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Following my article last week about migrating from JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform 5.2 to eXo Platform 4<\/a>, this week\u2019s article is about migrating from JBoss Portal Platform 6 to eXo Platform 4.<\/p>\n Although JBoss Portal Platform is a powerful portal, it lacks features that eXo Platform 4 offers out-of-the-box, such as content and social collaboration.<\/p>\n Here is how you can migrate using a Staging Extension add-on developed by eXo and freely available to the community.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Simple. eXo Platform offers a long list of out-of-the-box features: document and web content management, knowledge management, enterprise collaboration, all tied up to social features. You can read more about our social intranet capabilities on our website<\/a>.<\/p>\n eXo Platform 4 is based on the same technical dependencies as JBoss Portal Platform 6. It provides add-ons on top of “GateIn” for advanced Enterprise Portal Features: “Document Management System<\/b>“, “Content Management System<\/b>“, “Social<\/b>“, “Enterprise Collaboration tools<\/b>“.<\/p>\n Applications developed under JBoss Portal Platform remain fully compatible with eXo Platform 4. It is recommended to use eXo Platform for JBoss AS 7\/EAP 6 to conserve the application\u2019s ecosystem.<\/p>\n Applications based on JBoss Portal Platform 6 are compatible with eXo Platform 4, so you just have to copy the artifacts.<\/p>\n To copy JBoss Portal Platform 6 custom configurations, you will need a dedicated tool: https:\/\/github.com\/exo-addons\/staging-extension<\/a>.<\/p>\n The eXo add-ons are extensions to the platform. They are developed by the community, for the community. The eXo add-ons enable you to add features (like chat capabilities), integrate with other technologies (like Bonita for workflows capabilities) and manipulate your portal data (like migration).<\/p>\n This is an add-on that can be deployed on JBoss Portal Platform 6 and eXo Platform 4. The main goal of this add-on is to copy data and configurations from a “GateIn compliant server” (JBoss Portal Platform or eXo Platform) to another.<\/p>\n This is especially used to copy data from a “staging server” to a “production Server”.<\/p>\n Follow installation guide provided here<\/a> to deploy it on JBoss Portal Platform 6 and eXo Platform 4.<\/p>\n You can add the “Staging Extension Portlet” on a page or access it via SSH.<\/p>\n After deploying the “Staging Extension” on both “JBoss Portal Platform 6” (source) and “eXo Platform 4” (target), follow these instructions:<\/p>\n 1. Start JBoss Portal Platform Server.<\/p>\n 2. Login and add “Staging Extension Portlet” in a page with access restrictions for administrators.<\/p>\n 3. Export “site” resource: this resource contains all portal, group and user sites and pages.<\/p>\n 4. Export “registry” resource: this is the “Application Registry” data.<\/p>\n 5. If you have defined new gadgets, you will have to export “gadget” resource.<\/p>\n 6. Copy your custom applications (Portlets) and GateIn extensions in eXo Platform 4. (EAR, JAR, WAR.)<\/p>\n Note<\/b>: if you use eXo Platform 4 Tomcat, then you only need to copy JAR in Tomcat\/lib<\/span> and WAR in Tomcat\/webapps<\/span>.<\/p>\n 7. Start eXo Platform 4 Server.<\/p>\n 8. Login and add “Staging Extension Portlet” in a page with access restricted to administrators.<\/p>\n 9. Import “site” resource that you have exported from JBoss Portal Platform.<\/p>\n 10. Import “registry” resource that you have exported from JBoss Portal Platform.<\/p>\n 11. Import “gadget” resource that you have exported from JBoss Portal Platform.<\/p>\n That’s all you need to do, now you can see your Portal working with eXo Platform 4. Enjoy!<\/p>\n As usual, you can connect to the eXo Community Forums<\/a> and post a topic if you have any questions or you need more details on how it works.<\/p>\nWhy migrate to eXo Platform 4?<\/h2>\n
Are JBoss Portal Platform applications compatible with eXo Platform 4?<\/h2>\n
How can I migrate from JBoss Portal Platform 6 to eXo Platform 4, and is it simple?<\/h2>\n
What are the eXo add-ons?<\/h2>\n
What is the \u201cStaging Extension”?<\/h2>\n
How to use the “Staging extension”?<\/h2>\n
How to migrate from JBoss Portal Platform 6 to eXo Platform 4?<\/h2>\n