Large-Scale CMS Migration
Seamless Migration to Amplience: Enhancing Performance, Flexibility, and Scalability for Future Growth.
About
In this project, our team was tasked with the comprehensive migration of our client's content management system from Drupal to Amplience, a headless CMS. This initiative was driven by the need to leverage the advanced capabilities and flexibility offered by Amplience. Additionally, we needed to execute a large-scale user migration to a new authentication provider, ensuring that all users could continue to securely access the site without disruption. Furthermore, we had to migrate hundreds of thousands of images to a new Digital Asset Management (DAM) system.
Client
Industry
Music & Entertainment
Technologies Used
MySQL
AWS
Node.js
Docker
Challenge
The client had an enormous dataset with over 30 years of content, encompassing complex relationships between various content types. Additionally, there were tens of millions of users who needed to authenticate into their site. This migration project, therefore, involved not only the seamless transfer of extensive content but also the meticulous migration of a large user base to a new authentication provider. Moreover, we had to manage the migration of hundreds of thousands of images to a new DAM system, ensuring that all digital assets were accurately and efficiently transferred.
Solution
Content Migration: We developed custom ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) scripts that queried the Drupal database and recursively created a data model of all content and their relationships. This custom-built data model was then meticulously mapped to the appropriate content types in the new Headless CMS, Amplience. This ensured that all content, including its complex relationships, was accurately transferred and restructured in the new system.
User Migration: Alongside the content migration, we transitioned user authentication to a new provider. This involved securely migrating user credentials and authentication data, ensuring that the transition was seamless for end-users with minimal disruption to their login processes.
Image Migration: We handled the migration of hundreds of thousands of images to a new DAM system. This process involved ensuring that all digital assets were accurately transferred, maintaining their metadata and associations. This was done in an automated fashion, ensuring that all images were accurately and efficiently transferred.
Result
The successful completion of this project yielded significant positive outcomes for our client
Enhanced Performance and Flexibility: By migrating to Amplience, the client now enjoys a more flexible and robust CMS that supports their complex content structures and relationships. This has resulted in improved performance and a more responsive user experience.
Scalability and Future-Proofing: The new headless CMS architecture provided by Amplience offers greater scalability, allowing the client to easily manage and expand their content in the future. This has future-proofed their content management system, ensuring it can adapt to evolving needs.
Improved Content Management: The client now benefits from the advanced capabilities of Amplience, such as better content personalization, streamlined workflows, and enhanced collaboration tools. This has significantly improved their overall content management processes.
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