Aegir Introduction

An Introduction to Aegir
Drupal Managing Drupal

What Is Aegir?
A Collection of Drupal Modules
That Deploy, Manage and Maintain
The Software Content of Drupal Sites
http://groups.drupal.org/aegir-hosting-system

Why Aegir?
Hard and Tedious and Error Prone to:
Maintain Multiple Core Versions
Update Multiple Sites with Different Modules
Deploy New Sites with the Same Core and Modules
Configure Apache and MySQL

Aegir Terms (Node Types)
Servers
Linux server(s) on which Aegir is installed or Aegir manages
Remote deployment supposedly possible, but not tested by me
Only Linux (not Windows) supported
Platforms
Collections of a Drupalcore, install profile and specific modules
Sites
Instances of Platforms

Aegir Requirements
Linux / Apache / MySQL / PHP
Same as most people use for Drupal
Root Access
Drush
Command line PHP scripts for managing Drupal sites

Platforms on Aegir Site

Sites on a Platform

Key Features
Existing Sites Can Be Imported
Migrate a Site from One Platform to Another
This is how you upgrade
Automatically runs update.php
Upgrade All Sites on a Platform All at Once
Verify compatibility between current and new platform
Deploy New Sites on a Platform
Configure Apache
Create MySQL database
Modify SETTINGS.PHP
One-Click Site Backup

Create a Platform

Cautions
Installation Is Difficult
Root Access Is Required
So, probably not useful for hosted sites
Still Early Release Code
Not Ready for Production Servers

Aegir Introduction

by howardjacobson

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