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Merge 2 Alfresco Community Edition instances (v7.2.0-M2)

abmaymic — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 15:03:06 GMT

Hi,

I want to merge two instances of Alfresco. Userbase is the same. I found the discussion from https://hub.alfresco.com/t5/alfresco-content-services-forum/merging-2-alfresco-repository-instances/td-p/185151, but that's already some time ago. Which methods would be todays choice? Since I'm also able to code a little bit, maybe there are som REST-Apis I can use?

Thx, Michael

Re: Merge 2 Alfresco Community Edition instances (v7.2.0-M2)

douglascrp — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 12:16:31 GMT

You can still use the ideas for the referenced thread.

Using manifold, you can "migrate" content from an instance into the other.

Re: Merge 2 Alfresco Community Edition instances (v7.2.0-M2)

cesarista — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 13:48:37 GMT

Hi:

If you do not need to preserve uuids of the files, you can use Bulk Export Tool in the source (this is an addon - not OOTB), and then apply Bulk Import Tool in the target.

Regards.

--C.

Re: Merge 2 Alfresco Community Edition instances (v7.2.0-M2)

robinp — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 08:53:42 GMT

Hi all,

At the moment I have the same problem, but with the need to maintain node uuids. Do any of you know if Content Replication can be right for me?

https://docs.alfresco.com/content-services/community/admin/replication/

Thanks in advance

Re: Merge 2 Alfresco Community Edition instances (v7.2.0-M2)

angelborroy — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 11:38:43 GMT

You may try this approach:

https://github.com/angelborroy/alfresco-uuid-importer

Re: Merge 2 Alfresco Community Edition instances (v7.2.0-M2)

robinp — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 15:08:19 GMT

Hi @angelborroy,

thanks for replying.

The project you are linking is great but unfortunately I am not considering importing via ACP as both environments that I need to merge have millions of nodes and several terabytes of content stores.

I tried to use Content Replication as mentioned in a first test and I actually noticed that the synchronized nodes have the same uuid as the nodes in the source environment. I have tried the various deletion and update cases and I didn't notice any particular critical issues. Is there something I'm missing that I should take note of?

Also, I know that for Content Replication to work the versions of the alfresco environments must be identical.

Is it always true?