Migrate Sitecore security(user/domain/roles/groups) between Sitecore instances?

Question

I need to migrate Sitecore 6 user/domain/roles/groups to Sitecore 8.1 .

Can I serialize complete security(user/domain/roles/groups) entities, Is there any approach is there?

Answer 1

Yes, you can serialize them and deserialize in the new environment.

Remember that all the passwords will be reset to b.

Below there is a screen from Role Manager. There are 2 buttons:

• serialize all roles
• revert all roles

Use first of the to serialize all roles on your Sitecore 6 solution. You will find new directory in your Data\serialization folder called security.

Copy the folder to your Sitecore 8 solution. Serialize Sitecore 8 roles, and then click Revert All Roles on Sitecore 8 solution. You need to serialize Sitecore 8 roles first, cause if you click Revert without serializing them first, all the roles which were not in Sitecore 6 but were in Sitecore 8 will be removed.

Repeat those steps for domains and users.

Chapter 2.2.3 of the Sitecore Serialization Guide covers the topic.

And here is a guide on Transferring user passwords between Sitecore instances