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Add descriptions to backups
It would be nice to be able to add a description when creating a backup. This would make it easy to identify the current state of a site at that point.
It would also be nice to have the opportunity to rename the file that gets created.
New RHEL/CentOS Install Notes for Aegir Hosting System
Needing to use RHEL on a project forced me to write up these docs, as I spent days and days (even with druroot already having done CENTOS install months and months before) trying to get the install script to work. After many tries and just starting with CentOS on Rackspace Cloud (pretty standard stuff) I found that this was now the best way to go with all the recent changes and lack of consistent documentation on Aegir on CentOS/RHEL w/ the newest Drush and Drush_make changes.
I had pointed my domain name at mediatemple vps, so I simply setup an A record there to point to my Rackspace Instances IP. (If you have not checked out rackspace cloud vs. Amazon's "interesting" offerings you seriously should.) Then I went and added DNS entry on Rackspace clouds DNS tab. So I setup the hostname on the instance (ssh in) like:
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Can Aegir Manage Sites on Remote Servers?
Hi Everyone,
I've been reading a lot about Aegir lately, and I find it just a great tool which would save so much administration time. However, I still can't find a clear answer as to whether Aegir can administer remote sites as well. I have 6 different shared hosting accounts on different hosting companies all Drupal based. Now, can I use Aegir to administer the sites on all these hosting accounts? I get a feeling from documentation that Aegir can only manage Drupal installations which are local.
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How can I modify global.inc file to accomodate cacherouter or authcache or facebook settings?
conf_path() gives the path to sites/HOSTNAME (correct me if I am wrong).
Is there a similar variable which would give me the path to a platform?
For example, I want to check if authcache exists in the sites/all/modules directory for a platform
If it does, then I want the authcache configuration parameters set.
I want to do the same for Facebook too.
in /var/aegir/config/includes/global.inc
<?php
// Look for a settings.inc in the sites/blah.com directory.
if (file_exists(conf_path() . '/settings.inc')) {
include_once(conf_path() . '/settings.inc');
}
Quickstart Drupal Dev Environment and Aegir
Hello,
Quickstart is a pre-packaged Drupal Development Environment. It's a Virtualbox vm that can be downloaded through bittorrent.
I just added a script to install Aegir 0.4a7. If you download and import the vm, cd ~/quickstart, cvs update, there is an aegir-install-0.4a7.sh script that installs Aegir on Ubuntu 10.04.
Read moreHow to create settings that would normally go into a settings.php file
I was talking to Anarcat at DrupalCon and he pointed me to this url to give guidance on how to add modifications to settings.php file
https://wiki.koumbit.net/AegirGuide#Using_settings.php
This is useful when you are trying to add settings for fb.
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Performance - Suggestions for "general use" Aegir server setup
I think this discussion about server configuration may benefit many. I know it will benefit me.
The facts:
- Ubuntu 9.x on Linode VPS, 540MB RAM
- Aegir
- 50 small sites that get a couple of visits every hour
- a few busy sites that should be able to handle a spikes of, say, 30 concurrent users
- a moderate dose of "module-itis"
- mostly anon users - say 90%
- content and login is not shared between many sites, but a few may use Domain module (or similar)
- using Pressflow
Drupal Dojo sessions: Aegir Hosting System
Aegir is a distributed provisioning system for Drupal that allows you to manage thousands of sites across as many concurrent instances of Drupal on as many servers as you need. It's built on Drupal itself, so that your user interface to the system becomes a 'meta-drupal' site, with nodes representing all of your hosted sites and all of the components of your hosting environment.
Read moreMySQL extension for PHP is not installed
Hi,
I am setting up a drupal/drush/aegir install.
Everything goes well, until I reach the 'Initialize the hosting system' portion of the hostmaster setup. PHP is obviously running, because it ..well it gets this far (creates db tables etc). Drush seems to be running well (drush status gives me drush info) , until I run this command:
php /usr/src/myserver/drush/drush.php hosting-setup fd --uri=http://myserver.com
Which prints out an HTML text string:
Read moreSign up for a site
Just after installing aegir 0.3 on Linux Gentoo system and setup a new platform, I get the following error while signing up for a new site: "Please fill in a valid profile". What's going wrong with my aegir system ?
I have an other problem with crontab update. Aegir user don't have rights for crontab update. Is there something to do that is not discribed in the install document?
Regards
Read morePostgreSQL support
Is anyone working on Postgres support for Aegir?
Read more"Install profile field is required" when I try to install a site on Openpublish 2.0 platform
I downloaded Openpublish 2.0 to /var/aegir/platforms directory
I verify the platform fine
I then goto create a site
I enter the url
I select Openpublish but I cannot continue because I get the error:
Install profile field is required.
Read moreCommon Installation and Configuration Errors
Installation and configuration of Aegir is not yet the simplest task any of us will tackle in our lifetimes. Making a mistake during the installation of Aegir or drush is easy to do, and these tips identify the most common mistakes. (These tips were moved here from the Bug Reporting Guidelines page.)
The Aegir User
- Make sure you have an aegir user (who we call the Aegir User) and that the Aegir User is properly configured on your server:
Database User Privileges
I am running 0.4-alpha7. I am trying to migrate a site from D6.14 to D6.16 and have encountered two problems:
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multiple hosting system
I am about to buy VPS space after putting it off for months. I want to put up the aegir system for drupal sites, but i also wish to put up a few wordpress sites and several hotaru sites. can anyone tell me if the aegir system needs to take up the whole vps (hence i will need two accounts) or can i host other systems? (if i am using the right language)
thanks!
Any suggestions for setting files directory permissions with Aegir?
One of my platforms requires the files directory to be owned by www-data. There must be a hook somewhere that will let me automate running this every time I create a new installation of this particular platform:
$ cd /var/aegir/platforms/myplatform/sites/mynewinstallation.com/
$ chown -R www-data.www-data files/Any suggestions?
Read morefixing file permission errors
I've been receiving minor warnings whenever I try and verify a site. If there's even a single file without the correct aegir:www-data permissions, you'll get a yellow warning when the site verifies. The most common one I see is:
Could not change permissions sites/mydomain.com to 493 (chmod to 755 failed on sites/mydomain.com)
If you're new to Aegir like me but want to get rid of the file permissions error, you can try these commands:
cd /var/aegir/platforms/drupal-6.16/sites
chown -R aegir:www-data mydomain.com/*Importing Existing Website Problem(s)
Attempting to import and existing drupal-6.10 site to aegir following the directions in this post: http://groups.drupal.org/node/24992 (Using option B)
Step 1: Transfer the Codebase:
I've successfully transferred the Codebase (I think!)
Step 2: Transfer the Database:
According to the directions, I should create a new database for the imported site and import the .sql file from the site I am importing, and then create a user, using the same username from the old site and grant appropriate permissions.
Read moreAudio from Aegir and Advanced Drush Drupalcon Session available
DrupalCon session video
Will the session on Aegir that was presented at DrupalCon SF be available on video? I was very excited to see all the great things Aegir does.
Thanks!
k
