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Staging allows you to easily transfer changes made to pages or objects in a Kentico instance on one server to a different instance on another server. You can also perform complete synchronization of all pages and objects. All connected instances must use the same version of Kentico. Staging is particularly useful if you need to synchronize multiple environments during development, for example:
Development -> Testing -> Editing (staging) -> Live (production)
All pages stored in the content tree of websites can be synchronized. However, not all objects in Kentico support synchronization. Make sure you read through the What can be synchronized section for more information.
Configuring content staging - to allow synchronization, you need to configure the Kentico instances that you wish to connect.
Bi-directional content staging - explains how to configure servers to be both target and source servers at the same time. Allows transferring of changes in both directions.
Using X.509 authentication - learn how to install your own X.509 certificates or how to use our sample certificates for the X.509 type of staging service authentication.
Staging large files - Kentico supports staging of physical files stored as Page attachments and in Media libraries. Learn how to set the maximum size of synchronized files.
Content staging security - learn about the permissions that roles need to perform synchronization actions.
Troubleshooting staging - check for solutions to problems that can occur when using staging.
Synchronizing the content - explains how to transfer synchronization tasks to other servers.
Automatic content synchronization - set up the system to perform synchronization automatically.
Exporting and importing sites - you can also manually transfer your content to other instances of Kentico using the export and import features.
Content staging supports synchronization of the following data:
Content staging does not support synchronization of the following data:
Warning
When you stage an object, the synchronization also includes all child objects and bindings (relationships with other objects) in most cases. To avoid potential problems, we strongly recommend having mirrored content and consistent objects on all staging environments whenever possible.
For example: A role is not assigned to any users in the development environment, but to 100 users on the target production server. If you synchronize the role object through staging, the users are removed from the role on the target server.
Staging and ID values
Content staging cannot ensure that objects and pages have the same ID values after being transferred to a different environment. However, the synchronization process preserves GUID (opens in a new tab) values. Use GUID fields if you need to identify pages or objects across multiple staging environments.