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Install, upgrade, and deploy

To start using Sitefinity CMS you must download it from Sitefinity CMS website and run the installer. Sitefinity CMS installs and opens the Sitefinity CMS Project Manager, which you use to start creating your project. When you start using Sitefinity CMS for the first time, the installation of your license is incorporated in the process of page creation and is guided by a wizard.

You can install Sitefinity CMS on your local machine, on the IIS, or, via FTP connection, on a remote server. You can also install your project locally and later deploy it to Windows Azure cloud services. Sitefinity CMS also supports different databases, such as Microsoft SQL Server, Express, and Azure, Oracle, and MySQL.

Before you install

Before you install Sitefinity CMS, you can get acquainted with our recommendations about the hosting settings, as well as consider how to optimize your system’s performance depending on your environment.

Deploy

You use following deployment procedures to migrate a Sitefinity CMS project from your development machine to a production server. After the physical relocation of the application, all CMS functionality continues to operate. You do not need to install Sitefinity CMS on the server. You must only move the files of the project to the production server.

Upgrade

Upgrading Sitefinity CMS to the latest version is a semi-automatic procedure. Make sure you back up your database and projects before you upgrade.
This section contains:
  • System requirements
    Make sure your system complies with specific hardware and software requirements before you install Sitefinity.
  • Install Sitefinity
    Download Sitefinity from Sitefinity website and run the installer. Setup the IIS and make other configurations.
  • Licenses
    Check your current license, activate a new license, update an existing one, or refresh your license data if you have manually uploaded the license.
  • Create projects
    Open the project manager and complete the initial installation of your license. Create your first Sitefinity project or add more projects. Host your projects on IIS, configure them and start working.
  • Run projects on IIS
    Create and run your projects on Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS), instead of using the Sitefinity integrated web server.
  • Administration: Setup your system
    Manage system settings, including security, performance, caching, email profiles, URLs, system configuration, and others.
  • Deployment
    Migrate a Sitefinity project from your development machine to a production server, together with all of its files and database.
  • Upgrade
    Upgrade any Sitefinity version to the latest one, or a version of your choice.
  • Best practices: Hosting, deployment, NLB
  • Reference: API and database changes
    See changes in Sitefinity API and the database tables between different releases.
  • Reference: Sitefinity version compatibility with RadControls and OpenAccess versions
    See Sitefinity version compatibility with RadControls and OpenAccess versions.

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