Deploying Drupal on Your VPS

Overview

Drupal is a robust content management system known for itsflexibility and extensibility, making it ideal for creating complex websitesand web applications. This guide provides step-by-step instructions on how toinstall Drupal on your Virtual Private Server (VPS) hosted by HSJ.HOST.

Prerequisites

• A VPS account with HSJ.HOST.
• SSH access to your server.
• A LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack installed on your VPS.
• Basic knowledge of the Linux command line.

Procedure

1. Access Your VPS via SSH

• Open your terminal.
• Connect to your server using ssh user@your_vps_ip, replacing user with your actual username and your_vps_ip with the IP address of your VPS.
     
     

2. Update Your Server's Packages

• Run sudo apt update to refresh your package list.
• Optionally, you can upgrade your packages with sudo apt upgrade to ensure all software is current.

3. Create a MySQL Database and User for Drupal

• Enter MySQL as root: sudo mysql -u root -p.
• Create a database for Drupal:

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CREATE DATABASE drupal_db;

• Create a new user and grant them privileges on the database:

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CREATE USER 'drupal_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'a_strong_password';GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON drupal_db.* TO 'drupal_user'@'localhost'; FLUSHPRIVILEGES; EXIT;

4. Download and Install Drupal

• Navigate to the web root directory: cd /var/www/html.
• Download  the latest version of Drupal:
     
     

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wget https://www.drupal.org/download-latest/tar.gz -Odrupal.tar.gz

• Extract the Drupal package and move it to the current directory:

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tar -xzvf drupal.tar.gz mv drupal-*/* .

• Clean up the extracted files and directory:

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rm -rf drupal.tar.gz drupal-*

5. Set Permissions and Ownership

• Ensure the web server has the correct permissions to the Drupal files:
     
     

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sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html sudo find/var/www/html -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \; sudo find /var/www/html -type f-exec chmod 644 {} \;

6. Configure Apache for Drupal

• Create an Apache configuration file for your Drupal site:
     
     

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sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/drupal.conf

• Add the following configuration, adjusting ServerAdmin, DocumentRoot, and ServerName to fit your setup:
     
     

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<VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin webmaster@example.comDocumentRoot /var/www/html ServerName your_domain.com <Directory/var/www/html> AllowOverride All Order allow,deny allow from all</Directory> ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log CustomLog${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined </VirtualHost>

• Enable the new site and necessary Apache modules:

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sudo a2ensite drupal.conf sudo a2enmod rewrite sudosystemctl restart apache2

7. Finalise the Drupal Installation via the Web Interface

• Open a web browser and navigate to your VPS's IP address or domain name.
• Follow the Drupal setup wizard, entering the database details created earlier.
     
     

Conclusion

Congratulations, you have successfully deployed Drupal onyour VPS. You can now begin building your site, utilising Drupal's powerfulfeatures to create a dynamic and robust web presence. Drupal's extensivemodules and themes provide the flexibility to customise your site to meet yourspecific requirements.

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