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Drupal 7 Multi-sites Configuration
Drupal 7 Multi-sites Configuration
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Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Multi-site Drupal
Drupal is a multi-site Content Management System
From one site to many
Why multi-site?
Running different software on the same site
Making the most of shared hosting
Easing server administration
Staging or testing before deploying to a live site
Sharing a single code base
Running secure and standard (unsecured) tools on the same server
Efficient development
Drupal and multi-site
A quick guide to choosing the right multi-site configuration
Setting up a server
Installing a Drupal Virtual Machine with Vagrant
Installing our tailored Vagrant project
Basic configuration for this book
Connecting to the new Virtual Machine
Configuring a server (without VirtualBox and Vagrant)
Domain names and IP addresses
Using a hosts file
Web servers
Apache
Configuring Apache for a Drupal Multi-site
A note on using virtual hosting for each domain
Configuring MySQL
Summary
2. Installing Drupal for Multi-site
Manual setup
Downloading Drupal
Installing the first host
Telling Drupal about our sites
Creating a site folder
Domain name directories
Domains with subdirectories
The sites.php special configuration file
Settings
The files/ folder
The web installer
Creating the other sites
Getting installation help
Summary
3. Settings, Modules, and Themes
Configuring sites
Creating a shared configuration file
A word of warning about sharing settings
Configuring modules
Sharing modules
Unshared modules
A note on using different versions of the same module
Modules and sharing (in summary)
Themes
Subthemes and sharing
Summary
4. Updating Multi-site Drupal
Updating Drupal
Making backups
Filesystem backups
Database backups
Putting Drupal in maintenance mode
Downloading and installing Drupal
Fetching a new version
Overwriting the existing files
Checking the default.settings.php file
Running update.php
Taking the sites out of maintenance mode
Updating themes and modules
A minor complication
Summary
5. Advanced Multi-sites
Favicons and robots
Shared authentication
OpenID and other authentication services
LDAP and Directory services
Using the Services module
Using Bakery for SSO
Sharing a user database
Shared content
Sharing content with Services and Deploy
Domain Access as a multi-site alternative
The Virtual Site module
Shared structure
Searching across sites
Summary
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