As Drupal 7 is reaching EOL in November 2022, it’s time to start thinking about Drupal 9 migration. With all the planning and preparations needed to migrate, it can be overwhelming to take the leap. But don't panic. We’ve got you covered—with all the tools and concrete steps you need to make the move to Drupal 9 efficient and painless.
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DRUPAL 7 END OF LIFE IS NEAR - MIGRATE TO DRUPAL 9 FAST AND EASY
1. DRUPAL 7 END OF
LIFE IS NEAR—
MIGRATE TO DRUPAL
9 FAST AND EASY
May 6, 2021
2. Today’s Speakers
Kara Hall
Associate Product
Marketing Manager
Angie Byron
Sr. Director, Product +
Community Development
Emily Lanois
Product Manager,
Acquia Migrate
3. 01. Intro
02. Benefits of Drupal 9
03. What's involved in a D7 > D9 migration?
04. Acquia Migrate Accelerate Intro
05. Product Walkthrough
06. How can I use it?
Agenda
11. KEY DRUPAL
8/9 FEATURES
Richer Media Management
Drupal now gives users the ability to
embed remote content such as YouTube
and Vimeo videos. Additionally, it features a
Media Library module that allows users to
add existing media assets
12. KEY DRUPAL
8/9 FEATURES
Layout Builder
Layout Builder is unique in offering a
single, powerful visual design tool for
the following three use cases:
﹣ Layouts for templated content
﹣ Customization for templated layouts
﹣ Custom pages
13. KEY DRUPAL
8/9 FEATURES
Decoupled
Allows for the use of Drupal as a central
content store on a decoupled front end
(mobile application, JavaScript
framework, etc.) using JSON:API
14. EASY UPGRADE PATH FROM DRUPAL 8
In Just 5 Steps!
01.
Make sure your
environment is
compatible with
the requirements
for Drupal 9.
02.
Next, update core
to the latest
Drupal 8 version.
Upgrade from 8.8
and 8.9 are
supported.
03.
Update
contributed
projects until they
are Drupal 9
compatible.
04.
Remove
deprecated API
use in custom
code.
05.
Update Drupal
core to Drupal 9.
DONE!
15. Content Workflow
Allows you to define multiple workflows, show their
states and the transitions allowed between them
BigPipe
Increases page view performance by sending the
main “content” area of a page while sidebars and
other auxiliary content are still being generated
Configuration Management
Allows sites that are following the best practice of
having “development,” “staging” and “production”
environments to seamlessly move configurations
from one environment to another
Multilingual Capabilities
Install Drupal in 100 foreign languages, translate
content items, and configuration
In-place Editing & Configuration
Adjust your content from the frontend of your
site, and make changes to sidebar blocks
without visiting the backend
Views in Core
A query-builder UI used for creating dynamic
content listings in a variety of formats
Structured Content
Content, user profiles and comments are examples
of Entities; you can add fields to all entities, including
references to other entities. Drupal 9 ships with a
wide range of available fields, including phone,
email, date and time
Mobile Experience
Responsive administrative experience using HTML5
MORE GREAT DRUPAL 8/9 FEATURES
16. DRUPAL 7 (and 8) END-OF-LIFE IS COMING
Drupal 8 EOL
Nov 2021
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Drupal 7 Support Commercial Drupal 7 Extended Support
Drupal 8 Support
Drupal 7 EOL
Nov 28, 2022
Drupal 9 Support
Drupal 10 Support
We are here
Drupal 9 EOL
Nov 2023
Commercial D7
Support Ends
Nov 2025
19. Audit your modules/custom
code: DO YOU NEED IT?
Get on the latest version of all
D7 projects
Check the known upgrade
issues page
— Ex: Views are not
migrated; move them
over by hand
MIGRATING FROM DRUPAL 7 TO DRUPAL 9
Install a fresh copy of Drupal 9
— Do NOT make content
changes here!
Migrate Drupal 7 data into it
— Keep old site up and
running as migration
happens!
Port your custom code / theme
22. DELIVERING:
— Flexible Architecture
— Security and Governance
— Ease of Use
— Connectivity
— Scalability
DRUPAL CLOUD
Build, design and run sites
and applications
DRUPAL CLOUD
23. ACQUIA MIGRATE
ANALYZE
Extract your content & data from
any CMS into comprehensive
reports to investigate your data
model and optimize your content
before migrating to Drupal 9.
AMA specifically addresses and accelerates the migration from
ACQUIA-HOSTED Drupal 7 to Drupal 9 sites.
AMA IS 1 OF 3 FEATURES OF THE ACQUIA
MIGRATE PRODUCT SUITE
Simplify your Drupal 9 Adoption with Acquia Migrate
ACQUIA MIGRATE
REPLATFORM
Migrate from any CMS to Drupal
up to 5 times faster by leveraging
pre-built and tested automations
for content & data migrations.
ACQUIA MIGRATE
ACCELERATE
Speed up your Drupal 7 to Drupal
9 migrations by up to 80%.
Leverage an intuitive UI and
comprehensive migration set-up
built by Acquia’s Drupal experts.
38. — Single site only, or migrating only one sample site within a
multisite, at present.
— Utilize many of the "top 100" contrib modules, esp. those that
are known to be tricky and/or quite important to many other
Drupal users (such as Media, Pathauto, Paragraphs...)
— Have a more complex data model, with many content types /
fields / entity references / etc.
— Performing a "Lift and Shift" vs. a complete re-visioning of site.
AMA gets you onto Drupal 9 as quickly as possible, later
adjustments can be made once on D9.
BEST FIT FOR AMA
39. — AMA is included for free with any Acquia Cloud Platform
Enterprise* subscription!
— Existing customer? Talk to your Acquia account manager to
be granted access
— New to Acquia? Request a demo!
— Need extra help starting your migration? Our Professional
Services team can help!
a. Migrate Quickstart package to get started
b. Handle entire migration for you
c. Work alongside Acquia Partners to perform migration
NEXT STEPS
*ACP, ACSF NOT CURRENTLY SUPPORTED