Gentics CMS Documentation

Chapters

1. Usage

   • Read the info from the source system

   • Transfer the file info.json to the target system

   • Activate maintenance mode and stop tomcat on target system

   • Match the objects

   • Check and possibly modify the file match.json

   • Generate update SQL

   • Generate and execute update SQL

   • Restart tomcat and disable maintenance mode

2. Command Line Parameters

1 Usage

Synchronization is done in multiple steps:

1.1 Read the info from the source system

/Node/bin/java.sh com.gentics.contentnode.tools.GlobalIdSync -config "http://localhost/.Node/?do=24" -read construct,objprop,datasource -out info.json

This will connect to the database (connection properties are read from the given config url), will read the global IDs of all objects of the specified type and will output the result in JSON format into the file info.json

The format of the file info.json is as follows:

{
	"constructs" : [
		{
			"globalid" : "A547.69478",
			"keyword" : "textshort",
			"name" : "Text (kurz)",
			"parts" : [
				{
					"globalid" : "A547.69484",
					"keyword" : "text",
					"name" : "Text",
					"value" : {
						"globalid" : "A547.69485",
						"keyword" : "text"
					}
				}
			],
			...
		},
		...
	],
	"objprops" : [
		{
			"globalid" : "A547.69486",
			"name" : "object.sortorder",
			"type" : 10002,
			"descriptivename" : "Sortierung",
			"prop" : {
				"globalid" : "A547.69497"
			}
		},
		...
	],
	"datasources" : [
		{
			"globalid" : "CA9B.74723",
			"name" : "[Basic] Floating",
			"entries" : [
				{
					"globalid" : "A547.75173",
					"key" : "Left / Links"
				},
				...
			]
		},
		...
	]
}

1.2 Transfer the file info.json to the target system

The file info.json must be copied to the target system. All following steps are done on the target system.

1.3 Activate maintenance mode and stop tomcat on target system

While doing all following steps, it is mandatory, that absolutely no data is changed on the target system. It is best to activate the maintenance mode and stop the tomcat to achieve this. Failing to do so may lead to data inconsistencies!

1.4 Match the objects

/Node/bin/java.sh com.gentics.contentnode.tools.GlobalIdSync -config "http://localhost/.Node/?do=24" -match info.json -out match.json

This will read the information from the file info.json, will match the objects against the database (connection property read from the given url) and will output matching information into the file match.json in JSON format.

The file match.json contains data similar to the file info.json with additional attributes replaces that contains the global IDs of the matching objects on the target system.

For example:

{
	"objprops" : [
		{
			"globalid" : "A547.74284",
			"name" : "object.copyright",
			"type" : 10011,
			"descriptivename" : "Copyright",
			"prop" : {
				"globalid" : "A547.74293",
				"replaces" : "3D6C.79029"
			},
			"replaces" : "3D6C.79020"
		}
	]
}

Which means that the object property definition with global ID A547.74284 on the source system matches the object property definition with global ID 3D6C.79020 on the target system. When the synchronization is done, the global ID A547.74284 will replace global ID 3D6C.79020.

The file match.json will only contain objects, that have different global ID, but are likely to be matching.

1.4.1 How the matching is done

1.4.1.1 Tagtypes

Tagtypes are matched if the keyword is the same. For matching tagtypes, also the parts will be matched by identical keywords. It may well be, that not all parts of the tagtype in the source system have matching parts of the tagtyp in the target system. If the source tagtype is imported into the target system (after the synchronisation), the source tagtype will overwrite the target tagtype. Superfluous parts will be removed and missing parts will be added.

1.4.1.2 Datasources

Datasources are matched if they have identical names. For matching datasources, the entries will be matched by identical keys.

1.4.1.3 Object Property Definitions

Object property definitions are matched if they have identical names (tagnames, not the descriptive names).

1.5 Check and possibly modify the file match.json

In this step, the file match.json may be modified by removing incorrect matches.

1.6 Generate update SQL

/Node/bin/java.sh com.gentics.contentnode.tools.GlobalIdSync -config "http://localhost/.Node/?do=24" -sql match.json -out update.sql

This will read the matching information from file match.json and will generate the SQL statements necessary to synchronize the global IDs. The SQL statements will be written to the file update.sql.

1.7 Generate and execute update SQL

/Node/bin/java.sh com.gentics.contentnode.tools.GlobalIdSync -config "http://localhost/.Node/?do=24" -exec match.json -out update.sql

Same as the previous step, but will also execute the statements. This is the only step, that will actually change data in the database.

1.8 Restart tomcat and disable maintenance mode

This will reactivate the system. After restarting the tomcat and before enabling the maintenance mode, the system may be tested for errors.

2 Command Line Parameters