Drupal site administration - Library servers

The scripts we use assume a directory layout like this

• libweb
  • sites

    • [domain name]

      • htdocs

        • [ Drupal site is here ]

        • sites
          • default *
            • settings.php

            • files [for Drupal 6 and 'public files' for Drupal 7 ]

              • backup_migrate
      • make (this is only on the test server)

        • [domain name]

          • [domain name].make

      • drupal_files [private files for Drupal 7 ]

        • backup_migrate

and assume there is a drush alias set up for the site called @[domain name] .

* it does not work with a domain name here!

How to change the modules and themes

• do a subversion checkout of https://svn.library.cornell.edu/cul-drupal

• find your make file under cul-drupal/[drupal_6 or drupal_7]/make/[your site name]/[your site name].make

• add lines or modify the version of the module listed according to the drush make file format (use other sites for examples)
• check in the changed version

How to rebuild your site

• go to victoria02 and cd /libweb/sites/[your site name]/make

• sudo dr-make.sh @[your site name]

• Note: the alias argument @[your site name] is no longer necessary for dr-make.sh

How to update your theme/module code on the site

• make changes on your copy and check them in to svn

• go to victoria02 and cd /libweb/sites/[your site name]/htdocs/sites/all/[modules or themes]/[your code's name]

• svn up

How to work with your custom themes/modules

• check out svn copies on your machine
• edit/whatever the copies
• check in changes

How to move from production to test

• Log on to the production Drupal site and configure the 'Site under maintenance' block
  • Under 'Page specific visibility settings' select 'Show on every page except the listed pages.'
• Make a backup of the production site to the Manual Backups Directory (using Backup and Migrate module)
  • Drupal 6: http://$productiondomain/admin/content/backup_migrate/export
  • Drupal 7: http://$productiondomain/admin/config/system/backup_migrate
• Log on to the test Drupal site
• Put the test site into maintenance mode
  • Drupal 6: http://$testdomain/admin/settings/site-maintenance
  • Drupal 7: http://$testdomain/admin/config/development/maintenance

• go to victoria02 and cd /libweb/sites/[your site name]/make

• sudo update_test_from_production.sh [your production site domain] [your test site domain]

  • the script will ask you if you completed each of the steps above and give you all the real paths to the pages you need to use
  • the script moves the site with rsync
• Log on to the test Drupal site
• Restore the latest backup
  • Drupal 6: http://$testdomain/admin/content/backup_migrate/destination/list/files/manual
  • Drupal 7: http://$testdomain/admin/config/system/backup_migrate/destination/list/files/manual
  • click 'restore' next to the latest version of the file (hint: sort by file name!)
• take the test site out of maintenance mode

How to move from test to production

• Log on to the test Drupal site
• Make a backup of the test site to the Manual Backups Directory (using Backup and Migrate module)
• Log on to the production Drupal site
• Put the production site into maintenance mode

• go to victoria01 and cd /libweb/sites/[your site name]/make 

• sudo update_production_from_test.sh [your test domain] [your production domain]

  • the script will ask you if you've done each step and give you all the proper paths
• restore the latest backup
• configure the 'site under maintenance' block
  • Under 'Page specific visibility settings' select 'Show on only the listed pages'