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[jnicke]

I just installed Smartstore 4 with no issues.

I am interested in provisioning Smartstore as multi-tenant.  I noticed a "App_Data/Tenants/Default" folder.  Is there documentation or blog that explains on the configure multiple tenants?  Let me know how to proceed.

Thanks!

 

[Marcus Gesing]

This is a simple tenant system to be able to switch between different tenants within an installation. In "App_Data\Tenants" there is a file "current.txt" which contains the name of the current tenant to use. "Default" is the default name. All tenant-related files reside in the subfolder with that tenant name. So, the default tenant folder is "App_Data\Tenants\Default". The application stores all tenant-related files in the tenant folder, including the Settings.txt file with the connection string to the tenant database.

[jnicke]

Thanks for the info! If I wanted to use something other than "Default" in the case where I want multiple tenants, Is it possible if I set var curTenant to a different tenant name/folder?  The idea is to insert the tenant connect-string at run-time, thus multi-tenant.

var curTenant = ResolveTenant();
  var tenantPath = "~/App_Data/Tenants/" + curTenant;

 

(From dataSettings.cs).

 

Thoughts?

 

[Marcus Gesing]

Probably no one has tried this before, but why not?

[jnicke]

So I tried it.  setting var CurTenant = "Tenant2" (in dataSetting.cs); works.  A new Tenants directory is created with a tenant specific connect-string in the settings.txt.

 

Now I am trying to figure out how to set CurTenant based on the requesting url so that http://tenant2.mystore.com would set to "tenant2".  This appears to be all we need to make SmartStore multi-tenant.  Any advice on how do to this in the Smartstore project would be much appreciated.

[Murat Cakir]

I'm afraid there is much more to do:

• Super level, database independent tenant management
• A new tenant scope for dependencies (Singleton --> Tenant --> Request)
• Installing/activating plugins & themes on tenant level
• Serving custom templates/views on tenant level

This all is a heavy load of work, which is the reason why we haven't implemented it yet. All we have now is a comfort mechanism for developers: decide on app startup which tenant to load. Means: 1 instance = 1 tenant. But real multi-tenancy means: 1 instance = many tenants.

[jnicke]

I defer to your expertise.  But I want to point out / inquire about the C:\MTA\SmartStore\App_Data\Tenants\Default directory (one for each tenant, this tenant is "Default").

 

The Default tenant directory has these files.  It appears plug-ins, themes, custom views, etc. are stored and managed in the Tenant directory. I can deal with this.

If my idea is correct, if I could set var-curTenant at run-time (having already created the Tenant Directory from a template), I could have autonomous tenants using the same instance of the app.   Thoughts?

Directories:
AssetCache
Hash
Media
Sitemaps
temp

Files:
InstalledPlugins.txt
plugins.assemblies
plugins.hash
Settings.txt

[Murat Cakir]

It appears plug-ins, themes, custom views, etc. are stored and managed in the Tenant directory

 

This is NOT the case. That would have to be developed first.

 

if I could set var-curTenant at run-time

 

Of course you can...

 

I could have autonomous tenants using the same instance of the app

 

... but, no. Because: one instance (aka process aka AppDomain) = ONE TENANT! That is how it works at the moment. You just switch to any tenant during app start. But AFTER app start, you can't switch this tenant anymore.

[jnicke]

Thanks for responding.....  Maybe in a future release you will support the multi-tenant use-case.  It looks like much of the architecture is done.

[stefanmueller]

Hi jnicke, gerat news for your request: we will definitly support multi-tenant in an upcoming plugin. 

 

The first preparations for the Marketplace resp. "Multi Vendor Edition" have just started. The release is planned for the third quarter of 2023.

 

Greetings, Stefan

 

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