Securing Experience Manager
Overview of Sitecore Application roles, Storage roles and indexes with links to vendor best practices.
Apply vendor best practices to all application roles, storage roles, and indexes. The following list of tasks are specific to Sitecore.
Note
The XP Single topology technically supports a combined Content Delivery/Content Management role. This combination is not recommended in a production environment.
Secure the Content Delivery role
The following tasks apply to all core roles:
The following additional tasks should be performed on the Content Delivery role:
Secure the Content Management role
The following tasks apply to all core roles:
The following additional task should be performed on the Content Management role:
Secure the Content Publishing role
The following tasks should be performed on the Content Publishing role:
Web database
No additional Sitecore-specific tasks.
Master database
No additional Sitecore-specific tasks.
Core database
No additional Sitecore-specific tasks.
Private Session State Store
No additional Sitecore-specific tasks.
Shared Session State Store
No additional Sitecore-specific tasks.
Forms database
No additional Sitecore-specific tasks.
Web index
No additional Sitecore-specific tasks.
Master index
No additional Sitecore-specific tasks.
Core index
No additional Sitecore-specific tasks.