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FACE YOUR FEARS:
DRUSH AND ÆGIR
Iztok Smolič | @iztok | iztok@etelje.com | iztoksmolic.com

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Proud member of Drupal Slovenia

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Why would designer/themer/site-
builder want to use tools for
hardcore developers?

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Still using FTP?

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Drush
Must have for all site builders

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What is drush?
! Drush is a command line shell and scripting interface
for Drupal
! Controlling your Drupal site outside of the browser,
from a terminal, (shell, command line, …)
! Can be used without Ægir
! Drush can be used on your local machine (works on
Win, OSX and Linux)
! http://drupal.org/project/drush

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Did you say
command line?

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Basics commands (UNIX)
! List folder’s content: ls
! Go to folder: cd [path], go one folder back: cd ..
! New folder: mkdir [folder_name]
! Rename file/folder: mv [file_name] [new_name]
! Copy: cp [source] [destination] (cp –r for folders)
! Remove: rm [file], rm –r [folder]
! Show current folder path: pwd

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Installing on a local computer
! Works best on Mac and Linux OS
! Works on Win, but limited
! Running Linux inside virtual machine may be
the best alternative

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Basic, useful drush commands
! Download project from D.org: drush dl [name]
! Enable module: drush en [name]
! Enable by name matches: drush en name_*
! Update everything: drush up
! Update specific project: drush up [name]
! Clear cache: drush cc
! Clear all cache: drush cc all
! Get a list of commands: drush
! More here: http://drush.ws/help

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Use cases and examples
! Site has a broken theme function and you can’t navigate to
the performance page to clear the cache!
! solution: drush cc all
! You need to update the site over FTP.
! much easier and faster: drush up
! You download views and before enabling it you find out that
module ctools is needed!
! drush dl views,
drush en views_ui
it will download and enable all dependencies modules

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Help and tips
! Drush documentation:
http://www.drush.ws/
! commands: drush –help
! groups.drupal.org/drush
! drush cheatsheet: http://www.scribd.com/doc/57989208/
Drush-4-Cheat-Sheet
! Check if you favorite module implemented drush support
! features
! backup_migrate

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Ægir
Host your sites in style

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What is Ægir?
! Hosting system for managing Drupal sites
! It is basicaly a Drupal site with which you can control all of
your hosted sites
! You can run tasks like:
! Create, disable, delete sites
! Backup site, restore backups
! Migrate (update) sites

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Installation
! Ægir is only a set of modules:
! Hostmaster (http://drupal.org/project/provision)
! Drush (http://drupal.org/project/drush)
! Provision (http://drupal.org/project/provision)
! Eldir Theme
! Installation:
! http://community.aegirproject.org/installing
! apt-get install aegir
! Hosted solutions like omega8.cc and Koumbit

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Documentation
! Homepage:
http://aegirproject.org
! Discussion and support:
http://community.aegirproject.org/discussion
IRC: #aegir @ irc.freenode.net

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Aegir
structure
Server
Additional to localhost we can
have multiple servers controlled
by one Ægir instance
Platform
Drupal core or distribution
located on a server.
Site
Instance of one site inside a
platform. Regular multisite
structure.

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Multisite
structure
Modules and
themes from
directory “all”
are available
by all modules

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Tips
! Updating site’s core with migrate task
! example: create new platform Drupal 7.2 and
migrate from D 7.0 to D 7.2 platform
! works for major versions migrations too (Ægir also
checks if modules are available for destination
version)
! Clone site and perform module updates (you keep the
production site safe)

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Host distributions!
Distributions are Drupal’s packaged profiles for specific use.
! Acquia 6 & 7 ! OpenPublic
! OpenAtrium ! ManagingNews
! Drupal Commons ! COD
! OpenScholar ! Open Enterprise
Make you own “distributions” with favorite modules or even
installation profile.

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Advance use
! Host sites on multiple servers – control with one Ægir
instance
! Using Ægir in deployment workflow best practice:
(http://greenbeedigital.com.au/content/drupal-
deployments-workflows-version-control-drushmake-and-
aegir)
using platform for one site, versioned
! Allowing clients to manage own sites – making a real hosting
platform
! Expand:
http://community.aegirproject.org/contrib-modules

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Demo Time
Get yours at http://omega8.cc/contact/Demo