Sitecore 10 is out! I tried installing it using SIA(Sitecore Install Assistant) along with SXA and it installed smoothly without any errors!
Prerequisites:
No need to install any prerequisites(includes Solr, SIF) manually, SIA will take care of it.
Preparation:
- Download installation package (Graphical setup package XP Single) from here.
Installation:
- Extract the file zip file downloaded and click on Setup.exe
- Install the prerequisites to make sure the required SIF and Windows Server prerequisites are up to date.
- Install Solr 8.4.0 by filling Port, Windows service path prefix and Install path and Install.
Note: Make sure the port number is different from earlier versions of Solr installed.
- Fill out site prefix, admin password (going with b, so easy to remember) and Confirm password (new to Sitecore 10), and license file path.
- Fill out SQL server instance name, admin username and password.
- Double-check the Solr URL (browse to make sure it’s running successfully), System root and Windows service name
- Select optional module SXA if you need. I’m going for it, time to explore SXA! Would be nice if Horizon is listed here.
- Review the summary to make sure the settings are correct.
- SIA validates to make sure the files look good.
- Install. This takes around 10 minutes (you can get a coffee!). If it errors out, check out the log.
Yayy!! It’s installed. Is it easy to install with SIA? It’s indeed a great tool!
Check out the release notes for what’s new in Sitecore 10 here
Happy Sitecoring!
