About Replication

To better understand replication, you should be aware of the terminology and processes that are involved. Because Site Studio relies on the content server's Archiver/Replicator tool to replicate the site, you can refer to the content server documentation for more information.

To replicate your site, you must perform several steps to ensure that the site works properly on the server you're copying it to (the target server). You must prepare that server environment, configure the two servers so that they communicate with one another, set up archives on both servers, and perform the replication.

You find most of the replication features on the Manage Site Replication page in the content server, but you can also use Site Studio Replicator to customize the replication even more. You can use this four-part wizard to replicate individual sections of the site, merge sections on the target server, and override environment properties.

When you replicate a site, you copy the site hierarchy, site assets, and more. The replication feature in Site Studio uses the existing replication framework in the content server (Archiver/Replicator). As such, if you've worked with that tool before, many of the steps in Site Studio are already be familiar to you.

Replication is described in more detail in these sections: