What about Rendering Parameters? I recently did a POC using rendering parameters in a component in XM Cloud. In this blog i will describe my approach, issues faced and how i overcame them. Adding a rendering to a component, is relatively straight forward in Sitecore development, i.e.(https://doc.sitecore.com/xmc/en/developers/xm-cloud/walkthrough–building-a-simple-rendering.html). However, there are some circumstances where things are […]
Karega Anglin
Software Engineer with over 10 years of experience in all things Software Development and Architecture. A humanitarian passionate about building things to improve society and people's lives. “Looking forward to the future, learning from the past, and enjoying working in the present.”
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XM Cloud Deployments: Static site deployment using Netlify CLI
In my previous post (XM Cloud Deployments: Static site deployment using Vercel CLI), I created a Sitecore XM Cloud deploy script to use the Vercel CLI. In this next challenge, I will be looking at doing the same in Netlify. A little background: Netlify and Vercel are two major competitors in the JamStack space. Both […]
XM Cloud Deployments: Static site deployment using Vercel CLI
For the scenario of independent deployment of your NextJs static site, say in an automated deployment, one missing piece is a way to push the SSG site into Vercel. Here I provided a simple deployment script using the Vercel CLI of the static site in the XM Cloud project. Code: # Set up variables with […]
Deploying a Sitecore Instance on a “Local” Kubernetes (k8s) Setup Pt2
In the first blog of this series (here), I laid the foundation of why I chose this POC and my investigation into potential tools such as MiniKube and Kind, and why these did not work for me. I eventually settled on AKS Edge Essentials from Microsoft. Now I will take a slightly deeper dive into how […]
Deploying a Sitecore Instance on a “Local” Kubernetes (k8s) Setup
Have you ever wondered about having a local Sitecore instance on a local deployment of k8s? I was curious and decided to dive headfirst into the unknown world of k8s virtualization on a local setup. In this blog series I will be sharing the details my journey, my findings the mistakes/successes, and the final state […]
My Journey with the Sitecore MVP Mentor Program Part 1
So you want to be a Sitecore MVP? Welcome to the Sitecore MVP Program. The MVP mentor program provides guidance to those in the Sitecore Community who want to become an MVP. Join this program and gain new experiences, skills, knowledge, support and more. – https://mvp.sitecore.com/Mentor-Program I’d like to share my experience with the program so […]