Drupal

Last change on 2023-10-18 • Created on 2023-10-18 • ID: KO-DD0DC

This tutorial explains how to install the open-source content management system (CMS) Drupal. You can use Drupal to create your own website.

This is a 3rd party application. We do not provide Drupal technical support, and we cannot guarantee that it will work properly. For Drupal support, please see https://www.drupal.org/support

Example terminology

  • Username: drupalee
  • Hostname: <wwwXXX>
  • Domain: <example.com>
  • Subdomain: <drupal.example.com>

Install Drupal

Step 1 - Download Drupal

You can download Drupal via an SSH connection or via an FTP connection. You can find your access details on konsoleH when you go to Access Details→Login data ».

01 konsoleH ftp login data

  • Option 1 - Via an SSH connection
    For this option, you need Web Hosting Level 9 or higher.

    • Download the file
      After you establish an SSH connection to your server, you can download the file directly into the public_html directory.

      drupalee@<wwwXXX>:~/public-html$ wget https://www.drupal.org/download-latest/tar.gz

    • Unzip the file
      Once the tar.gz file is downloaded, you can unzip it.

      drupalee@<wwwXXX>:~/public_html$ tar -xf tar.gz

      The public_html directory should now include the drupal-10.1.4 directory.

    • Move the files
      You can now move all the files within the drupal-10.1.4 directory to the public_html directory.

      drupalee@<wwwXXX>:~/public_html$ cd drupal-10.1.4
drupalee@<wwwXXX>:~/public_html/drupal-10.1.4$ mv * ..

      The drupal-10.1.4 directory should now be empty. The missing files should now be in the public_html directory.

  • Option 2 - Via an FTP connection

    • Download the file on your local device
      Open https://www.drupal.org/download-latest/tar.gz to download the latest version.

    • Unzip the file

      • On your local device, open the "Downloads" directory. There, you should see the Drupal ZIP file.
      • Right-click on the Drupal file.
      • In the menu that opens, select "Extract Here" (Linux) or "Extract All..." (Windows).

    • Upload the unzipped files via FTP
      You now need to copy the files on the server via FTP. The drupal-10.1.4 directory should be in the "Downloads" directory. Select all the files within the drupal-10.1.4 directory on your local device and copy them to the public_html directory on the server.

Step 2 - Edit the PHP settings

  • Open konsoleH in a second window.
  • Go to Settings→PHP Configuration ».
  • Scroll down to "PHP settings" and set the value of memory_limit to "256M".

02 konsoleH memory limit de

Step 3 - Install Drupal

Enter your domain name (e.g. drupal.example.com) in a web browser. This should take you to the Drupal installation wizard.

  • Select a language and click on Save and continue. 03 Drupal installation language

  • Select an option and click on Save and continue. 04 Drupal installation profile

  • Check the status details and click on continue anyway.

  • When you add the information about your database, remember to set "Advanced options" too. 05 Drupal installation database

  • Wait for the installation to finish. After that, enter some information about your website, including the name of the website, an email address and a user. When you're done, click on Save and continue to complete the installation.

Further steps

If everything works as expected, you can now create your own website! You can add articles at https://drupal.example.com/node/add, and you can view your articles at https://drupal.example.com.

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