Please note - 2014- This tutorial is outdated and only uploading your ssh key is still relevant. I no longer have a Godaddy account and cannot update this tutorial. If anyone comes across another tutorial with all 3 steps that work, please let me know so I can update this description with the url for others who are looking for help. Thanks! Upload your public ssh key, install git and drush on Godaddy shared hosting.

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Setting up for ssh

2. Login to godaddy control panel and enable SSH.
It may take a few moments to become active.

3. First make sure php version is 5.3!
Find your ssh login * Go to FTP Users

4. Use primary username for ssh
ssh user1@webdesignbycielo.com
If you don’t remember your password it can be changed under the
setup>actions tab. It is important to know your password!

5. Add your public ssh key on GoDaddy
$ mkdir .ssh
Create .ssh directory in the root of your GoDaddy account
Log in with ssh ftpname@yoursite.com and enter ftp pw

6. Create authorized_keys file
-bash-3.2$ touch .ssh/authorized_keys
-bash-3.2$ cd .ssh
-bash-3.2$ vi authorized_keys
GoDaddy uses vi or vim to edit files. We will use vi to add our
public key to the empty authorized_keys file.

7. Paste in your id_rsa.pub (public key)
• type i (to insert)
• paste in your id_rsa.pub (public key)
• esc
• : wq (colon, write & quit)

8. Your public rsa key was successfully added if you were
not prompted for a password
Log out and use your ssh login to test!
ssh ftpname@yoursite.com

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Installing Git

10. Q: Why not use yum to install git?
A: Most tutorials for installing git on CentOS use
yum. Godaddy prevents yum from being used or
installed on their shared servers unless you
switch to dedicated server (more expensive plan)
* If you figure out a way to use yum on godaddy shared server – please let me know
At the time of this tutorial, GoDaddy shared
OS is CentOS release 5.5 (Final). To verify:
-bash-3.2$ cat /etc/redhat-release

11. Download the rpm into the git directory from EPEL
( http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL ) Important because GoDaddy
shared servers are CentOS.
-bash-3.2$ mkdir git
-bash-3.2$ cd git/
Create git directory
-bash-3.2$ wget
http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/i386/
git-1.8.2.1-1.el5.i386.rpm

12. Unpack git with rpm2cpio and cpio
-bash-3.2$ rpm2cpio git-1.8.2.1-
1.el5.i386.rpm | cpio -imdv
-bash-3.2$ git --version
git version 1.8.2.1
Verify your version of git
-bash-3.2$ rm git-1.8.2.1-1.el5.i386.rpm
Clean up and remove the un-needed file

13. -bash-3.2$ echo "
export GIT_BIN=${HOME}/git
export PATH=${GIT_BIN}/usr/bin:${PATH}
export GIT_EXEC_PATH=${GIT_BIN}/usr/bin
export GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR=${GIT_BIN}/usr/share/git-
core/templates
export GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY=true" >> ~/.bash_profile
In the root, configure your $path variable. Copy/paste
all at once.
Important! Close the terminal and ssh back in
-bash-3.2$ cd ~
Go back to the root of your godaddy site

14. -bash-3.2$ git init
Go to the root of your DRUPAL site. Do not make
your git init in the root dir of your GoDaddy acct.
Configure your repo. In this example, I am using
bitbucket which is free for individuals.
It is important to note that we can only ssh INTO our
GoDaddy account. You must use https to connect to
bitbucket & enter bitbucket password.
-bash-3.2$ git remote add origin
https://cielo@bitbucket.org/cielo/testsite.git

15. Success!
Please note that you must enter the bitbucket password
each time you push/pull from your repo

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Installing Drush

17. ssh into the root directory of your
GoDaddy acct.
-bash-3.2$ wget
http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drush-
7.x-5.8.tar.gz
Note –The most current version can be cloned via git from
https://github.com/drush-ops/drush.
ssh ftpname@yoursite.com
At this time, drush 5.8 works best on
Godaddy.

18. -bash-3.2$ tar -pzxf drush-7.x-5.8.tar.gz
Extract the file
Clean up and remove un-needed file
-bash-3.2$ rm drush-7.x-5.8.tar.gz

19. -bash-3.2$ ls -a
View hidden files to see if .bash_profile
has already been created. This file will be
there if you have already installed git.
-bash-3.2$ vi .bash_profile
GoDaddy uses vi or vim to edit files. We
will use vi to edit .bash_profile.

20. Type in i (to insert) and paste in the following. If you
previously installed git, skip a line and paste under.
• Type in i (for insert)
• Paste in the following:
export COLUMNS
alias drush='/usr/local/php5/bin/php ~/drush/drush.php'
alias php='/usr/local/php5/bin/php‘
• esc
• : wq (colon, write & quit)

21. Update your session
-bash-3.2$ source .bash_profile
Close the terminal and ssh back in.

22. Verify that drush is installed
-bash-3.2$ drush status
Success!

23. As of September 2013, you must use an older version
of drush on godaddy. Godaddy support states they will
eventually update command line to PHP version to 5.3.3+
Until then…your client must purchase a vps (private server)
or dedicated server