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Installing & Updating Drupal at Stanford

Sharon L. Krossa, Stanford DrupalCamp, Sun, 24 Jan 2010

Installing & updating Drupal on Stanford's central servers (AFS space) is made easier by the Stanford Collaboration Tools Installer and Updater. Drush is also installed at the server level and so automatically available for sites on AFS. However, there are also some Stanford specific issues when installing in AFS. This session will cover the details and peculiarities of Installing & Updating Drupal at Stanford.

Agenda

  • Installing Drupal using the Stanford Collaboration Tools Installer
  • Updating Drupal using the Collaboration Tools Updater
  • Accessing Drush on the central servers
  • Issues specific to Drupal sites on Stanford AFS

Goals

Stanford attendees will learn how to install and update Drupal sites on Stanford's central servers. Non-Stanford attendees will learn how Stanford approaches the common problem of how to make installing & updating Drupal easier for end users.

Details

Installing Drupal

How to install Drupal using the Stanford Collaboration Tools Installer is covered in detail in the Stanford IT Services Technology Training Tech Briefing handout for Drupal Workshop, Part 1 — Installing Drupal, especially in these sections:

Backing Up

How to backup Drupal sites hosted in AFS at Stanford is covered in detail in the Stanford IT Services Technology Training Tech Briefing handout for Drupal Workshop, Part 3 — Backing Up, Restoring, & Updating, especially in these sections:

Updating using the Collaboration Tools Upgrader

How to update Drupal sites installed with the Collaboration Tools Installer is covered in detail in the Stanford IT Services Technology Training Tech Briefing handout for Drupal Workshop, Part 3 — Backing Up, Restoring, & Updating, especially in this section: