Take aways Sitecore Content Hub 4.0

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With the release of the documentation of Sitecore Content Hub v4, we can now finally start digging into the capabilities of the new version. Here are my thoughts on reading the documentation.

It's super cool to see that we now can leverage the power of GraphQL and build our front-end solutions directly against the Content Hub. This will save a lot of time, because the data is already in place and can be easily used across different solutions. From the Content Hub you'll be able to push out the content to the Delivery Platform (DP). From there it can be used anywhere. The DP supports CMP, PCM and any custom entity definitions that you have. 

Content as a Service
Content as a Service overview, image by Sitecore

What is the Delivery Platform?
The DP is the Sitecore architecture of the Experience Edge for Content Hub. The most important thing, the Content Hub remains the repository of your content. From there you'll publish content to the DP. The DP is a delivery service with a GraphQL endpoint. This will allow you to use data directly within your applications without the need for special connectors. GraphQL is the querying language to retrieve data from the DP and serve it within your channels.

Delivery architecture
Delivery architecture, image by Sitecore

How does the DP work?
  • The CDN links the delivery platform to static or dynamic sites, and any other runtime applications.
  • The CDN caches queries flowing to and from the Delivery platform.
  • Event streams allow Content Hub to broadcast schema or content changes.
  • Content Hub raises an event each time any approved content changes, which drives the automatic publishing process.*

What about licensing?
To use Sitecore Experience Edge for Content Hub, you require:
  • A license for Sitecore CMP.
  • A license for content publishing.

In addition, to see the Delivery platform page as well as the actions and icons on the Schema manager and entity pages, the content delivery flag on the Sitecore CMP license must be enabled.

For more information about licenses, contact your Sitecore Content Hub account manager.*

* copied from Sitecore Content Hub documentation

At the moment of writing this blog post, I don't understand what a license for content publishing means. 


Stay tuned for more information to come about the new Content Hub v4.0