Sitecore Habitat : what to do if 05-Sync-Unicorn is not working

I have just started to play with Sitecore Habitat project. The first problem that I encounter is Habitat setup.

 

I referred the steps mentioned at https://github.com/Sitecore/Habitat/wiki/01-Getting-Started

Everything worked fine except task “05-Sync-Unicorn”. I waited for an hour to complete it but it seems to showing in progress status as 

Sync Unicorn

I googled for the solution but didn’t find any suitable link which explained it properly. So I decided to write the article

Follow below steps if "05-Sync-Unicorn" is not working for you

• Login to Sitecore desktop

• Open http://yourinstance/unicorn.aspx

 

Unicorn Sync Page

• You can sync Sitecore items by clicking "Sync" button for each component one by one

1. Syncing process updates items in Master, core, link database and in search indexes.
2. It also sync roles, users
3. Finally it published all synced items to web

Sync Progress

• Run "06-Deploy-Transforms" from Visual Studio

Deploy Transforms

 

•  Open your instance on browser and hurreyyy you will get your Habitat site

Habitat Home Page

 

I hope you like this Sitecore trick. Stay tuned for more Sitecore related articles.

Till that happy Sitecoring :)

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