I have a Drupal 7 site with 40 content types. When Drupal 8 will be released than I would like to migrate these content types.
Would this be possible, or would I have to create this content types from scratch?
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1Drupal 8 will have config migrations out of the box so you will be able to migrate content types easily. – benjy Mar 7 '14 at 1:35
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140 content-types? aren't they bit too many? – claws Mar 8 '14 at 17:13
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2No such thing as too many @claws... depending on the use-case. We have no idea what sokratis is using the website for. – Darvanen Oct 21 '14 at 22:12
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this is a pretty good article about migrating nodes, but also includes Users and taxonomies: metaltoad.com/blog/migrating-nodes-drupal-7-to-drupal-8 – Alejandro Moreno Feb 10 '15 at 9:01
I guess the best place to search for upgrade process is UPGRADE.txt file. Here you can find the step-by-step approach to follow in upgrading the site from Drupal 6/7 to Drupal 8.
Drupal 8 core will include a robust data migration API: https://drupal.org/node/2121299, part of the IMP initiative: https://groups.drupal.org/imp . Also you can check the recently updated list of modules that are included in Drupal 8 core: http://blog.merge.nl/2014/01/21/drupal-which-drupal-7-modules-went-into-drupal-core
Few of the links that you check:
- Getting your site ready for Drupal 8: http://www.acquia.com/blog/getting-your-site-ready-drupal-8
- Drupal 8 - Improved upgrade process: http://www.acquia.com/blog/d8migrate
- Converting modules from Drupal 7 to Drupal 8:http://webchick.net/upgrade-modules-d8
- Converting 7.x modules to 8.x: https://drupal.org/update/modules/7/8
answered Mar 6 '14 at 15:06
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1UPGRADE.txt looks out of date right now, there won't be an upgrade path to Drupal 8, only a migration. – benjy Mar 7 '14 at 1:37
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@Ben This might be a case, I need to check about this. Thanks for putting forward this point!! – Ankit Agrawal Mar 7 '14 at 6:26
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1@claws I believe the upgrade involved the moving from lower major version of drupal to the next upper available drupal version (e.g: Drupal 5/6 to Drupal 7), however the migration is moving/shifting from different framework (e.g: typo3 etc.) to Drupal – Ankit Agrawal Mar 8 '14 at 17:02
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1@claws It is said because the Durpal 8 is completely different from current drupal versions (e.g. 6 or 7), it involved the integration of symphony framework components, MVC architecture, twig template engine etc. – Ankit Agrawal Mar 8 '14 at 17:07
You can try to "upgrade" using the D8 core migrate module. Also install the contrib module migrate_plus. It allows you to convert custom content types, users, comments, taxonomy, etc. Most common fields should be covered. If you got something really custom going on, like a custom module, you'll also have to do some programming. But if you only used the essentials of D7, migrate might have you covered. In any case you'll have to rebuild a new site and migrate the content there, so it's not a painless solution in any sense.
Your most up to date documentation is found here: https://www.drupal.org/upgrade/migrate
Bas is right, but there is a lot of activity going on regarding this topic, so here is a more up-to-date (November 2015) answer:
Given the big difference in architecture between Drupal 7 and 8 there is no direct upgrade path, but Drupal 8 offers various migrate tools to upgrade sites from Drupal 6 and 7 to 8.
Using the core modules Migrate and Drupal Migrate and the contrib module Drupal Upgrade you can migrate all 40 content types from Drupal 7 to 8.
These modules allow you to migrate content types, content, comments, fields, vocabularies, terms and other Drupal 7 core entities and entity types (views, for example, cannot be migrated yet). Read about Drupal 7 to 8 upgrades.
With Drush and the contrib module Migrate tools you can select which content types to migrate. Read about executing a Drupal 7 to 8 upgrade.
Make sure you do not create any of the 40 content types before starting the upgrade. Read more about preparing an upgrade.
