11May, 2022
We've got a client with a really cool search implementation, and they're always excited to publish new content and see how our various CTAs dynamically pull data based on this or that. So, once the site started to really get going with content, we were getting requests about content not getting indexed. After a couple of initial checks, it turns out the sitecore_suggested_test_index was clogging the pipes! Why? How? Let's check it out.
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25Apr, 2022
Going live with a new Sitecore implementation and getting over 30 times the load you were expecting can be a bit of a shock! So, when we saw 120,000 hits per HOUR instead of the 3,000, we expected, adjustments needed to be made. Here's how we programmatically stored an array of 404 pages to drop demand on the servers in a huge way.
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14Mar, 2022
The upgrade folder is a great place to have handy during the installation of a package. It will hold information and items related to what you just installed, like logs, backup of files, what was deleted, etc. While browsing about a new Sitecore Managed Cloud installation I couldn't find it, but there's a patch to resolve the issue.
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07Feb, 2022
On December 10th, Apache announced a critical issue with their Log4J library being vulnerable to RCE (Remote Code Execution) attacks, for certain versions of Solr. They listed upgrading Solr as the preferred method for rectifying this issue, but since Sitecore's compatibility is usually closely bound to a limited number of versions, modifying your current installation would be the safest approach.
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01Feb, 2022
This week a client had a well-running installation go offline, showing “Error 524: a timeout occurred”. Not having worked on this instance for several months, the first thing I did was look at the logs to see what's going on. The site is logging thousands of exceptions a day, and one SQL database is pinned at 100% for at least seven days. This needed a few steps to resolve the issue, so let's go through them.
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