README

🤘 Make migrating from v2 all the moar easier!

📺 See the migrator in action in this screencast.

• Using the site migrator
• Using individual migrators
  • Fieldset to blueprint migrator
  • Collection migrator
  • Pages migrator
  • Taxonomy migrator
  • Asset container migrator
  • Globals migrator
  • Form migrator
  • User migrator
  • Roles migrator
  • Groups migrator
  • Settings migrator
  • Theme migrator
• Reporting issues

Using the site migrator

The site migrator is the recommended way to migrate your site. To get started...

1. Install a fresh instance of Statamic in a new location, and require the migrator:

   composer require statamic/migrator --dev --with-all-dependencies
   

2. Clear your new site to ensure all default content is removed prior to migration:

   php please site:clear
   

3. Ensure you are running the latest version of Statamic in your v2 project.

4. Copy your v2 project's site folder, as well as any local asset container folders, into the root of your new project.

   • If you were running above webroot, be sure to copy your public/themes folder into site/themes as well.

5. Commit all your changes up to this point, so that you can view a diff of all the changes performed by the migrator, and easily rollback if necessary.

6. Run the following command to initiate the migration:

   php please migrate:site
   

   Note: For transparency, Statamic pings home to record statistics about how many things are migrated. This data is completely anonymous, but you can opt-out by adding DISABLE_MIGRATOR_STATS=true to your .env file!

7. Address any errors and warnings, and re-run migrate:site until there are no remaining issues.

   • Use the --force flag if you would like to overwrite previously migrated files.

   • While we hope to automate most of the common tedious stuff for you, anything more custom may need to be manually migrated. Checkout the upgrade guide for more info on breaking changes.

8. When you are finished and happy, feel free to delete your site and asset container folders from your new project's root, and then run the following commands:

   composer remove statamic/migrator --dev
   composer update
   

9. Order pizza! 🍕 🤘 😎

Using individual migrators

If you require a more granular approach, you may also run the individual migrator commands. Please read using the site migrator before starting, to ensure everything is properly prepared for migration.

Fieldset to blueprint migrator

In v3+, blueprints are the replacement to fieldsets. It's worth noting that fieldsets technically still exist, although they are a now a smaller, companion feature to blueprints. To migrate a fieldset to a blueprint:

php please migrate:fieldset post

In this example, post is the fieldset handle.

Collection migrator

In v3+, collections have a slightly different folder and config structure. To migrate a collection:

php please migrate:collection blog

In this example, blog is the collection handle.

Pages migrator

In v3+, pages are now stored as a collection, with a separate structure to manage your page tree hierarchy. To migrate your pages:

php please migrate:pages

Taxonomy migrator

In v3+, taxonomies are mostly plug-and-play, apart from a few minor changes to config structure. To migrate a taxonomy:

php please migrate:taxonomy tags

In this example, tags is the taxonomy handle.

Asset container migrator

In v3+, assets and related meta data are now stored within a Laravel filesystem. To migrate a local asset container, you will need to copy your assets folder into your new project's root, along side your site folder. You can skip this step if migrating an S3 based container. Once ready, run the following command:

php please migrate:asset-container main

In this example, main is the asset-container handle.

Globals migrator

In v3+, globals are mostly plug-and-play. To migrate a global set:

php please migrate:global-set global

In this example, global is the global set handle.

Form migrator

In v3+, forms fields are now defined in a blueprint. To migrate a form and it's submissions:

php please migrate:form contact

In this example, contact is the form handle.

User migrator

In v3+, users are mostly plug-and-play. The most notable change being that email now replaces username as the new file name and handle. To migrate a user:

php please migrate:user hasselhoff

In this example, hasselhoff is the username handle.

Roles migrator

In v3+, roles are mostly plug-and-play. The most notable change being that roles are keyed by a slug handle, instead of by uuid. It's worth noting that the user migrator takes care of this relationship on the user end as well. To migrate your user roles:

php please migrate:roles

Groups migrator

In v3+, groups are mostly plug-and-play. The most notable change being that groups are keyed by a slug handle, instead of by uuid. Also, we've removed the users array from each group, in favor of storing a groups relationship on the user itself. It's worth noting that the user migrator takes care of this new relationship on the user end. To migrate your user groups:

php please migrate:groups

Settings migrator

In v3+, site settings are now stored in a conventional Laravel config directory. To migrate your site settings:

php please migrate:settings

Due to the fact that settings vary between v2 and v3+, we cannot guarantee a complete migration of your settings, but we attempt to update the most obvious stuff for you. Be sure to double check that all of your important settings were migrated as needed!

Theme migrator

In v3+, the concept of 'themes' is gone. Your site just has the one, and it's in the resources directory. When running a full site migration, we only attempt the migration of your active theme. However, you can specify any theme handle when running this migrator individually:

php please migrate:theme redwood

In this example, redwood is the handle of a theme located in the site/themes folder.

It's worth noting that antlers templating has undergone a fair number of changes. The most obvious change is that antlers now uses the .antlers.html file extension. You'll also notice changes in the available tags, modifiers, and how variables cascade, etc.

Due to the evolution of antlers templating, we cannot guarantee a complete migration of your theme, but we attempt to update the most obvious stuff for you.

Reporting issues

While we hope to automate most of the common tedious stuff for you, anything more custom may need to be manually migrated. For this reason, we recommend getting familiar with the upgrade guide. Though we can't automate everything, hopefully you have found this package useful in your transition to v3+. If you come across a bug or issue that you think needs to be addressed, please open an issue.