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Drupal Script Library

Wed, 02/04/2009 - 03:03 — todd

I have created a nifty set of scripts for managing collections of Drupal installations.  I find them indispensable for maintaining a large stable of Drupal sites. The scripts allow for automated install and patching of Drupal installations as well as a host of other administrative tasks.  They enforce and leverage my best practices for Drupal deployments.

See the README for full information on the scripts within the library as well as usage guidelines:
http://svn.toddgee.com/drupalScripts/README

The scripts themselves can be seen here:
http://svn.toddgee.com/drupalScripts

and can be checked out (read only) with the command:

$ svn co "http://svn.toddgee.com/drupalScripts" drupalScripts

Enjoy!  And give me feedback/suggestions/patches by leaving a comment below.

 

 

Comments

Wed, 07/14/2010 - 15:28 — Anonymous

drush

Check out drush.

Wed, 08/25/2010 - 04:51 — todd

yup. I know about drush

In fact, I use it (see the script drupalManageDrush.sh).  I use it mainly to run the dbupdate command. 

I do think my scripts work better at doing standard tasks than Drush.

Sat, 09/05/2009 - 00:06 — Anonymous

Site install directory does not exist

I can't get drupalBackup.sh to find my Drupal install. I tried: drupalBackup.sh default /home/htdocs/ssdev and get ** Error with specified install: Site install directory '/home/htdocs/ssdev/default' does not exist My paths are as follows:

  • Drupal core is installed in /home/htdocs/ssdev.
  • The site I want backed up is in /home/htdocs/ssdev/sites/default.

Then I tried drupalBackup.sh default /home/htdocs/ssdev/sites which outputs ** Error with specified install: Site settings file '/home/htdocs/ssdev/sites/default/sites/default/settings.php' does not exist Respond to: nonzero (at) gmail

Tue, 09/22/2009 - 15:30 — todd

The Drupal Script Library

The Drupal Script Library follow a strict naming convention that allows the structure to be leveraged to pull off all the neat tricks that it does.  In your case, you were setting the DRUPAL_INSTALL_ROOT to '/home/htdocs/ssdev' by specifying it on the command line.  It was looking for the drupal installation named 'default' in this directory which it was unable to find.  Try:

$ drupalBackup.sh ssdev /home/htdocs

(or set $DRUPAL_INSTALL_ROOT=/home/htdocs and omit the last parameter.)  Note, however, that the scripts will look for the site configuration file to be in /home/htdocs/ssdev/sites/ssdev (and not ..../sites/default) -- this is the convention.

Your best bet is to re-install Drupal with the command:

$ drupalCVSDeploy.sh install drupal ssdev.com /home/htdocs

(substitute correct domain name in for 'ssdev.com'...)  After this is done, move your settings.php file from
/home/htdocs/ssdev/sites/default/settings.php to
/home/htdocs/ssdev.com/sites/ssdev.com/settings.php
and re-install any contrib modules you have installed w/ subsequent calls to drupalCVSDeploy.sh

hope this helps....