SITECORE SXA 1.9 INSTALLATION


Sitecore Experience Accelerator (SXA) 1.9 was released on 22nd July 2019 together with Sitecore 9.2. In this post, I will walk you through a really quick installation of this version of SXA. This is a follow-up blog post to my installation guides for Sitecore 9.2 using a custom install directory or SIA.

Installing and configuring SXA

Requirement


Before installing SXA ensure that we have below things,

ØSitecore Experience Platform 9.2

ØSitecore PowerShell Extensions 5.0 or 5.1 downloads link

ØSitecore Experience Accelerator 1.9 download link


Package Download


Sitecore Power-shell Extensions 5.0

Open SXA 1.9 Download Page and based on your Sitecore version, choose your package and download:







I have Sitecore 9.2 Experience Platform so, I can choose Sitecore Power-shell Extension 5.0 for Sitecore 9.2


Sitecore Experience Accelerator 1.9 Package

We are currently using Sitecore XP 9.2 so we can download SXA 1.9 download link or the direct download link





Note: Without login can’t able to download the package from dev.sitecore.net. So, before download, we should log in to the Site.


Installation


Steps

Step 1: Login Sitecore back end.

Step 2: From Launchpad, open Control Panel





Step 3: Click on Install Package in Administration section







Step 4: Upload both files downloaded by clicking on Upload package button, choosing both files on the next screen and click on Next button:




Step 5: After uploaded to install both packages first you install Sitecore PowerShell Extension followed by Sitecore Experience Accelerator.



Step 6: On the last screen also check “Restart the Sitecore server” and click Close







Step 7: Populate Solr Managed Schema for SXA indexes

Open Launchpad, Open Control Panel





Open Populate Solr Managed Schema (1) from Indexing section, select only SXA related indexes highlighted below (2) and click Populate button (3):








Step 8: Rebuild SXA indexes
From Launchpad, open Control Panel:

Open Indexing Manager (1) from the Indexing section, select only SXA related indexes highlighted below (2) and click the Rebuild button (3):



  
Done!!!!