Fixing the Name of your sitecore_testing_index and sitecore_suggested_test_index Indexes

July 21, 2020
AzureSitecoreSitecore 9Solr
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I was combing through our log files this afternoon and came across the following errors filling the sucker up: 21044 16:31:43 ERROR ActionRunner: Execution is failed. Exception: SolrNet.Exceptions.SolrConnectionException Message: <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=”Content-Type” content=”text/html;charset=utf-8″/> <title>Error 404 Not Found</title> </head> <body><h2>HTTP ERROR 404</h2> <p>Problem accessing /solr/Sitecore-sitecore_testing_index/schema. Reason: <pre> Not Found</pre></p> </body> </html> Source: SolrNet at SolrNet.Impl.SolrConnection.Get(String…

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Remove the Sitecore Log Noise from Application Insights

July 8, 2020
SitecoreSitecore 9
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I was looking through our Fresh Dev Environment and noticed the following message in Application Insights: Nobody Samples my Data! Looking at the latest items showing up, it was pretty clear that the ever-so-loved chatty nature of Sitecore was causing Application Insights to throw a bit of a fit. Rightly so. We all know how…

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Non-static method requires a target

July 1, 2020
SitecoreSitecore 9
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There was way too much time spent debugging this issue today. We were working on some custom facet data in xDB and our Sitecore.Tracker.Current was continuing to come up null. Not fun. Here’s the code we were using: public class XConnectFormDataModel { public XdbModel Model { get; } = BuildModel(); private static XdbModel BuildModel() {…

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Windows Hosts Writer – v 1.3

June 9, 2020
DockerSitecoreSitecore 9Windows Hosts Writer
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It’s been a hot minute since I’ve worked on the Windows Hosts Writer (WHW) and based on some feedback, a few changes were made: Now, WHW will listen to ANY network by default. No more having to remember to set it to nat or docker_default. You can still specify an override through the environment variable…

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Installing Universal Tracker 2.0 in Azure

March 25, 2020
SitecoreSitecore 9Universal Tracker
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I’m helping out on an internal project and we’re kicking into overdrive with neat, fun things, such as Universal Tracker. What should we do? Step 1: Install Universal Tracker Step 2: ??? Step 3: Profit! I mean…they wrote one So I did what anyone new to Sitecore would do. I trusted the documentation. Now, before…

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Docker Quality of Life: JSON over YAML

January 23, 2020
DockerSitecoreSitecore 9
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After the ninth formatting error in my docker-compose.yml file, I decided to google if you could actually use JSON instead. I heart JSON, for reals. Whaaaaaaa Ok, so that’s great news. You can quickly convert your YAML files over to JSON with some online tools. Here’s a good one: https://onlineyamltools.com/convert-yaml-to-json Simply paste your YAML file…

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Error: “Could not resolve stores core of type source”

January 15, 2020
PublishingSitecoreSitecore 9
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I’ve just been getting my feet wet with Publishing Service and specifically how to set it up with docker. With that said, I ran into an error which I hadn’t been able to google up a solution for: 2020-01-15 15:30:23.678 -06:00 [Information] New Job queued : e04be103-8b42-4c3e-802d-51ccb96d2d88 – Targets: “Internet” 2020-01-15 15:30:23.678 -06:00 [Error] Error…

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Maintain your Hosts file with a Docker Container

January 2, 2020
DockerSitecoreWindows Hosts Writer
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UPDATED – Read below! So while this doesn’t technically involve Sitecore, it’s been super helpful so far when working with some of the docker efforts I’ve been putting forward setting up Identity Server as well as Horizons. Those are still in the works though, so hold tight. The problem I’d been running into for those…

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Yet Another Sitecore Docker Series – Part 9: Compose All the Things

October 23, 2019
DockerSitecore
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It feels pretty good to get this whole thing running. Let’s make it easier. Let’s meet Docker Compose. Docker Compose is a utility that essentially helps with orchestration of containers. That just sounds badass! Docker Compose uses a docker-compose file which in the YAML format. Here’s an example we’ll be working with. The current GitHub …

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Yet Another Sitecore Docker Series – Part 8: It’s Sitecore Time

October 23, 2019
DockerSitecore
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Finally! AMIRITE? Now that we’ve spun our solr and sql containers up, it’s time to move to the big guns: The CM Server. I’m not going to cover the CD Server, as it’s fairly similar. XP topology is also not very far deviant from the concepts you’ve conquered so far. Let’s get to it. The… …

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