp\Kittens.zip | Send-RemoteItem @props -RootPath Media -Destination "Images/" -SkipExisting
# Close out the existing session
Stop-ScriptSession -Session $props.Session
Setup
Check out this pagepage in the Gitbook for SPE to see how to get setup and running.
