Questions tagged [configuration]
Questions about the ways Sitecore is configured, including .config files, patching, available settings, etc.
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How do you setup a 404 and 500 error page for missing files and media items?
When navigating to a url such as www.website.com/missing.pdf and www.website.com/-/media/missing.pdf you will either receive the IIS 404 Server Error message or a Sitecore document not found page.
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What is the purpose of keepalive.aspx?
I know that this the page is called every 15 minutes (by default) by a scheduled task.
<agent type="Sitecore.Tasks.UrlAgent" method="Run" interval="00:15:00">
<param desc="url">/service/...
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Is there a way to disable a config patch file without renaming or deleting it?
Let's say you want to temporarily exclude a .config file from being applied as a patch by Sitecore. Normally, you would either:
Delete the file;
Or rename it to have an extension different from ....
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How do I disable /sitecore access on a Content Delivery Server?
I have 2 servers:
Content Delivery - the live site pointing to the web database.
Content Management - the internal only site pointing to the master database.
I want to prevent access to /sitecore on ...
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Can I encrypt the Sitecore Publishing Service connection strings?
Is there a way to encrypt the connection strings of the Sitecore Publishing Service? I don't want the connection strings to stay in clear text on the server, nor leave the system in Sitecore support ...
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How can I disable xDB?
If I don't have a working connection to MongoDB and I don't want to use xDB functionality. Currently, my logs are being filled with errors.
What is the configuration needed to disable xDB?
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Configuring Sitecore to display PDFs in browser
Currently, when a user clicks on a PDF link on my site (served from the Media Library), the browser will download the PDF file. I'd like to change the behavior from downloading to opening in browser (...
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What is the usage of "physicalFolder" and "virtualFolder" attributes in a Sitecore site defintion
<site name="xxx" inherits="website" hostName="xxx.local"
virtualFolder="/"
physicalFolder="/"
targetHostName="xxx.local"
scheme="https"
rootPath="/sitecore/content/xxx"
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Install-SitecoreConfiguration xconnect-solr.json - Error Invoke-ManageSolrCoreTask : Missing required parameter: name
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I am trying to install sitecore XP1 architecture. I already have a signed certificate. My issue comes when I try to configure sitecore on my solr. Sitecore 9.0.1 rev. 171219. SOLR 6.6.4. ...
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Viewing the compiled Sitecore config on Content Delivery?
On Content Authoring servers, you can go to the control panel and view this page to see the compiled Sitecore config: /sitecore/admin/ShowConfig.aspx.
It's also possible to do this via Sitecore Rocks....
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Server role config with ContentManagement,Processing,Reporting not working
We wanted to setup a server as ContentManagement,Processing and Reporting instance. As we can combine roles, we changed the config accordingly.
<add key="role:define" value="ContentManagement,...
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Can you identify the Sitecore version from the Sitecore.Kernel.dll version?
Prior to Sitecore 8.2 the Sitecore.Kernel.dll version was the same as the version of the product I was using, however, from 8.2 the dll version seems to be ambiguous, like 10.0.3.309.
Is there a way ...
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Sitecore administration page to view all pipeline processors
Is there an administration page to view all pipeline processors that are configured in Sitecore and the order in which they will execute? I'm trying to verify that my custom processor is being ...
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Automating server role configuration
When configuring server instances in a distributed environment, a range of config files must be enabled or disabled based on the instance role (e.g. CD, CM, Processing, Aggregation), referencing the "...
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How to setup single site with one domain per language
I have a website that has 2 languages, lets say English (en) and Dutch (nl). Currently the site runs on a single domain, www.x.be. All is fine. But now the customer want to add another domain www.y....
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How to default the media browser to tree view
This is a really minor issue. But is it possible to have the "Select Media" browser default to the tree view as opposed to list view? I imagine there would be a config setting somewhere. I just feel ...
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How is the FXM bundle beacon constructed?
I am trying to implement FXM for a customer, with the purpose of collecting data from a bunch of WordPress based sites into a single repository.
An example of such a site is http://dev.verum.se/test/...
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Is it possible to exclude some Sitecore Items from analytics tracking?
Is it possible to exclude some Sitecore Items from analytics tracking? We have a few items under sitecore/Content/Sites/MySite/Third Party/ that are consumed by our support site (which does not ...
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How does the `ref` attribute work in Sitecore configuration files?
Sitecore's .config files will sometimes use the ref attribute for inheriting the current node from an existing configuration node.
Here's an example from Sitecore.ContentSearch.Solr.Index.Analytics....
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How or where should I add a required connection string for a feature in Helix?
A feature requires adding a new connection string. Which should be the way to do this in Helix?
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X-Frame Option in Sitecore 9
I have added the following X-frame-options header in web.config:
<httpProtocol>
<customHeaders>
<remove name="X-Powered-By" />
<add name="X-Frame-Options" value="...
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What is the best practice for managing Web.config changes in a solution?
To my knowledge, it is considered a best practice not to include any of Sitecore's out-of-the-box configuration files into Visual Studio web projects. The reason being, if you handle all configuration ...
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Cannot patch Sitecore initialize pipeline (Sitecore 8.1 Update 3)
I am trying to patch the initialize pipeline to add a processor. I simply add the following config (obtained from a KB article here) in include folder:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
&...
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Disable EXM and remove connection strings
I've disabled EXM (in Sitecore 9.0.1):
<setting name="EXM.Enabled" value="false" />
I've also removed the exm.master, EXM.CryptographicKey and EXM.AuthenticationKey connection strings. I'm ...
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How do I configure Sitecore to serve multiple sites?
I want to configure my instance of Sitecore to respond with different sites at different urls. How can I do this?
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`patch:instead` removes an element with no attributes
I want to patch the configuration for sharedSessionState to use MSSQL instead of memory. The default configuration from Sitecore.Analytics.Tracking.config renders as such:
Sitecore.Analytics.Tracking....
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How can I share settings between multiple TDS projects?
I have several TDS projects in a solution, all of them have the same deployment properties (such as the access GUID, deployment folder), package metadata (author, version, etc.) and validation ...
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How do you best manage security domains using SXA with the Active Directory module?
SXA provides the ability to create new tenants on-the-fly. Ideally each tenant would have a unique set of roles such as tenant1\admin and tenant1\editor.
How do you configure roles and domains in ...
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Where should environment-specific configs be placed in Helix (Habitat) compliant solution?
Where should environment-specific configs be placed in Helix (Habitat) compliant solution (in the VS solution and the file system), such as connection strings?
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How often should agents run to both minimize impact on users and reduce risk of other performance issues?
First I referenced John West's article on agents here. He speaks of polling frequencies and intervals but neither there nor other places have I seen a clear guide on the agents that exist and best ...
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System.EntryPointNotFoundException when loading Sitecore 9.0
On Sitecore 9.0, when I attempt to load any URL, I get an Owin startup exception with the following details:
System.EntryPointNotFoundException: The following errors occurred while attempting to load ...
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SearchConfiguration is not configured correctly. ContentSearchConfiguration was expected but System.String was returned
I am getting this error when trying to access a Sitecore website. Here's a screenshot of the complete error message.
It probably has to do with configuring Solr to work with Sitecore. Does anyone ...
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Recursive upgradeable lock acquisitions not allowed in this mode exception while accessing Sitecore configuration while initiating the IoC container
When trying to access the Sitecore Configuration Factory to read a setting while configuring services in the IoC container the below exception is thrown.
public class ServicesConfigurator : ...
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Configuring master and web index for faster rebuild
During an upgrade from 6.x to 8.1 we decided to also move the indexes from Lucene to Solr. We ran into quite some troubles, but that is not the question as those are fixed. The "problem" I'm still ...
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"Index sitecore_marketingdefinitions_master was not found" exception in Sitecore 9
Sometimes when we change config file or deploy new code, we see this exception on first load of page:
Server Error in '/' Application.
Index sitecore_marketingdefinitions_master was not found
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Content delivery setup - Lucene indexes
I have an issue that Lucene indexes are not updated or properly created on the content delivery server after a rebuild of the indexes on the content management server or after an item publish. The ...
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Best practices for HTTP Denial of Service configuration
A security audit has been performed for Sitecore setup.
One of the issues revealed is about "HTTP Denial of Service"
Description:
A malicious user with a computer can send a specially crafted ...
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Customising the Sitecore Azure Marketplace Install
I installed Sitecore 9 on Azure using the Azure Marketplace. This creates a highly souped up instance of Sitecore. Id like to strip things out I don't need, to reduce the cost, but I am not entirely ...
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Is there a list of external domains that Sitecore calls as part of normal operating?
I'm looking to get a complete list of the URLs that Sitecore calls during normal functionality of the base product. We have a client's IT group that needs to whitelist the outbound external calls to ...
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How to run Sitecore in Live Mode?
I need to run my front-end website by pointing to master database, temporarily.
What settings should I change to achieve this?
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Patching to remove index update strategies
While configuring cd instance on SOLR one has to remove index update strategies and set to manual from index definitions on cd server.
Can we do that using sitecore patching?
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How to set X-Frame-Options to deny?
I have a recently upgraded solution, now running on Sitecore 8.1-upd3. Apparently in this version, Sitecore includes a http module to include a X-Frame-Options header, set to SAMEORIGIN: <add type="...
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Why use Patch Files to update configuration?
Some Sitecore documentation I found says..
Do not make changes directly to the configuration files. Instead, you must create a patch file that performs the required changes during run time.
But it ...
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How to make calls to sdn.sitecore.net startpage.aspx over HTTPS?
I noticed that when I access the login page, the Edge browser logs that HTTPS security is compromised.
Is there a way to change the url to HTTPS?
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How to configure caching for static resources in Sitecore
How can I enable caching for static resources such as CSS and JavaScript files in a Sitecore solution? I need these resources to have the following response header present:
Cache-Control:public, max-...
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Where can I find Docker Images for the different Sitecore Installs?
I have seen a lot of good tutorials about how to setup Sitecore to be used in a Docker container. However, this still gives me the problem of configuring the different server roles (i.e. CD, CM, ...
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Update web.config configuration in a Sitecore module
I am working on creating a module that I was hoping to have be installed right thru the Sitecore shell. The deeper I go, the more I realize I will need to make manual changes to the web.config to get ...
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Config Patch With Multiple Matched Attributes
Is it possible to perform a patch that has to match on more than on attribute?
My issue is that I'd like to patch after:
<sitecore>
<processors>
<uiDeleteItems>
<...
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Are there specific IIS setting recommendations for Sitecore?
Are there any specific setting changes for IIS specific to Sitecore? Or are general ASP.NET IIS best practices fully applicable to Sitecore?
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Adding a field to a custom SOLR index configuration
I am moving indexes from Lucene to Solr. Almost everything is working again, except a few custom indexes that have their own index configuration and had some field added to the fieldMap. Other custom ...
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