This describes the organization of the Drupal sites DLIT has on our test server.

The test server is libdev (library3.library.cornell.edu) . There are lots of other things on this server besides the Drupal stuff.

Server

• Each site is located under /webvision-dev/apache2/drupals/ in a directory named with the prefix test. (eg. test.mysite.library.cornell.edu)
  • A new set of sites is coming with the domain suffix test1.library.cornell.edu (eg. http://preservation.test1.library.cornell.edu/ )
    • these have directories in the /webvision-dev/apache2/drupals/ also (eg. preservation.test.library.cornell.edu)
• Each site has these subdirectories on the server
  • bkp - scripts to backup & restore file system and mysql database for the site, site backups
  • build - scripts to check out modules and themes from Subversion Version Control System (SVN) & place them on the site
  • conf - virtual host configuration file
  • htdocs - web visible site
  • logs - large sticks
• Your user account on libdev
  • install drush - drupal shell commands
    • put the drush directory in ~/bin so you can find ~/bin/drush/drush.php
  • be a member of the solaris group diglibdev-role

Desktop

The developer checks out the site from SVN
svn+ssh://your-netid-here@libdev.library.cornell.edu/webvision-dev/svn/sites
onto his/her desktop machine to find this structure:

• Drupal-Sites - top directory in our SVN repository
  • mysite.library.cornell.edu - directory for the site's manifest files
    • webvision.manifest - list of themes and modules from the main library website SVN repository
    • contrib.manifest - list of auxiliary themes and modules from the main library website SVN repository
    • site.manifest - list of themes and modules from the Drupal-Sites/drupal-v6-parts directory in our SVN repository
  • drupal-site-scripts - various server side scripts
    • bkp - scripts for the site backup and restore process
    • build - scripts for the deploy process
  • drupal-v6-parts - mostly modules and themes from drupal.org and its contributors
    • commonspot_migration - coldfusion and php code for exporting commonspot sites and importing them into Drupal
    • libraries - a couple of web based text editors for Drupal
    • modules - the latest release version of all the Drupal modules any of our sites use
      • custom - modules we have written
        • cu_aerialny - reverse geocoding, processes for aerial-ny.library.cornell.edu
        • cu_banners - 45 pixel Cornell banners
        • cu_eship - tools for eship.library.cornell.edu
        • cu_olinuris - fix absolute paths - hook_node_operations
        • cu_template - blocks for our Cornell theme
        • culauth - CUWebAuth interface for Drupal login & account creation
        • feednodefixer - part of commonspot import
        • ltsprocedures - part of commonspot import for LTS site
    • themes - skins for Drupal sites
      • communications - theme for communications.library.cornell.edu based on cuwebtemplate
      • cul - early basic CUL theme
      • cul_aerial_ny - theme for aerial-ny.library.cornell.edu based on zen
      • cul_cuneiform - theme for cuneiform.library.cornell.edu based on zen
      • cuwebtemplate - standard CUL theme
      • cuwebtemplatev2 - new improved CUL theme
      • eship - theme for eship.library.cornell.edu based on cuwebtemplate
      • math_library - theme for mathematics.library.cornell.edu based on cuwebtemplate
      • physical_sciences_library - theme for psl.library.cornell.edu
      • rau - theme for research.library.cornell.edu
      • wordsworth - a theme for wordsworth collection
      • zen - standard starter theme from Drupal.org

Work-flow

Update a site on the test server 

• locate the site under  /webvision-dev/apache2/drupals/
• in the htdocs directory, run drush cache clear
• in the htdocs directory, run drush status to get the database particulars
• in the bkp directory, run the backup.sh script to save a copy of the filesystem and database
• log in to Drupal site as user #1
• put the Drupal site into 'maintenance mode'
• in the build directory, run the deploy script
• run update.php on the site
• check the site - problems? restore backup
• take the site our of maintenance mode

Add an existing module or theme to a site 

• edit the site.manifest file to add new module or theme
• check in modified manifest file
• do 'update a site on the test server' above

Add a new module or theme 

• download module/theme from Drupal.org into an empty directory
• unzip/untar
• copy resulting directory into  ...\A1Projects\Drupal-Sites\drupal-v6-parts\modules (or ...themes) on your desktop machine
• select directory and SVN Add
• select directory and SVN Commit
• do 'update a site on the test server' above

Create a new site

• ask Enrico Silterra to do the tasks for setting up a new site
  • set up subdomain (eg. mysite.test1.library.cornell.edu)
  • set up directory structure on libdev (eg.  /webvision-dev/apache2/drupals/mysite)
  • create mysql database and user for Drupal
  • install drupal core files and doctor sites/default/settings.php to include user/password/db for this site
  • create subversion directory for the site under Drupal-Sites
• go to the site and run the Drupal install (eg. http://mysite.test1.library.cornell.edu/install.php)
• you may need to update the Drupal core if it's out of date
• check out Drupa-Sites/mysite.library.cornell.edu from SVN
• add whatever modules you need to site.manifest
• webvision.manifest should only have modules/cul_common (other webvision modules are out of date)
• check in your changes to Drupa-Sites/mysite.library.cornell.edu
• do the 'Update a site on the test server' procedure

Update Drupal Core

• get a copy of the latest production version of drupal extracted onto your disk from http://drupal.org/
• backup the file system and database as outlined in 'Update a site on the test server' procedure
• log in to Drupal site as user #1
• put the site in off-line maintenance mode /admin/settings/site-maintenance
• disable all the non-essential modules
  • go to the htdocs directory
  • use this to check which are enabled:
    • drush mm list

    • missing: getid3 token enabled: advanced_help autologout block color comment computed_field contact content content_copy content_permissions content_taxonomy content_taxonomy_autocomplete content_taxonomy_options cu_template cul_common culauth date date_api date_locale date_popup date_timezone date_tools dblog devel email fieldgroup filefield filter globalredirect help imagefield insert_view jq jq_bridge jquery_ui link locale menu menu_breadcrumb node node_import nodereference number optionwidgets path search site_map system taxonomy taxonomy_manager text tracker update user views views_bulk_operations views_ui webform wysiwyg xmlsitemap disabled: actions_permissions aggregator blog blogapi book content_taxonomy_tree date_php4 date_repeat devel_generate devel_node_access devel_themer feednodefixer filefield_meta filefield_token forum help_example ltsprocedures macro openid performance php ping poll profile statistics syslog throttle translation trigger upload userreference views_export xmlsitemap_engines xmlsitemap_node xmlsitemap_taxonomy xmlsitemap_user

  • use this to disable modules

    • drush mm disable advanced_help autologout  color comment computed_field contact content content_copy content_permissions content_taxonomy content_taxonomy_autocomplete content_taxonomy_options cu_template cul_common culauth date date_api date_locale date_popup date_timezone date_tools dblog devel email fieldgroup filefield  globalredirect help imagefield insert_view jq jq_bridge jquery_ui link locale menu menu_breadcrumb node_import nodereference number optionwidgets path search site_map  taxonomy taxonomy_manager text tracker update  views views_bulk_operations views_ui webform wysiwyg xmlsitemap

    • leave these modules enabled: block filter node system user
• delete the old Drupal except for the sites directory
  • go to htdocs
  • rm *.txt *.php
  • rm -R includes/ misc/ themes/ modules/ scripts/ profiles/
• upload the new drupal into htdocs
• run update.php
• enable all the modules

  • drush mm enable advanced_help autologout  color comment computed_field contact content content_copy content_permissions content_taxonomy content_taxonomy_autocomplete content_taxonomy_options cu_template cul_common culauth date date_api date_locale date_popup date_timezone date_tools dblog devel email fieldgroup filefield  globalredirect help imagefield insert_view jq jq_bridge jquery_ui link locale menu menu_breadcrumb node_import nodereference number optionwidgets path search site_map  taxonomy taxonomy_manager text tracker update  views views_bulk_operations views_ui webform wysiwyg xmlsitemap

• run update.php again
• check the site
• take the site out of maintenance mode /admin/settings/site-maintenance