Sitecore Rocks Connection not working with Sitecore 9.3

[jaffal83]

I have the following error when trying to make a connection to Sitecore 9.3 instance

I figured that it could be because 9.3 accepts secure connections only but when I tried the connection work but I had another problem

The first node is for 9.3 Instance when I try to open any database I have an error message that it's unavailable and don't get it's children.The second node is for 9.2 which works as expected. Is there an update for Sitecore Rocks to work with 9.3, it doesn't show up in VS.

[Assimilate69]

I tried adding a binding to http. that allowed me to connect but then I get:

[nickwesselman]

Hi @jaffal83 and @Assimilate69 -- I've published a pre-release with Sitecore 9.3 support. Can you try installing the VSIX, updating your server components, and let me know if you still encounter any issues?

https://github.com/Sitecore/Sitecore.Rocks/releases/tag/3.0.284

[nickwesselman]

A workaround is in place, but the main issue driving this is the support for "built-in" Sitecore serialization in Rocks. I question whether anyone actually uses this, and whether we should actually just remove this functionality rather than trying to fix?

[Assimilate69]

@nickwesselman I have installed version 3.0.284 and it is now expanding the tree in Sitecore Explorer. Thank you for doing this fix so quickly.

[felipemarcolino]

I had the very same problem and installed this 3.0.284 fix from here and it worked fine! Thank you!

[jaffal83]

@nickwesselman it worked for me as well, Thanks alot for the quick fix

[nickwesselman]

Hello @jaffal83 @felipemarcolino @Assimilate69 -- try out the latest pre-release when you have a moment, it fixes serialization functionality on 9.3.

https://github.com/Sitecore/Sitecore.Rocks/releases/tag/4.0.290

[sbenhoff007]

@nickwesselman I installed Sitecore Rocks from the VS Marketplace and I got the "no service" error that others have reported. I tried installing both v4.0.290 and v3.0.284 manually, but I continue to get the "no service" error when I attempt to connect to a working Sitecore website. I also tried adding the fix in the web.config (mentioned in http://rockpapersitecore.com/2017/10/sitecore-rocks-with-sitecore-9/). I'm using VS2019, .NET 4.8, Sitecore 9.3 Initial Release.

[sbenhoff007]

@nickwesselman I installed Sitecore Rocks from the VS Marketplace and I got the "no service" error that others have reported. I tried installing both v4.0.290 and v3.0.284 manually, but I continue to get the "no service" error when I attempt to connect to a working Sitecore website. I also tried adding the fix in the web.config (mentioned in http://rockpapersitecore.com/2017/10/sitecore-rocks-with-sitecore-9/). I'm using VS2019, .NET 4.8, Sitecore 9.3 Initial Release.

Nevermind, I got this working by adding a binding to http on my local site.

[dsinclairmoore]

You can solve this by adding https://{instance-hostname} into the Sitecore Rocks hostname without adding a HTTP binding. Proven on Sitecore 9.3.0 & Sitecore Rocks 4.0.291

[Thamizh-commits]

As @dsinclairmoore mentioned, started to work after enter the host name with https:// in rocks host name. Thanks @dsinclairmoore

[ArulPushpam]

You can solve this by adding https://{instance-hostname} into the Sitecore Rocks hostname without adding a HTTP binding. Proven on Sitecore 9.3.0 & Sitecore Rocks 4.0.291

Thank you for the solution !! It is working