Commerce Server Blog

In my previous blog entry, I have explained how to create ASP.NET ecommerce website in CS2009.

http://microsoftblog.co.in/commerceserver/aspnet-website-in-commerce-server-2009/

Now, in this post, I will explain how to import CS2009 pub without using “SharePointCommerceServicesConfiguration” tool.

• Open Commerce server manager.
• Right click on commerce sites –> New –> Unpack site.
  
• Navigate to “\Program Files\Microsoft Commerce Server 2007\Microsoft Commerce Server 2009\Site” directory and click on “MicrosoftCommerceDefaultSiteWithSampleData.pup” file or “MicrosoftCommerceDefaultSiteNoData” file.
• Now site unpacker wizard starts and it will create commerce server 2009 sites.
• In the first screen, click on custom unpack.
• In the second screen, click on “Create a new site” radio button.
• In the third screen, give the site name as “SampleSite”.
• In the fourth screen, make sure you add all available resources to “resource to unpack” section.
• In the fifth screen, leave the default configuration (it creates new profile and CS authentication resources).
• In the sixth screen, all databases are shown, if required, you can change the database name or database location.
• In the seventh screen, make sure you select all applications.
• In Eight screen, the tool will show the website details. If you want to can change the virtual direction name, you can do it here.
• By clicking next, the site creation process starts. In between, the tool asks for profile system resources (schema, site terms, expression definitions) and schema definition scripts. Keep the defaults (don’t change them).
• After successfully creation of sites, the site packer shows the popup.

If you observe commerce server manager, web services are created but it will not create the site. So, we have to manually add our web application under application directory in commerce server manager.