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Upgrade from Drupal 6 or 7 when it is right for you: In the era of modern Drupal, release cycles of major versions have only minor importance

Drupal 7 has a much longer lifespan than the (already pushed back) official date, and Drupal 8 has an essentially infinite lifespan because it can update in-place to Drupal 9 easily and the same will be true of Drupal 10, 11, ∞. There's no reason to rush an upgrade— but there's no reason to wait either.

List of configuration options for destination plugins

Drupal migrations reference: List of configuration options for destination plugins

In the previous article we provided a reference of available configuration options for migrate source plugins. In today’s article we are doing something similar for destination plugins. We will present a reference of available configuration options for migrate destination plugins provided by Drupal core and some contributed modules. Knowing which options are available might require some Drupal development knowledge. By providing this reference it should make the process of writing migrations easier.

List of configuration options for source plugins

Drupal migrations reference: List of configuration options for source plugins

In a previous article we explained the syntax used to write Drupal migration. We also provided references of subfields and content entities' properties including those provided by the Commerce module. This time we are going to list the configuration options of many migrate source plugins. For example, when importing from a JSON file you need to specify which data fetcher and parser to use. In the case of CSV migrations, the source plugin configuration changes depending on the presence of a headers row. Finding out which options are available might require some Drupal development knowledge.

Example migrations mapping of content entity properties

Drupal migrations reference: List of properties per content entity

In a previous article we explained the syntax used to write Drupal migrations. When migrating into content entities, these define several properties that can be included in the process section to populate their values. For example, when importing nodes you can specify the title, publication status, creation date, etc. In the case of users, you can set the username, password, timezone, etc. Finding out which properties are available for an entity might require some Drupal development knowledge.

List of configuration options in YAML definition files

Drupal migrations reference: List of configuration options in YAML definition files

In today’s article we are going to provide a reference of all configuration options that can be set in migration definition files. Additional configuration options available for migrations defined as configuration will also be listed. Finally, we present the configuration options for migrations groups.

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Online trainings on Drupal migration and upgrades

Agaric is excited to announce online training on Drupal migrations and upgrades. In July 2020, we will offer three trainings: Drupal 8/9 content migrations, Upgrading to Drupal 8/9 using the Migrate API, and Getting started with Drupal 9.

Migration properties per commerce content entity list

Drupal migrations reference: List of properties per Commerce content entity

In today’s article, we are presenting a reference of properties available in content entities provided by Drupal Commerce and some related contributed modules.

A graphical listing of types of birds, that are probably migratory.

Drupal migrations reference: List of subfields per field type

A reference of subfields provided by core and contributed modules to make writing Drupal migrations easier.

Migration syntax in Drupal.

Understanding the syntax of Drupal migrations

We explained different aspects of the syntax used by the Migrate API previously. In today’s article, we are going to dive deeper to understand how the API interprets our migration definition files.

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Agaric is Going to DrupalCon - Let's Meet Up to Make Drupal Relevant to the Grassroots

The entire Agaric team is attending DrupalCon to teach, learn, and network with others making Drupal work for the grassroots.