Setup Drupal¶
This example will use drush
to install Drupal from within the PHP container.
See also
Table of Contents
Overview¶
The following configuration will be used:
Project name | VirtualHost directory | Database | TLD_SUFFIX | Project URL |
---|---|---|---|---|
my-drupal | /shared/httpd/my-drupal | my_drupal | loc | http://my-drupal.loc |
Walk through¶
It will be ready in six simple steps:
- Enter the PHP container
- Create a new VirtualHost directory
- Install Drupal via
drush
- Symlink webroot directory
- Setup DNS record
- Visit http://my-drupal.loc in your browser
See also
2. Create new vhost directory¶
devilbox@php-7.0.20 in /shared/httpd $ mkdir my-drupal
3. Install Drupal¶
devilbox@php-7.0.20 in /shared/httpd $ cd my-drupal
devilbox@php-7.0.20 in /shared/httpd/my-drupal $ drush dl drupal
4. Symlink webroot¶
devilbox@php-7.0.20 in /shared/httpd/my-drupal $ ln -s drupal-8.3.3/ htdocs
5. DNS record¶
If you do not have Auto-DNS configured, you will need to add the
following line to your host operating systems /etc/hosts
file
(or C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc
on Windows):
127.0.0.1 my-drupal.loc
See also
For in-depth info about adding DNS records on Linux, Windows or MacOS see: DNS records or Auto-DNS.
6. Open your browser¶
Open your browser at http://my-drupal.loc and follow the Drupal installation steps.
Note
When asked about MySQL hostname, choose 127.0.0.1
.