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CONTENTS OF THIS FILE
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* Quickstart
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* Requirements and notes
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* Optional server requirements
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* Installation
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* Reinstall
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* Building and customizing your site
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* Multisite configuration
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* Multilingual configuration
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QUICKSTART
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Prerequisites:
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- PHP 7.4.0 (or greater) (https://php.net).
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In the instructions below, replace the version x.y.z with the specific version
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you wish to download. Example: 8.6.0.zip. You can find the latest stable version
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at https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal.
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Download and extract the Drupal package:
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- curl -sS https://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-x.y.z.zip --output drupal-x.y.z.zip
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- unzip drupal-x.y.z.zip
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- cd /path/to/drupal-x.y.z
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- php core/scripts/drupal quick-start
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Wait… installation can take a minute or two. A successful installation will
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result in opening the new site in your browser.
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Run the following command for a list of available options that you may need to
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configure quick-start:
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- php core/scripts/drupal quick-start --help
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Follow the instructions in the REINSTALL section below to start over.
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NOTE: This quick start solution uses PHP's built-in web server and is not
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intended for production use. Read more about how to run Drupal in a production
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environment below.
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REQUIREMENTS AND NOTES
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Drupal requires:
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- A web server with PHP support, for example:
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- Apache 2.4.7 (or greater) (http://httpd.apache.org/).
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- Nginx 1.1 (or greater) (http://nginx.com/).
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- PHP 7.4.0 (or greater) (http://php.net/). For better security support it is
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recommended to update to at least 8.1.0.
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- One of the following databases:
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- MySQL 5.7.8 (or greater) (http://www.mysql.com/).
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- MariaDB 10.3.7 (or greater) (https://mariadb.org/). MariaDB is a fully
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compatible drop-in replacement for MySQL.
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- Percona Server 5.7.8 (or greater) (http://www.percona.com/). Percona
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Server is a backwards-compatible replacement for MySQL.
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- PostgreSQL 10 (or greater) (http://www.postgresql.org/).
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- SQLite 3.26 (or greater) (http://www.sqlite.org/).
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For more detailed information about Drupal requirements, including a list of
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PHP extensions and configurations that are required, see "System requirements"
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(https://www.drupal.org/docs/system-requirements) in the Drupal.org online
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documentation.
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For detailed information on how to configure a test server environment using a
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variety of operating systems and web servers, see "Local server setup"
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(https://www.drupal.org/node/157602) in the Drupal.org online documentation.
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Note that all directories mentioned in this document are always relative to the
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directory of your Drupal installation, and commands are meant to be run from
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this directory (except for the initial commands that create that directory).
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OPTIONAL SERVER REQUIREMENTS
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- If you want to use Drupal's "Clean URLs" feature on an Apache web server, you
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will need the mod_rewrite module and the ability to use local .htaccess
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files. For Clean URLs support on IIS, see "Clean URLs with IIS"
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(https://www.drupal.org/node/3854) in the Drupal.org online documentation.
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- If you plan to use XML-based services such as RSS aggregation, you will need
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PHP's XML extension. This extension is enabled by default on most PHP
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installations.
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- To serve gzip compressed CSS and JS files on an Apache web server, you will
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need the mod_headers module and the ability to use local .htaccess files.
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- Some Drupal functionality (e.g., checking whether Drupal and contributed
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modules need updates, RSS aggregation, etc.) require that the web server be
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able to go out to the web and download information. If you want to use this
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functionality, you need to verify that your hosting provider or server
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configuration allows the web server to initiate outbound connections. Most web
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hosting setups allow this.
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INSTALLATION
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1. Download and extract Drupal.
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You can obtain the latest Drupal release from https://www.drupal.org -- the
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files are available in .tar.gz and .zip formats and can be extracted using
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most compression tools.
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To download and extract the files, on a typical Unix/Linux command line, use
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the following commands (assuming you want version x.y.z of Drupal in .tar.gz
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format):
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wget https://www.drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-x.y.z.tar.gz
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tar -zxvf drupal-x.y.z.tar.gz
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This will create a new directory drupal-x.y.z/ containing all Drupal files
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and directories. Then, to move the contents of that directory into a
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directory within your web server's document root or your public HTML
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directory, continue with this command:
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mv drupal-x.y.z/* drupal-x.y.z/.htaccess drupal-x.y.z/.csslintrc drupal-x.y.z/.editorconfig drupal-x.y.z/.eslintignore drupal-x.y.z/.eslintrc.json drupal-x.y.z/.gitattributes /path/to/your/installation
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You can also download the latest version of Drupal using Git on the command
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line and set up a repository by following the instructions at
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https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/git-instructions for "Setting up
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repository for the first time".
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Once you have downloaded Drupal successfully, you may install Composer
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globally using the instructions at
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https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md#globally
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With Composer installed, run the following command from the Drupal web root:
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composer install
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2. Create the Drupal database.
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Because Drupal stores all site information in a database, the Drupal
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installer will attempt to create this database for you. If you create the
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database manually, you must grant Drupal certain database privileges (such as
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the ability to create tables). For details, consult INSTALL.mysql.txt,
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INSTALL.pgsql.txt, or INSTALL.sqlite.txt. You may also need to consult your
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web hosting provider for instructions specific to your web host.
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Take note of the username, password, database name, and hostname as you
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create the database. You will enter this information during the install.
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3. Run the install script.
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To run the install script, point your browser to the base URL of your
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website (e.g., http://www.example.com).
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You will be guided through several screens to set up the database, add the
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site maintenance account (the first user, also known as user/1), and provide
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basic website settings.
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During installation, several files and directories need to be created, which
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the install script will try to do automatically. However, on some hosting
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environments, manual steps are required, and the install script will tell
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you that it cannot proceed until you fix certain issues. This is normal and
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does not indicate a problem with your server.
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The most common steps you may need to perform are:
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a. Missing files directory.
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The install script will attempt to create a public file storage directory
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in the default location at sites/default/files (the location of the files
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directory may be changed after Drupal is installed).
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If auto-creation fails, you can create the directory yourself. (If you are
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creating a multisite installation, substitute the correct sites directory
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for sites/default; see the Multisite Configuration section of this file,
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below.) Sample commands from a Unix/Linux command line:
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mkdir sites/default/files
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chmod a+w sites/default/files
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Alternatively, you can make the install script work by changing
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permissions on the sites/default directory. The web server can then
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create the files directory within it for you.
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For example, on a Unix/Linux command line, you can grant everyone
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(including the web server) permission to write to the sites/default
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directory with this command:
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chmod a+w sites/default
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Then re-run install.php (e.g. by clicking "try again" at the bottom of
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the Requirements problem page. Once the files directory is created, you
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will need to grant everyone (including the web server) permission to
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write to it with this command:
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chmod a+w sites/default/files
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Be sure to set the permissions for the default directory back after the
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installation is finished! (Leave the files directory writable.)
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Sample command:
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chmod go-w sites/default
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b. Missing settings file.
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Drupal will try to automatically create a settings.php configuration file,
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which is normally in the directory sites/default (to avoid problems when
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upgrading, Drupal is not packaged with this file). If auto-creation fails,
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you will need to create this file yourself, using the file
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sites/default/default.settings.php as a template.
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For example, on a Unix/Linux command line, you can make a copy of the
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default.settings.php file with the command:
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cp sites/default/default.settings.php sites/default/settings.php
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Next, grant write privileges to the file to everyone (including the web
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server) with the command:
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chmod a+w sites/default/settings.php
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Be sure to set the permissions back after the installation is finished!
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Sample command:
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chmod go-w sites/default/settings.php
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c. Write permissions after install.
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The install script will attempt to write-protect the settings.php file and
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the sites/default directory after saving your configuration. If this
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fails, you will be notified, and you can do it manually. Sample commands
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from a Unix/Linux command line:
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chmod go-w sites/default/settings.php
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chmod go-w sites/default
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4. Verify that the site is working.
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When the install script finishes, you will be logged in with the site
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maintenance account on a "Welcome" page. If the default Drupal theme is not
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displaying properly and links on the page result in "Page Not Found" errors,
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you may be experiencing problems with clean URLs. Visit
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https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/clean-urls-in-drupal-8 to troubleshoot.
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5. Change file system storage settings (optional).
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The files directory created in step 3 is the default file system path used to
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store all uploaded files, as well as some temporary files created by
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Drupal. After installation, you can modify the file system path to store
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uploaded files in a different location.
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It is not necessary to modify this path, but you may wish to change it if:
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- Your site runs multiple Drupal installations from a single codebase (modify
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the file system path of each installation to a different directory so that
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uploads do not overlap between installations).
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- Your site runs on a number of web servers behind a load balancer or reverse
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proxy (modify the file system path on each server to point to a shared file
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repository).
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- You want to restrict access to uploaded files.
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To modify the file system path:
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a. Ensure that the new location for the path exists and is writable by the
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web server. For example, to create a new directory named uploads and grant
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write permissions, use the following commands on a Unix/Linux command
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line:
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mkdir uploads
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chmod a+w uploads
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b. Open your settings.php in a plain-text editor, and uncomment (remove the #
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at the start of line) this line:
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# $settings['file_public_path'] = 'sites/default/files';
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Enter the desired path and save the file.
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If you want to use private file storage, you need to uncomment (remove
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the # at the start of line) the following line in settings.php:
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# $settings['file_private_path'] = '';
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Enter the path for private files and save the file.
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Changing the file system path after files have been uploaded may cause
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unexpected problems on an existing site. If you modify the file system path
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on an existing site, remember to copy all files from the original location
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to the new location.
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6. Revoke documentation file permissions (optional).
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Some administrators suggest making the documentation files, especially
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CHANGELOG.txt, non-readable so that the exact version of Drupal you are
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running is slightly more difficult to determine. If you wish to implement
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this optional security measure, from a Unix/Linux command line you can use
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the following command:
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chmod a-r core/CHANGELOG.txt
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Note that the example only affects CHANGELOG.txt. To completely hide all
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documentation files from public view, repeat this command for each of the
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Drupal documentation files in the installation directory, substituting the
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name of each file for CHANGELOG.txt in the example.
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For more information on setting file permissions, see "Modifying Linux,
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Unix, and Mac file permissions" (https://www.drupal.org/node/202483) or
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"Modifying Windows file permissions" (https://www.drupal.org/node/202491) in
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the Drupal.org online documentation.
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7. Set up independent "cron" maintenance jobs.
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Many Drupal modules have tasks that must be run periodically, including the
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Search module (building and updating the index used for keyword searching),
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the Aggregator module (retrieving feeds from other sites), and the System
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module (performing routine maintenance and pruning of database tables). These
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tasks are known as "cron maintenance tasks", named after the Unix/Linux
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"cron" utility.
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When you install Drupal, its built-in cron feature is enabled, which
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automatically runs the cron tasks periodically, triggered by people visiting
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pages of your site. You can configure the built-in cron feature by navigating
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to Administration > Configuration > System > Cron.
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It is also possible to run the cron tasks independent of site visits; this is
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recommended for most sites. To do this, you will need to set up an automated
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process to visit the page /cron on your site, which executes the cron
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tasks.
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The URL of the cron page requires a "cron key" to protect against
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unauthorized access. Your site's cron key is automatically generated during
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installation and is specific to your site. The full URL of the page, with the
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cron key, is available in the "Cron maintenance tasks" section of the Status
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report page at Administration > Reports > Status report.
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As an example of how to set up this automated process, you can use the
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crontab utility on Unix/Linux systems. The following crontab line uses the
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wget command to visit the cron page, and runs each hour, on the hour:
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0 * * * * wget -O - -q -t 1 http://example.com/cron/YOURKEY
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Replace the text "http://example.com/cron/YOURKEY" in the example with the
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full URL displayed under "Cron maintenance tasks" on the "Status report"
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page.
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More information about cron maintenance tasks is available at
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https://www.drupal.org/cron, and sample cron shell scripts can be found in
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the core/scripts/ directory. (Note that these scripts must be customized like
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the above example, to add your site-specific cron key and domain name.)
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REINSTALL
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Drupal can be reinstalled without downloading and extracting the Drupal release.
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1. Drop all the tables in your database.
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2. Remove everything in sites/default/files.
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3. Remove sites/default/settings.php.
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4. Follow the Installation Instructions above starting from Step 3 (Run the
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install script).
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BUILDING AND CUSTOMIZING YOUR SITE
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A new installation of Drupal defaults to a very basic configuration. To extend
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your site, you use "modules" and "themes". A module is a plugin that adds
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functionality to Drupal, while a theme changes the look of your site. The core
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of Drupal provides several optional modules and themes, and you can download
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more at https://www.drupal.org/project/project_module and
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https://www.drupal.org/project/project_theme
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Do not mix downloaded or custom modules and themes with Drupal's core modules
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and themes. Drupal's modules and themes are located in the /core/modules and
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/core/themes directories, while the modules and themes you add to Drupal are
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normally placed in the /modules and /themes directories. If you run a multisite
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installation, you can also place modules and themes in the site-specific
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directories -- see the Multisite Configuration section, below.
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Never edit Drupal's core modules and themes; instead, use the hooks available in
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the Drupal API. To modify the behavior of Drupal, develop a module as described
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at https://www.drupal.org/developing/modules. To modify the look of Drupal,
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create a subtheme as described at https://www.drupal.org/node/2165673, or a
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completely new theme as described at https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/theming
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MULTISITE CONFIGURATION
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A single Drupal installation can host several Drupal-powered sites, each with
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its own individual configuration.
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For this to work you need the file sites/sites.php to exist. Make a copy of
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the example.sites.php file:
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$ cp sites/example.sites.php sites/sites.php
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Additional site configurations are created in subdirectories within the 'sites'
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directory. Each subdirectory must have a 'settings.php' file, which specifies
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the configuration settings. The easiest way to create additional sites is to
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copy file 'default.settings.php' from the 'sites/default' directory into the
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new site directory with file name 'settings.php' and modify as appropriate.
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The new directory name is constructed from the site's URL. The configuration
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for www.example.com could be in 'sites/example.com/settings.php' (note that
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'www.' should be omitted if users can access your site at http://example.com/).
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$ cp sites/default/default.settings.php sites/example.com/settings.php
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Sites do not have to have a different domain. You can also use subdomains and
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subdirectories for Drupal sites. For example, example.com, sub.example.com, and
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sub.example.com/site3 can all be defined as independent Drupal sites. The setup
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for a configuration such as this would look like the following:
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sites/default/settings.php
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sites/example.com/settings.php
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sites/sub.example.com/settings.php
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sites/sub.example.com.site3/settings.php
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When searching for a site configuration (for example www.sub.example.com/site3),
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Drupal will search for configuration files in the following order, using the
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first configuration it finds:
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sites/www.sub.example.com.site3/settings.php
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sites/sub.example.com.site3/settings.php
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sites/example.com.site3/settings.php
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sites/www.sub.example.com/settings.php
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sites/sub.example.com/settings.php
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sites/example.com/settings.php
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sites/default/settings.php
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If you are installing on a non-standard port, the port number is treated as the
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deepest subdomain. For example: http://www.example.com:8080/ could be loaded
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from sites/8080.www.example.com/. The port number will be removed according to
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the pattern above if no port-specific configuration is found, just like a real
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subdomain.
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Each site configuration can have its own site-specific modules and themes in
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addition to those installed in the standard 'modules' and 'themes' directories.
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To use site-specific modules or themes, simply create a 'modules' or 'themes'
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directory within the site configuration directory. For example, if
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sub.example.com has a custom theme and a custom module that should not be
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accessible to other sites, the setup would look like this:
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sites/sub.example.com/
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settings.php
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themes/custom_theme
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modules/custom_module
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For more information about multiple virtual hosts or the configuration
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settings, consult https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/multisite
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For more information on configuring Drupal's file system path in a multisite
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configuration, see step 6 above.
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MULTILINGUAL CONFIGURATION
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By default, Drupal is installed in one language, and further languages may be
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installed later.
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For detailed instructions, visit
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https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/multilingual
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