Packager
A very helpful module is the Magnolia Packager. The packages contained by the Magnolia Packager can contain pages and static files.
The Magnolia Packager is only available in the Magnolia Enterprise Edition. The Magnolia Community Edition does not come with this tool.
Overview of the Magnolia Packager
The Magnolia Packager allows you to create physical packages of your Magnolia instance. The package can contain pages (content from one or more repositories) but also static files (JSP, docroot-files, etc.). Packages are ideal for
- Backup purposes
- Installation of files on another instance
- Replication to an instance you can not access through a subscriber.
Create a Magnolia Package
To create a Magnolia Package click on the Packages tab in the l //eft-side navigation// of AdminCentral. This will show you the Packager workspace pane.
Now you can either right-click into the workspace pane and select New from the context menu or just click on the New button of the //workspace navigation bar// .
This will create a new Package page (or node). Please change the package label from "untitled" to a more meaningful label. It is also recommended that you edit the Full Name value to better understand what the package is all about.
Packages are added into their own repository "packages". This allows you to easily create a package of all available packages. This way you can structure a backup into several packages and then collect them in one package.
On the following pages we will define package rules, download, upload and install packages.
