Extended providers, web farm synchronization, and extended deployment support are just a few of the features you need to make your life in the clouds even easier with Kentico CMS 7. In this webinar we will look at how Kentico CMS 7 continues to lead the industry with their cloud support.

1. Kentico CMS 7: making the cloud
even easier!
Dominik Pinter, dominikp@kentico.com

2. Agenda
• CMS.IO improvements
• Web farm module improvements
• Windows Azure improvements
• Amazon S3 improvements
• Kentico+

3. CMS.IO: History
Kentico CMS version 6:
System.IO
Kentico CMS Azure
business CMS.IO blob API
layer
...

4. CMS.IO: Providers mapping
~/ NTFS file system
~/MySite/media WA blob storage
public void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
AbstractStorageProvider azureProvider = new
CMS.IO.StorageProvider("Azure", "CMS.AzureStorage");
StorageHelper.MapStoragePath("~/MySite/Media/",
azureProvider);
}

5. CMS.IO: Custom path mapping
C:inetpubwwwrootKenticoMySite D:MySiteData
public void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
AbstractStorageProvider ioProv = new CMS.IO.StorageProvider();
StorageHelper.MapStoragePath("~/MySite/", ioProv);
ioProv.CustomRootPath = "D:MySiteData";
}
cmsrootmysitemedia media
public void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
AbstractStorageProvider ioProv = new
CMS.IO.StorageProvider("Azure", "CMS.AzureStorage");
StorageHelper.MapStoragePath("~/MySite/Media", ioProv);
ioProv.CustomRootPath = "media";
ioProv.PublicExternalFolderObject = true;
}

6. WebFarms: New synchronization mechanism
ServerName ServerLastUpdated
Server1 2012-08-10 15:23:31.903
1 sec polling Server2 2012-08-10 15:23:31.903
1 sec polling
Update
Server2
Server1
2012-08-10 15:23:31.903
2012-08-10 15:23:31.903
Advantages:
• No need for license for internal IPs
• No need to specify URL of internal server in Webfarm UI

7. Windows Azure: Multiple improvements
• Alternative way of deploying Kentico CMS into
Windows Azure
– Powershell script, Windows Azure cmdlets
– http://bit.ly/JnlptR
– KIM integration
– Demo
• Windows service support
– Prepared startup task for Smart Search worker role
– Demo
• Support for CSS/JS minification
– Disabled in Kentico CMS version 6

8. Amazon: CMS.IO provider for S3
• Already available
• Support for CloudFront CDN
• http://bit.ly/NXN6Jy
• Demo

9. Kentico+: Software as a service
• Kentico EMS in the form of SaaS
• Managed by Kentico
• Running in Windows Azure
• Pay as you go, no setup fee
• Customizable
• Two management modes
• Including automatic hotfix/upgrade application
• Sign up form www.kentico.com/plus
• Kentico+ users manual http://bit.ly/NqvB99
• Webinar http://bit.ly/MeNBz1

10. Q&A

11. Thank you
http://www.kentico.com
http://devnet.kentico.com
dominikp@kentico.com