Here is a fast way to export the portal configuration and to import it again. This how to can be useful when :
- you change the version of your server but don't want to loose all your configuration
- you want to change the configuration on an existing server without loosing all existing data
Follow these steps :
1/ Build and deploy a new portal. Connect to the portal as root
2/ Once connected, open the portlet ECM Admin
3/ In the category "Content Presentation / Drives" edit the drive "System Files" and add the view "admin-view"
4/ Open the File Explorer portlet, and browse the drive "System Files" to the path : /exo:registry/exo:applications/MainPortalData/classic
(classic is the name of the portal of which you want to save the configuration, we will use it in this how to)
5/ Switch to admin-view, and click on "Export a node"
6/ Save the file on your hard drive, without compression
Your new configuration is now exported in an XML file, ready to be re imported in another server
7/ Connect by WebDAV to the new server (with user root), and open the URL :
http://server:port/rest/jcr/repository/system/exo:registry/exo:applications/MainPortalData, delete the folder "classic"
8/ Connect to the portal as root, and do the steps 2 to 4 again, except in 4, the path is now : /exo:registry/exo:applications/MainPortalData
9/ Switch to admin-view, click on "Import a node" and select the XML file with the format used at export (step 5)
The new configuration is now imported in the portal.
