Uniform Siphon - multi-source CMS migration toolkit

Uniform Siphon is a suite of migration tools available as a part of the Uniform offering that is build around the idea to turn long, tedious, multi-month CMS migration projects into a streamlined, fully automated, configurable and continuous process that:

1. take a couple of hours to configure
2. takes from a few hours to a couple of days to tweak and run according to requirements
3. greatly reducing and often eliminating content freeze windows
4. cutting the migration time to weeks including:
   • cleansing and content transformation
   • customer-specific customization and transformations
   • post-migration validation.

Uniform Siphon has been proven on over 90 complex sites migrated and over 3 years of R&D invested that is now available to all Uniform customers.

High-fidelity migration#

Siphon goes beyond just "content" migration and is built to map your source entities as close as possible to Uniform. If you have such entities as sitemap (or content tree), pages, layouts, components, data sources, redirects, forms, etc. Siphon can handle all those types of content / configuration entities differently and map to native Uniform features 1-1.

Architecture#

Uniform Siphon is a command-line tool that is plugged into a CI/CD automation process per customer needs and is built around the Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) pattern common in data migration space.

The migration happens with multiple checkpoints, using the machine's hard drive to store data between stages.

1. Data is downloaded from the source CMS with a download CLI command to the machine where it runs using custom endpoint that can be deployed to the live CMS instance without restart.
2. Content and media files in source CMS format are converted using the migration CLI command into different sets of files in the format that Uniform understands.
3. Content and media files in Uniform format are pushed to Uniform project using Uniform Sync CLI @uniformdev/cli.

Supported Source Systems#

Supported Target Systems#

1. Uniform DXP and Uniform CMS and Uniform Asset Library (for media)
2. Cloudinary (as a Digital Asset Management System)
3. Contentful as a Headless CMS
4. [In private access] Wordpress
5. [In private access] Drupal
6. [In private access] Adobe Experience Manager

Additional target systems for migration can be added on demand

FAQ#

• Q: Is Siphon customizable?

  A: Yes, you can create custom transformations, filters according to your needs.

• Q: I have a complex multi-site and multi-lingual architecture

  A: Siphon is built to support multi-locale and multiple sites from ground up. The more complex your solution, the more value Siphon can bring.

• Q: How much does Siphon cost?

  A: The tool is typically an add-on to your Uniform license. Consult with your Uniform account representative for details.

• Q: Can I use Siphon myself?

  A: Yes, we offer enablement around the tool and you can run it yourself with or without our support.

• Q: Can Siphon support alternative target system for migration?

  A: Yes, you can choose where the content goes depending on it's type. Presentational content (components, pages, sitemap) goes to Uniform, "headless" content can either go to Uniform CMS or your desired CMS, since Uniform is multi-source CMS and your media can go to your desired Digital Asset Management system, or Uniform Asset Library.

• Q: I have a CMS that is not listed as supported, can Siphon still help?

  A: Yes, Siphon is an extensible migration toolkit and we can configure support for any content source on demand.