Configure a Bloomreach Experience Manager Project for Deployment in Bloomreach Cloud
Introduction
Goal
Configure a Bloomreach Experience Manager implementation project for deployment in Bloomreach Cloud.
Background
To be able to deploy and run your Bloomreach Experience Manager implementation project in Bloomreach Cloud, the project must satisfy a number of requirements. This page describes how to make sure your project is ready for deployment in Bloomreach Cloud.
Get Your Project Ready For Bloomreach Cloud
| Steps | Bloomreach Experience Manager 13 documentation | Bloomreach Experience Manager 14 / 15 / 16 documentation |
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Make sure your project is based Bloomreach Experience Manager 13, 14, or 15 |
Set up or upgrade to a Bloomreach Experience Manager 13 enterprise project |
Set up or upgrade to a Bloomreach Experience Manager 14,15, or 16 enterprise project |
| Make sure your project uses the Enterprise Repository |
Add the Bloomreach Cloud feature from the Essentials library1 |
Add the Bloomreach Cloud feature from the Essentials library1 |
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Add the Lucene export service to your project |
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Make sure your project correctly configures Log4j |
Configure Log4j for Bloomreach Cloud (13 / 14 / 15 / 16) | |
| Configure Client's Originating IP Address Resolution when using a CDN | Configure Client's Originating IP Address Resolution when using a CDN (13 / 14 / 15 / 16) | |
| Add HST Enterprise Caching to your project | Enable and Configure HST Enterprise Caching (13) | Enable and Configure HST Enterprise Caching (14 only) |
| Follow best practices | Bloomreach Experience Manager Implementation Best Practices for Deployment in Bloomreach Cloud | |
| Be aware of restrictions and limitations | Bloomreach Cloud Restrictions and Limitations | |
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When you are ready to deploy, create a project distribution |
Create a project distribution (13) | Create a project distribution (14 / 15 / 16) |
1 When not using Essentials, manually add the Enterprise Repository and the Lucene Export Service.
Configure Your Instance After the First Deployment in Bloomreach Cloud
| Steps | Bloomreach Experience Manager 13 documentation | Bloomreach Experience Manager 14 / 15 / 16 documentation |
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| Configure virtual hosts | Configure virtual hosts for an environment (13) | Configure virtual hosts for an environment (14 / 15 / 16) |
| Configure the Relevance SQL data store for Bloomreach Cloud |
Configure the Relevance SQL data store for Bloomreach Cloud (13 / 14 / 15 / 16) |
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| Configure CMS security |
Login page captcha and auto-completion (13) |
Login page captcha and auto-completion (14 / 15 / 16) Password safety validation and password expiration (14 / 15 /1 16) |
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Make sure to either delete the default user accounts (admin, editor, author, webmaster) or change their passwords!
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| Configure repository maintenance jobs | ||