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migrating to drupal 8
a brief history
drupal.org/upgrade
update vs. upgrade
what types drupal “renewing” we have?
drupal update
drupal update
minor version update
7.24 > 7.25
drupal update
minor version update
7.24 > 7.25

drupal upgrade
drupal update
minor version update
7.24 > 7.25

drupal upgrade
major version upgrade
7.x > 8.x
drupal update
minor version update
7.24 > 7.25

drupal upgrade
major version upgrade
7.x > 8.x
the migrate module
“in service” since 2009

drupal.org/project/migrate
the migrate module
• How it worked?
• Migrations = classes extending Migration.
• Main elements: source, destination, map,
mappings, “hooks” (prepareRow, prepare,
complete, createStub, etc).

• Each migration has to extend the Migration
class or one of its successors.
Migrate to Drupal 8
migrate in D8 core
disclaimer
disclaimer
• the migrate system is under heavy
development right now.
disclaimer
• the migrate system is under heavy
development right now.

• some of the features or APIs may change in
the future
disclaimer
• the migrate system is under heavy
development right now.

• some of the features or APIs may change in
the future

• not all the current work is pushed to 8.x.
disclaimer
• the migrate system is under heavy
development right now.

• some of the features or APIs may change in
the future

• not all the current work is pushed to 8.x.
• The work is in the sandbox at
https://drupal.org/sandbox/chx/2105305
credits
Károly Négyesi (chx)
Mike Ryan (mikeryan)
Moshe Weitzman (moshe weitzman)
Ben Dougherty (benjy)
drupal 8 migration
note
note
• While a significant portion of the code and
the interaction between the elements is
brand new, the actual migrate-y code is
coming straight from D7: highwater marks,
track changes, id map, this is here to
note
• While a significant portion of the code and
the interaction between the elements is
brand new, the actual migrate-y code is
coming straight from D7: highwater marks,
track changes, id map, this is here to

• The new interaction allows for really nice

and powerful migrations but at the same
time we are most definitely not reinventing
wheel.
structure/modules
Migrate
core/modules/migrate/
Migrate
core/modules/migrate/

• provides general API for all migrations
Migrate
core/modules/migrate/

• provides general API for all migrations
• provides interfaces and base classes for all

migration plugin components (source, destination,
process, id_map, row).
Migrate
core/modules/migrate/

• provides general API for all migrations
• provides interfaces and base classes for all

migration plugin components (source, destination,
process, id_map, row).

• provides a plugin manager for manipulation on
migration plugins.
Migrate
core/modules/migrate/

• provides general API for all migrations
• provides interfaces and base classes for all

migration plugin components (source, destination,
process, id_map, row).

• provides a plugin manager for manipulation on
migration plugins.

• provides the migrate configurable (configuration
entity type).
Migrate Drupal
core/modules/migrate_drupal/
Migrate Drupal
core/modules/migrate_drupal/

• the first module using the new Migrate API.
Migrate Drupal
core/modules/migrate_drupal/

• the first module using the new Migrate API.
• kind of migrate_d2d successor.
Migrate Drupal
core/modules/migrate_drupal/

• the first module using the new Migrate API.
• kind of migrate_d2d successor.
• migrates out-of-the-box from Drupal 6 and 7 into
Drupal 8.
Migrate Drupal
core/modules/migrate_drupal/

• the first module using the new Migrate API.
• kind of migrate_d2d successor.
• migrates out-of-the-box from Drupal 6 and 7 into
Drupal 8.

• Defines migrations for all system components:
Migrate Drupal
core/modules/migrate_drupal/

• the first module using the new Migrate API.
• kind of migrate_d2d successor.
• migrates out-of-the-box from Drupal 6 and 7 into
Drupal 8.

• Defines migrations for all system components:
• Drupal 6 settings (site name, slogan, roles, etc)
Migrate Drupal
core/modules/migrate_drupal/

• the first module using the new Migrate API.
• kind of migrate_d2d successor.
• migrates out-of-the-box from Drupal 6 and 7 into
Drupal 8.

• Defines migrations for all system components:
• Drupal 6 settings (site name, slogan, roles, etc)
• Content definitions (vocabularies, node types, etc)
Migrate Drupal
core/modules/migrate_drupal/

• the first module using the new Migrate API.
• kind of migrate_d2d successor.
• migrates out-of-the-box from Drupal 6 and 7 into
Drupal 8.

• Defines migrations for all system components:
• Drupal 6 settings (site name, slogan, roles, etc)
• Content definitions (vocabularies, node types, etc)
• Content (noded, terms, users, etc).
understanding migrations
migrations are configurables
small peek
into configurables
what is a configurable?
what is a configurable?
• “Configurables” are configuration entities.
what is a configurable?
• “Configurables” are configuration entities.
• In Drupal 8 the content is separated from

configuration. Both are classes and are sharing
the same ancestor: the Entity class.
what is a configurable?
• “Configurables” are configuration entities.
• In Drupal 8 the content is separated from

configuration. Both are classes and are sharing
the same ancestor: the Entity class.

DrupalCoreEntityEntity
what is a configurable?
• “Configurables” are configuration entities.
• In Drupal 8 the content is separated from

configuration. Both are classes and are sharing
the same ancestor: the Entity class.
DrupalCoreEntityContentEntityBase

DrupalCoreEntityEntity
what is a configurable?
• “Configurables” are configuration entities.
• In Drupal 8 the content is separated from

configuration. Both are classes and are sharing
the same ancestor: the Entity class.
DrupalCoreEntityContentEntityBase

DrupalCoreEntityEntity
DrupalCoreConfigConfigEntityBase
what is a configurable?
• “Configurables” are configuration entities.
• In Drupal 8 the content is separated from

configuration. Both are classes and are sharing
the same ancestor: the Entity class.
DrupalCoreEntityContentEntityBase

DrupalCoreEntityEntity
DrupalCoreConfigConfigEntityBase
what is a configurable?
•
•
•
•

A configurable is the way Drupal 8 stores the
configuration of a specific functionality. E.g. the the
definition of a node type is stored in a configuration
entity of type “node_type”.
Configuration entity types are annotated classes, meaning
that the object meta information is stored in annotation
rather than in info hooks - as it was in Drupal <= 7.
Imagine configurables as entities storing their data in
config YAML files rather than DB.
The “fields” of a configurable are the public properties
exposed by the configurable object.
what is a configurable?
how it’s stored?
example
migration plugins
parts implemented by specific migrations
source plugins
• plugins returning information and data from
the source of migration.

• usually: the list of fields, the source iterator
(used retrieve data from source).

• each migration should configure a source.
destination plugins
• are handling data at the destination: import,
rollback.

• different plugins for different destination
components: entity, config, etc.

• are defined in the base module (migrate) as

destination is always drupal 8 but if necessary it
can be extended.

• each migration should specify a destination.
id map plugin
• plugins of this type are handling and storing the
•
•
•

relation between primary IDs of source and
destination.
without this, rollback and continuous migrations are
impossible.
in 99% of the cases you’ll use the sql id map plugin
(Sql) that keeps the map of each migration in a table.
table name migrate_map_MIGRATION_ID
processors
• plugins that are performing small but very specialized
operations against values to be migrated.

• Some simple examples: DefaultValue, Concat, etc.
• The most important interface method:
transform().
the anatomy of a migration
migrating user roles from a dupal 6 site
creating the config file
config/migrate.migration.d6_user_role.yml

relative to core/modules/migrate_drupal
config .yml file content
config .yml file content
• id: same as the last part of filename (d6_user_role)
config .yml file content
• id: same as the last part of filename (d6_user_role)
• sourceIds: Source fields, providing a primary ID.
config .yml file content
• id: same as the last part of filename (d6_user_role)
• sourceIds: Source fields, providing a primary ID.
• source: configure the source of data, usually the
source plugin to be used
config .yml file content
• id: same as the last part of filename (d6_user_role)
• sourceIds: Source fields, providing a primary ID.
• source: configure the source of data, usually the
source plugin to be used

• process: describe the list of processors to be applied
per destination field.
config .yml file content
• id: same as the last part of filename (d6_user_role)
• sourceIds: Source fields, providing a primary ID.
• source: configure the source of data, usually the
source plugin to be used

• process: describe the list of processors to be applied
per destination field.

• destination: destination configuration, usually the
destination plugin.
id
id
• this is the configurable unique id.
id
• this is the configurable unique id.
• it must be exactly as the same as the last
part of filename: d6_user_role.
id
• this is the configurable unique id.
• it must be exactly as the same as the last
part of filename: d6_user_role.

id: d6_user_role
sourceIds
sourceIds
• look in D6 schema to find the role primary ID.
sourceIds
• look in D6 schema to find the role primary ID.
• lines 107 - 115 of drupal/modules/user/user.install.
sourceIds
• look in D6 schema to find the role primary ID.
• lines 107 - 115 of drupal/modules/user/user.install.
$schema['role'] = array(
'description' => 'Stores user roles.',
  'fields' => array(
   'rid' => array(
    'type' => 'serial',
    'unsigned' => TRUE,
    'not null' => TRUE,
    'description' => 'Primary Key: Unique role id.',
sourceIds
sourceIds
• use TypedData identifiers for data type.
sourceIds
• use TypedData identifiers for data type.
• Here are the .yml lines that we need to add.
sourceIds
• use TypedData identifiers for data type.
• Here are the .yml lines that we need to add.
sourceIds: 
  rid:
    type: integer
sourceIds
• use TypedData identifiers for data type.
• Here are the .yml lines that we need to add.
sourceIds: 
  rid:
    type: integer

Note: sourceIds will be removed in the near future
and the source plugin will set also the primary id.
source
source
• we need to implement a source plugin first, that
provides the list of fields and the iterator by
querying the D6 backend.
source
• we need to implement a source plugin first, that
provides the list of fields and the iterator by
querying the D6 backend.

• let’s see how it should look (code).
source
• we need to implement a source plugin first, that
provides the list of fields and the iterator by
querying the D6 backend.

• let’s see how it should look (code).
• add the source plugin id in the configuration .yml file.
source
• we need to implement a source plugin first, that
provides the list of fields and the iterator by
querying the D6 backend.

• let’s see how it should look (code).
• add the source plugin id in the configuration .yml file.
source:
  plugin: drupal6_user_role
process
process
• process keys are destination “fields”.
process
• process keys are destination “fields”.
• for configurables: the public properties (except uuid)
process
• process keys are destination “fields”.
• for configurables: the public properties (except uuid)
• for content: the keys from
baseFieldDefinitions
process
• process keys are destination “fields”.
• for configurables: the public properties (except uuid)
• for content: the keys from
baseFieldDefinitions

• let’s see how it looks! (code).
process
• process keys are destination “fields”.
• for configurables: the public properties (except uuid)
• for content: the keys from
baseFieldDefinitions

• let’s see how it looks! (code).
process:
  id:
  label:
  weight:
  permissions:
destination
destination
• should point to the destination plugin.
destination
• should point to the destination plugin.
• in this case we’re importing into user_role entity,
so we’re passing also the entity_type argument.
destination
• should point to the destination plugin.
• in this case we’re importing into user_role entity,
so we’re passing also the entity_type argument.

destination:
plugin: entity
entity_type: user_role
running a migration
• via drush
• There will be a brief UI implemented in
core (to come!)
final notes
final notes

• Minor version updates are unchanged. Developers
continue to use hook_update_N() for those.
final notes

• Minor version updates are unchanged. Developers
continue to use hook_update_N() for those.

• Contrib and custom modules are encouraged to ship

with migrations of their data from D6/D7 to D8. Use
core modules as model.
final notes

• Minor version updates are unchanged. Developers
continue to use hook_update_N() for those.

• Contrib and custom modules are encouraged to ship

with migrations of their data from D6/D7 to D8. Use
core modules as model.

• The underlying Migrate API is source-agnostic.You

can easily migrate into D8 from MS SQL, Oracle, piles
of HTML files, XML feeds, CSV files, etc.
final notes

• Minor version updates are unchanged. Developers
continue to use hook_update_N() for those.

• Contrib and custom modules are encouraged to ship

with migrations of their data from D6/D7 to D8. Use
core modules as model.

• The underlying Migrate API is source-agnostic.You

can easily migrate into D8 from MS SQL, Oracle, piles
of HTML files, XML feeds, CSV files, etc.

• Similarly, Drupal 4.x and Drupal 5.x sites are able to
migrate using this same approach.
Questions?
Thank you.

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Migrate to Drupal 8

  • 3. update vs. upgrade what types drupal “renewing” we have?
  • 5. drupal update minor version update 7.24 > 7.25
  • 6. drupal update minor version update 7.24 > 7.25 drupal upgrade
  • 7. drupal update minor version update 7.24 > 7.25 drupal upgrade major version upgrade 7.x > 8.x
  • 8. drupal update minor version update 7.24 > 7.25 drupal upgrade major version upgrade 7.x > 8.x
  • 9. the migrate module “in service” since 2009 drupal.org/project/migrate
  • 10. the migrate module • How it worked? • Migrations = classes extending Migration. • Main elements: source, destination, map, mappings, “hooks” (prepareRow, prepare, complete, createStub, etc). • Each migration has to extend the Migration class or one of its successors.
  • 14. disclaimer • the migrate system is under heavy development right now.
  • 15. disclaimer • the migrate system is under heavy development right now. • some of the features or APIs may change in the future
  • 16. disclaimer • the migrate system is under heavy development right now. • some of the features or APIs may change in the future • not all the current work is pushed to 8.x.
  • 17. disclaimer • the migrate system is under heavy development right now. • some of the features or APIs may change in the future • not all the current work is pushed to 8.x. • The work is in the sandbox at https://drupal.org/sandbox/chx/2105305
  • 18. credits Károly Négyesi (chx) Mike Ryan (mikeryan) Moshe Weitzman (moshe weitzman) Ben Dougherty (benjy)
  • 20. note
  • 21. note • While a significant portion of the code and the interaction between the elements is brand new, the actual migrate-y code is coming straight from D7: highwater marks, track changes, id map, this is here to
  • 22. note • While a significant portion of the code and the interaction between the elements is brand new, the actual migrate-y code is coming straight from D7: highwater marks, track changes, id map, this is here to • The new interaction allows for really nice and powerful migrations but at the same time we are most definitely not reinventing wheel.
  • 26. Migrate core/modules/migrate/ • provides general API for all migrations • provides interfaces and base classes for all migration plugin components (source, destination, process, id_map, row).
  • 27. Migrate core/modules/migrate/ • provides general API for all migrations • provides interfaces and base classes for all migration plugin components (source, destination, process, id_map, row). • provides a plugin manager for manipulation on migration plugins.
  • 28. Migrate core/modules/migrate/ • provides general API for all migrations • provides interfaces and base classes for all migration plugin components (source, destination, process, id_map, row). • provides a plugin manager for manipulation on migration plugins. • provides the migrate configurable (configuration entity type).
  • 30. Migrate Drupal core/modules/migrate_drupal/ • the first module using the new Migrate API.
  • 31. Migrate Drupal core/modules/migrate_drupal/ • the first module using the new Migrate API. • kind of migrate_d2d successor.
  • 32. Migrate Drupal core/modules/migrate_drupal/ • the first module using the new Migrate API. • kind of migrate_d2d successor. • migrates out-of-the-box from Drupal 6 and 7 into Drupal 8.
  • 33. Migrate Drupal core/modules/migrate_drupal/ • the first module using the new Migrate API. • kind of migrate_d2d successor. • migrates out-of-the-box from Drupal 6 and 7 into Drupal 8. • Defines migrations for all system components:
  • 34. Migrate Drupal core/modules/migrate_drupal/ • the first module using the new Migrate API. • kind of migrate_d2d successor. • migrates out-of-the-box from Drupal 6 and 7 into Drupal 8. • Defines migrations for all system components: • Drupal 6 settings (site name, slogan, roles, etc)
  • 35. Migrate Drupal core/modules/migrate_drupal/ • the first module using the new Migrate API. • kind of migrate_d2d successor. • migrates out-of-the-box from Drupal 6 and 7 into Drupal 8. • Defines migrations for all system components: • Drupal 6 settings (site name, slogan, roles, etc) • Content definitions (vocabularies, node types, etc)
  • 36. Migrate Drupal core/modules/migrate_drupal/ • the first module using the new Migrate API. • kind of migrate_d2d successor. • migrates out-of-the-box from Drupal 6 and 7 into Drupal 8. • Defines migrations for all system components: • Drupal 6 settings (site name, slogan, roles, etc) • Content definitions (vocabularies, node types, etc) • Content (noded, terms, users, etc).
  • 40. what is a configurable?
  • 41. what is a configurable? • “Configurables” are configuration entities.
  • 42. what is a configurable? • “Configurables” are configuration entities. • In Drupal 8 the content is separated from configuration. Both are classes and are sharing the same ancestor: the Entity class.
  • 43. what is a configurable? • “Configurables” are configuration entities. • In Drupal 8 the content is separated from configuration. Both are classes and are sharing the same ancestor: the Entity class. DrupalCoreEntityEntity
  • 44. what is a configurable? • “Configurables” are configuration entities. • In Drupal 8 the content is separated from configuration. Both are classes and are sharing the same ancestor: the Entity class. DrupalCoreEntityContentEntityBase DrupalCoreEntityEntity
  • 45. what is a configurable? • “Configurables” are configuration entities. • In Drupal 8 the content is separated from configuration. Both are classes and are sharing the same ancestor: the Entity class. DrupalCoreEntityContentEntityBase DrupalCoreEntityEntity DrupalCoreConfigConfigEntityBase
  • 46. what is a configurable? • “Configurables” are configuration entities. • In Drupal 8 the content is separated from configuration. Both are classes and are sharing the same ancestor: the Entity class. DrupalCoreEntityContentEntityBase DrupalCoreEntityEntity DrupalCoreConfigConfigEntityBase
  • 47. what is a configurable? • • • • A configurable is the way Drupal 8 stores the configuration of a specific functionality. E.g. the the definition of a node type is stored in a configuration entity of type “node_type”. Configuration entity types are annotated classes, meaning that the object meta information is stored in annotation rather than in info hooks - as it was in Drupal <= 7. Imagine configurables as entities storing their data in config YAML files rather than DB. The “fields” of a configurable are the public properties exposed by the configurable object.
  • 48. what is a configurable?
  • 50. migration plugins parts implemented by specific migrations
  • 51. source plugins • plugins returning information and data from the source of migration. • usually: the list of fields, the source iterator (used retrieve data from source). • each migration should configure a source.
  • 52. destination plugins • are handling data at the destination: import, rollback. • different plugins for different destination components: entity, config, etc. • are defined in the base module (migrate) as destination is always drupal 8 but if necessary it can be extended. • each migration should specify a destination.
  • 53. id map plugin • plugins of this type are handling and storing the • • • relation between primary IDs of source and destination. without this, rollback and continuous migrations are impossible. in 99% of the cases you’ll use the sql id map plugin (Sql) that keeps the map of each migration in a table. table name migrate_map_MIGRATION_ID
  • 54. processors • plugins that are performing small but very specialized operations against values to be migrated. • Some simple examples: DefaultValue, Concat, etc. • The most important interface method: transform().
  • 55. the anatomy of a migration migrating user roles from a dupal 6 site
  • 56. creating the config file config/migrate.migration.d6_user_role.yml relative to core/modules/migrate_drupal
  • 58. config .yml file content • id: same as the last part of filename (d6_user_role)
  • 59. config .yml file content • id: same as the last part of filename (d6_user_role) • sourceIds: Source fields, providing a primary ID.
  • 60. config .yml file content • id: same as the last part of filename (d6_user_role) • sourceIds: Source fields, providing a primary ID. • source: configure the source of data, usually the source plugin to be used
  • 61. config .yml file content • id: same as the last part of filename (d6_user_role) • sourceIds: Source fields, providing a primary ID. • source: configure the source of data, usually the source plugin to be used • process: describe the list of processors to be applied per destination field.
  • 62. config .yml file content • id: same as the last part of filename (d6_user_role) • sourceIds: Source fields, providing a primary ID. • source: configure the source of data, usually the source plugin to be used • process: describe the list of processors to be applied per destination field. • destination: destination configuration, usually the destination plugin.
  • 63. id
  • 64. id • this is the configurable unique id.
  • 65. id • this is the configurable unique id. • it must be exactly as the same as the last part of filename: d6_user_role.
  • 66. id • this is the configurable unique id. • it must be exactly as the same as the last part of filename: d6_user_role. id: d6_user_role
  • 68. sourceIds • look in D6 schema to find the role primary ID.
  • 69. sourceIds • look in D6 schema to find the role primary ID. • lines 107 - 115 of drupal/modules/user/user.install.
  • 70. sourceIds • look in D6 schema to find the role primary ID. • lines 107 - 115 of drupal/modules/user/user.install. $schema['role'] = array( 'description' => 'Stores user roles.',   'fields' => array(    'rid' => array(     'type' => 'serial',     'unsigned' => TRUE,     'not null' => TRUE,     'description' => 'Primary Key: Unique role id.',
  • 72. sourceIds • use TypedData identifiers for data type.
  • 73. sourceIds • use TypedData identifiers for data type. • Here are the .yml lines that we need to add.
  • 74. sourceIds • use TypedData identifiers for data type. • Here are the .yml lines that we need to add. sourceIds:    rid:     type: integer
  • 75. sourceIds • use TypedData identifiers for data type. • Here are the .yml lines that we need to add. sourceIds:    rid:     type: integer Note: sourceIds will be removed in the near future and the source plugin will set also the primary id.
  • 77. source • we need to implement a source plugin first, that provides the list of fields and the iterator by querying the D6 backend.
  • 78. source • we need to implement a source plugin first, that provides the list of fields and the iterator by querying the D6 backend. • let’s see how it should look (code).
  • 79. source • we need to implement a source plugin first, that provides the list of fields and the iterator by querying the D6 backend. • let’s see how it should look (code). • add the source plugin id in the configuration .yml file.
  • 80. source • we need to implement a source plugin first, that provides the list of fields and the iterator by querying the D6 backend. • let’s see how it should look (code). • add the source plugin id in the configuration .yml file. source:   plugin: drupal6_user_role
  • 82. process • process keys are destination “fields”.
  • 83. process • process keys are destination “fields”. • for configurables: the public properties (except uuid)
  • 84. process • process keys are destination “fields”. • for configurables: the public properties (except uuid) • for content: the keys from baseFieldDefinitions
  • 85. process • process keys are destination “fields”. • for configurables: the public properties (except uuid) • for content: the keys from baseFieldDefinitions • let’s see how it looks! (code).
  • 86. process • process keys are destination “fields”. • for configurables: the public properties (except uuid) • for content: the keys from baseFieldDefinitions • let’s see how it looks! (code). process:   id:   label:   weight:   permissions:
  • 88. destination • should point to the destination plugin.
  • 89. destination • should point to the destination plugin. • in this case we’re importing into user_role entity, so we’re passing also the entity_type argument.
  • 90. destination • should point to the destination plugin. • in this case we’re importing into user_role entity, so we’re passing also the entity_type argument. destination: plugin: entity entity_type: user_role
  • 91. running a migration • via drush • There will be a brief UI implemented in core (to come!)
  • 93. final notes • Minor version updates are unchanged. Developers continue to use hook_update_N() for those.
  • 94. final notes • Minor version updates are unchanged. Developers continue to use hook_update_N() for those. • Contrib and custom modules are encouraged to ship with migrations of their data from D6/D7 to D8. Use core modules as model.
  • 95. final notes • Minor version updates are unchanged. Developers continue to use hook_update_N() for those. • Contrib and custom modules are encouraged to ship with migrations of their data from D6/D7 to D8. Use core modules as model. • The underlying Migrate API is source-agnostic.You can easily migrate into D8 from MS SQL, Oracle, piles of HTML files, XML feeds, CSV files, etc.
  • 96. final notes • Minor version updates are unchanged. Developers continue to use hook_update_N() for those. • Contrib and custom modules are encouraged to ship with migrations of their data from D6/D7 to D8. Use core modules as model. • The underlying Migrate API is source-agnostic.You can easily migrate into D8 from MS SQL, Oracle, piles of HTML files, XML feeds, CSV files, etc. • Similarly, Drupal 4.x and Drupal 5.x sites are able to migrate using this same approach.