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What is the purpose of each Sitecore's core, master, and web databases?
Description:What is the purpose of Sitecore's core, master, and web databases or the differences between them?
The Master database is the authoring database, it Contains all versions of all items. This is the database that content authors interact with, and is the default database used by the Sitecore Content Ediitor.
Core:
The Core database contains all Sitecore settings, as well as the tables containing the .Net membership provider (i.e. users/roles contained in the Sitecore repository). It also contains definitions for the Sitecore user interface (Content Editor, Page Editor, etc.). This is where you would go to add, for example, a new Right-click option to the Content Editor or a new ribbon button to the Page Editor, It also contains the ASP.NET membership tables,drive authentication and security.
Web:
The Web database is only the latest published version, and the content that is driving the live web site. Therefore it is a subset of the master database, optimised for size and speed. When content is published, or goes through the publishing task of a workflow, the latest content version is copied from the master to web database. Of course, in an Enterprise deployment, you may have multiple Sitecore instances, which may share DBs (or not).
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The Master database is the authoring database, it Contains all versions of all items. This is the database that content authors interact with, and is the default database used by the Sitecore Content Ediitor.
Core:
The Core database contains all Sitecore settings, as well as the tables containing the .Net membership provider (i.e. users/roles contained in the Sitecore repository).
It also contains definitions for the Sitecore user interface (Content Editor, Page Editor, etc.). This is where you would go to add, for example, a new Right-click option to the Content Editor or a new ribbon button to the Page Editor, It also contains the ASP.NET membership tables,drive authentication and security.
Web:
The Web database is only the latest published version, and the content that is driving the live web site. Therefore it is a subset of the master database, optimised for size and speed. When content is published, or goes through the publishing task of a workflow, the latest content version is copied from the master to web database.
Of course, in an Enterprise deployment, you may have multiple Sitecore instances, which may share DBs (or not).
Replied by: Tabish Usman | Replied on: Nov 20, 2017