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Make a database & user

Here is lots of information about creating the database for a Drupal site. Lately I use this shell script: create_drupal_db.sh

#!/bin/bash

EXPECTED_ARGS=3
E_BADARGS=65
MYSQL=`which mysql`

Q1="CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS $1;"
Q2="GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP, INDEX, ALTER, LOCK TABLES, CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES ON $1.* TO '$2'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '$3';"
Q3="FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
SQL="${Q1}${Q2}${Q3}"

if [ $# -ne $EXPECTED_ARGS ]
then
  echo "Usage: $0 dbname dbuser dbpass"
  exit $E_BADARGS
fi

$MYSQL -e "$SQL"

Find a web accessible home for the site

You can put the Drupal site in the web server's document root or your public HTML directory, or you can put a symbolic link there that points to the site.

bash> cd /kansas
bash> mkdir my_cute_cat
bash> echo "Hello World" > my_cute_cat/hello.txt
bash> cd /libweb/sites/development.library.cornell.edu/htdocs
bash> ln -s /kansas/my_cute_cat kitty

Now http://development.library.cornell.edu/kitty/hello.txt will show a page containing

Hello World 

You can delete /kansas/my_cute_cat/hello.txt and put the Drupal site there.

Use drush to grab Drupal and some modules

Replace the 'public' directory of your capistrano drupal development directory with a drupal install.

bash> cd <your capistrano dev directory>
bash> drush dl drupal-7.23
bash> rm -r public
bash> mv drupal-7.23 public

Install drupal using your new database and user

bash> cd public
bash> 
bash>
bash>
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