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DRUPAL 7 END OF LIFE IS NEAR - MIGRATE TO DRUPAL 9 FAST AND EASY
Drupal 7 will reach its end of life on November 28, 2022, necessitating a migration to Drupal 9 for users. The document outlines the benefits of upgrading to Drupal 9, including improved media management, layout options, and enhanced decoupling capabilities. It also discusses the Acquia Migrate tool, which facilitates the migration process, making it faster and more efficient for users transitioning from Drupal 7.
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DRUPAL 7 END OF LIFE IS NEAR - MIGRATE TO DRUPAL 9 FAST AND EASY
- 1. DRUPAL 7 ENDOF LIFE IS NEAR— MIGRATE TO DRUPAL 9 FAST AND EASY May 6, 2021
- 2. Today’s Speakers Kara Hall AssociateProduct Marketing Manager Angie Byron Sr. Director, Product + Community Development Emily Lanois Product Manager, Acquia Migrate
- 3. 01. Intro 02. Benefitsof 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
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- 5. DRUPAL 7 EOL- November 28, 2022 DRUPAL 8 EOL - November 2, 2021 WHY D7 TO D9 MIGRATION?
- 6. WHY IS AD7 TO D9 MIGRATION HARD?
- 7. DEV- OPS DATA IMPORT BIZ LOGIC PRESENTATION ANALYSIS &PLANNING 30% 20% 5% 25% 20% Time/Cost D7 to D9 MIGRATIONS AT A HIGH LEVEL
- 8. ~61% TODAY, MOST DRUPALUSERS ARE STILL ON DRUPAL 7...
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- 11. KEY DRUPAL 8/9 FEATURES RicherMedia 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 LayoutBuilder 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 Allowsfor 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 PATHFROM 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 youto 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 (and8) 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
- 17. MIGRATING FROM DRUPAL 7TO DRUPAL 9 SECTION 3
- 18. DEV- OPS DATA IMPORT BIZ LOGIC PRESENTATION ANALYSIS &PLANNING 30% 20% 5% 25% 20% Time/Cost DRUPAL 7 TO 9 IS A MIGRATION, NOT AN UPGRADE
- 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
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- 21. DRUPAL CLOUD Build, designand run sites and applications MARKETING CLOUD Understand, personalize and engage with customers on any channel COPYRIGHT © 2020 ACQUIA INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. DRUPAL IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF DRIES BUYTAERT. ACQUIA OPEN DIGITAL EXPERIENCE PLATFORM
- 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 yourcontent & 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.
- 24. ©2018 Acquia Inc.— Confidential and Proprietary Acquia Migrate: Accelerate The ONLY tool available for accelerating the migration of Drupal 7 applications to Drupal 9. Customers see migrations accelerate by up to 80% faster. CUSTOMER BENEFITS ﹣ Advanced Migration UI on top of Drupal's powerful Migrate API. ﹣ Lowers the barrier of entry for performing content migrations ﹣ Acquia-provided migration workspace ﹣ Acquia best practice knowledge baked in
- 25. MIGRATE UP TO 80% FASTER! 50-75% FASTER w/Acquia Migrate Accelerate 100% FASTER w/ Acquia Migrate Accelerate 25-100% FASTER w/ Acquia Migrate Accelerate 25-50% FASTER w/ Cloud IDEs 50-80% FASTER w/ Site Studio Before With Acquia
- 26. Dev-ops Data ImportBiz Logic Presentation Analysis & Planning 7% 12% 0% 10% 7% Acquia Migrate: Accelerate Acquia Site Studio Devs (PS/Partners) 25% Before: 5% 20% 20% 30% GOAL: TO DRASTICALLY REDUCE COST OF DRUPAL 7 TO 9 MIGRATIONS Acquia Cloud IDEs
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- 28. 1. Dedicated Acquia Cloud MigrateEnvironment 2. Module Recommendation Engine 3. Enhanced Migration Capabilities + Decoupled UI THE 3 COMPONENTS OF ACQUIA MIGRATE ACCELERATE
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- 31. CHOOSE YOUR OWNDATA
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- 33. PREVIEW DATA BEFOREIT’S MIGRATED
- 34. QUEUE MIGRATIONS FORIMPORT/ROLLBACK
- 35. ANALYZE PROBLEMS, GETSOLUTIONS
- 36. PEEK UNDER THEHOOD FOR DEVELOPER DETAILS
- 37. SECTION 5 HOW CANI USE IT?
- 38. — Single siteonly, 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 isincluded 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
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