Quickstart 0.9: Now with Drupal 7, automated site-installs, better drush make, XHProf, Ubuntu 10.10, and all the fixins

Posted by MichaelCole on January 24, 2011 at 4:47pm

Quickstart 0.9! Hurray!

This new version includes:

 - Updated for Drupal 7
 - Updated to include new "site-install" features from command line
 - Adds XHProf for profiling
 - Updated to Ubuntu 10.10
 - Adds squid proxy for caching drush make
 - Add-ons for Aegir, Hudson, Solr, and Oracle database
 - Lots of other little features!

Check it out here: http://drupal.org/project/quickstart
New videos here: http://www.youtube.com/user/drupalquickstart
Or just download it: torrent (I just seeded it today, so give it some time to download).

I'm doing a presentation on Quickstart at the Southwest Drupal Summit on Thursday. Come check it out, or if they make a video, I'll like to it here.

Hurray for Drupal 7!

Comments

Thanks!

Posted by jedihe on January 24, 2011 at 7:57pm

Once again, thanks a lot Mike. Looking forward for the new functionality!

virtualbox

Posted by nik0cara on January 24, 2011 at 8:42pm

Hi , is't there somebody who could elp me with Virtualbox ?

nik0cara

virtualbox

Posted by mikaere on January 24, 2011 at 9:28pm

Hi nik0cara,
I can give you a hand if you need...
mike

virtualbox

Posted by nik0cara on January 25, 2011 at 11:25am

Hi Mike , thanks for give me hand . I've followed your instruction for install the engine : I download Torrent , II download Virtual box and now I'm downloading Qickstart ( now it's in seeding ) . What have I to do at these point ?

nik0cara

virtualbox

Posted by mikaere on January 25, 2011 at 12:04pm

Hi,
you extract the Quickstart package after download. It should contain
- Quickstart 0.x.mf (checksums),
- Quickstart 0.x.ovf (xml file with config),
- Quickstart 0.x.1 (file with image).

Run Virtual box
Click on File - Import (or CTRL-I) and select the Quickstart 0.x.ovf file. You might want change the destination of new image file on next dialog. You should leave default values of all theother things. You have to wait to finish the import (it copies 1GB file) after that.

Then select Quickstart image and click on start. After couple minutes of booting you have complete developer's enviroment under Ubuntu.

Mike

How to extract

Posted by MichaelCole on January 25, 2011 at 3:42pm

Hi nik0cara,

To extract the files from your bittorrent client, you may need to right-click the torrent, then select "Open Folder" to find them.

Good luck!

Mike

Watch the videos

Posted by justaman on January 27, 2011 at 7:20am

The videos are a great way to get started.

Mike: Thanks a lot, great job!

Please notice the video channel link is broken on this page, it's http://http://.....

thanks again

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drupal newbie

Posted by jackdive on January 25, 2011 at 11:14am

hi, I am just starting out on drupal. so great to have an installation which has the dev environment setup readily.
But I wanted to start on drupal 6, Does QuickStart 0.9 support 6.0, i.e. do I need to do any hacks to get it working.

Thanks,
jackdive

Core = 6.x on .make

Posted by jedihe on January 25, 2011 at 12:52pm

Just by updating the line "core = 7.x" to "core = 6.x" in the default.make file should be sufficient - I'm assuming this version didn't change the way to build websites from the previous ones.

Notice that the modules used in the projects[] entries must exist for the core version you decide to use.

Core = 6.x on .make

Posted by jackdive on January 25, 2011 at 1:26pm

cool, thanks jedihe.

url torrent

Posted by jcdenaes on January 25, 2011 at 1:32pm

Hi there,

I can't find any working url for the torrent.

Anyone can give me one ?

(the one given by Mike does not work for me - neither yesterday nor today)

TIA !

--
JcD

Hello

Posted by MichaelCole on January 25, 2011 at 2:48pm

@Jackdive: Yes, QS 0.9 supports D6 better than ever before.

@nik0cara: Please read the post. Your answer is in the links there.

@jcdenaes: Please read the post. Your answer is in the links there.

torrent url

Posted by jcdenaes on January 25, 2011 at 3:13pm

Hi Mike,

Sry for my ambiguous sentence.

I was not saying that I cannot download the torrent,
I mean I cannot not access your page to download the file for the torrent (michaelcole.com ... /Quickstart 0.9.torrent)
It says (chrome + Firefox) : "could not connect to www.michaelcole.com"

Any idea ?
(tia)

--
JcD

Oh, ok. Hmmm.....

Posted by MichaelCole on January 25, 2011 at 3:40pm

Can you browse to the site in a web browser? E.g. just http://www.michaelcole.com It's hosted by Amazon AWS, there shouldn't be a general networking issue, but maybe there is.

My first guess is that a content filter at your ISP is preventing you from downloading .torrent files. Have you downloaded other .torrent files?

Try these URLs:

As .zip
As .tgz

Your ISP may further complicate the download process using packet filtering, so you may need to tweak the settings of your torrent client. I'd generally recommend turning on encryption.

Mike

It didn't but...

Posted by jcdenaes on January 26, 2011 at 1:29pm

I tried, nothing.

Interesting thing : I asked a neighbour to borrow his line since he is with another ISP.
I tried at his place with my laptop (OSX) and his computer (WinXP).

It still did not work with mine, but worked with his.

So it is not ISP related, but cleary my computer. Well, almost, here is the thing I tried afterward :
- OSX (Firefox + Chrome) : Fails
- Ubuntu [mine + Quickstart] (VirtualBox; Firefox + Chrome ) : Fails
- WinXP (VMware Fusion, Firefox + Chrome) : Works

Well, if I had knew... I should have try first with winXP...
Still, it is not hardware related, but I cannot guess what's wrong...

If anyone has any idea, I am interested.

At least, I know now I will use winXP to go on your website !

In the end, I was able to download Qs9 and it works really fine
Great box, Fine job, thx for all !

--
JcD

invalid torrent file!

Posted by hopewise on January 27, 2011 at 7:24am

hello,

i tried
http://www.michaelcole.com/sites/michaelcole.com/files/Quickstart%200.9.zip

and i tried
http://www.michaelcole.com/sites/michaelcole.com/files/Quickstart%200.9.tgz

but, i get error message: invalid torrent file!
the strange thing is that torrent file of Quickstart0.8 is working normally

so, what's wrong please ?

I need drupal developers for

Posted by Pallavi on January 26, 2011 at 7:01pm

I need drupal developers for my client.

I am looking for Drupal

Posted by Pallavi on January 26, 2011 at 7:30pm

I am looking for Drupal developers for my client.
Please send resumes to pallavi_recruiter@yahoo.com

Any refernces would be highly appreciated.

Thanks
Pallvi

Please do not job-spam this group.

Posted by MichaelCole on January 26, 2011 at 8:15pm

Hello Pallavi,

Please do not job-spam the group. I won't recommend anyone to you because you either didn't read the rules of the group, or you didn't respect them.

What you're looking for, you may find here:

http://groups.drupal.org/jobs

Mike

Good catch!

Posted by MichaelCole on January 27, 2011 at 3:13pm

Thanks :-) Mike

Drupal 7

Posted by nik0cara on January 27, 2011 at 4:15pm

Hi Mike,I've just installed Drupal 7 and ,after unzipped ,I've opened XML install with WebMatrix in the page it's marked an error on wright . What have I to do ? ororor,or,or,....!
HELP me my friend!Again,my operativ sistem is Vista32bit Pack2 ,so i must install Ubuntu for implemente Drupal7?

nik0cara

Great work!!!!

Posted by weri on January 28, 2011 at 7:47am

Thank you Mike!!

Thanks a lot!!!

Posted by druipol on January 28, 2011 at 6:01pm

Haven´t tried QS0.9 yet, but i´m testing with Quickstart 0.8 almost every day and i have to admit: Mike, you have made an great work, nice job, many thx, muito obrigado, mille gracie, tausend Dank .... :)

Torrent with 0 seeds/peers

Posted by burgerboydaddy on February 4, 2011 at 12:05am

Hello,
I'm trying to download version 0.9 but there are 0 seeds, 0 peers. On the other side 0.8 works ok.
Is there anyone who can start seeding?

Thanks

try now

Posted by justaman on February 4, 2011 at 12:57am

Right now there are 10 people offering the torrent. I'm downloading it again now, so I can contribute it later.

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It works

Posted by burgerboydaddy on February 4, 2011 at 1:42am

Yeah,
it works now
Thanks a lot :-)
\bye

sorry for the delay

Posted by justaman on February 4, 2011 at 12:52am

I will happily seed it for you, but I don't know how

I mean, I downloaded the torrent on my ubuntu 10.04

I have the original files... but don't know how to offer it through the transmission bittorrent client

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Any Seeders out there?

Posted by martinc on February 6, 2011 at 11:33am

I would like to download, but currently 0 Seeders, 0 Peers.
Can anyone help?

Cheers.

About seeding

Posted by MichaelCole on February 6, 2011 at 2:45pm

There are at least 12 seeds out there that my client is connected to. Please check the configuration of your client/firewall, and/or have patience as your client connects to them..

Mike

Awesome

Posted by emcconnell on February 11, 2011 at 5:14am

Just setup the VM and ran through the debugging video. This is a HUGE time saver! Thanks!

Quickstart as host OS (not a VM)

Posted by anselm13 on February 12, 2011 at 4:56pm

Quickstart is so useful. I'm thinking of deploying it directly to my hard drive and dual booting. Anyone have any experience doing this? Is there any image available that can be deployed with some sort of software like clonezilla, mondo, partimage. I'm thinking I may have to follow this http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=581680.

+1

Posted by justaman on February 13, 2011 at 1:16am

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Quickstart Dual-boot

Posted by MichaelCole on February 13, 2011 at 1:44am

Hi guys,

Interesting idea on the dual-boot. This is outside Quickstarts design goals, but I think you could follow the "Building a Quickstart Virtual Machine" guide to accomplish this: http://drupal.org/node/788994. I would comment out the "slim" script, as you wouldn't have to worry about space.

The goals of Quickstart are:

Pre-made - cut the install process to almost zero
Downloadable - replacing learning with downloading
Portable - ability to customise, copy, and share quickly

Dual-boot breaks these design goals. Doesn't mean dual-boot is bad, just not part of the project :-)

If you write up some steps on how to do this, let's add them to the handbook.

got it

Posted by justaman on February 13, 2011 at 1:51pm

well portability is a rocking feature. I just use my 16gb usb drive, and move my whole job from one computer to other. Even the machine state!

That is nice because I have phenom II x6 with enough memory on both locations (home and office)

The idea of making a linux distribution with drupal dev environment all set up is already out there. I can remember at least drubuntu project http://drupal.org/project/drubuntu

maybe we can talk to drubuntu fella, and make some kind of cooperation with him.

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Thanks for the drubuntu info

Posted by anselm13 on February 13, 2011 at 7:29pm

Thanks for the drubuntu info and quickstart build instructions (http://drupal.org/node/788994). It looks like quickstart has more customizations than drubuntu. I think the quickstart build instructions would get me part way there, aside from the manual config. Thanks again.

Personal experience

Posted by justaman on February 14, 2011 at 3:04am

The reasson I started using quickstart but never tried drubuntu is because it is easier to try.

Only to imagine reinstalling while I have work to do, is enough to make me try another direction.

I know that it is tempting to try quickstart as a native environment. But you have to try it first as VM, and only then think again if you really wish to make it another way.

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In about 2005 (I think) I

Posted by anselm13 on February 14, 2011 at 2:35pm

In about 2005 (I think) I started using Ubuntu as a full replacement for Windows. It was around the time of Dapper Drake. I kept using it until mid 2009, but switched to Windows 7 RC for some college classes and then stayed with Windows 7 having been able to secure some free and cheap versions around the time of release. Anyway, so I have used Ubuntu natively and it just performs so much better than the VM (which I've also been using and it is great). I have a Core 2 Duo laptop with 4GB of RAM, so I've been thinking of upgrading to 8 GB but that will cost me about $140 per my latest query at newegg (unfortunately ddr2 800 sodimms are about double the cost of the ddr3). That's why I've been considering the native install, as performance can be a drag, especially trying to run netbeans. Do you think the RAM would result in a noticeable improvement? I see you have a phenom, so probably 4-6 cores I guess?

more than 4gb->64 bits

Posted by justaman on February 14, 2011 at 4:37pm

I know there are workarounds on ubuntu to address more than 4 gb of ram. But if I'm going to buy more ram, it's better to switch to 64 bits.

Now, Mike recommends using solid state drives as it is the hard drive the major bottleneck.

Yep, I have a thuban x6 black, with 16gb ram, ASUS AMD 890FX at the office and x6 thuban black with 4gb at home. NOTE: if you are not going to use the gamer's overcloacking features, it's better not to buy the 890FX mobo

http://www.amazon.com/AMD-Phenom-Thuban-Six-Core-Processor/dp/B003FVI2KQ...

this stuff just rocks.

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what file format are you using on the usb drive?

Posted by izmeez on February 14, 2011 at 6:34pm

What file format are you using on the usb drive to support large files and portability with different OS?

I think it is fat32

Posted by justaman on February 14, 2011 at 7:10pm

I'm not sure...

I don't have the OS problem given that I only use ubuntu 10.04 LTS and 10.04 64

BTW, Michael: do you have any recommendation on the file system for the solid state drive? The virtual machine says it have some errors with ext4 so I/O cache must be enabled. Should I go for ext3? How do you plug your SS? is it an external device?

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Quickstart Performance

Posted by MichaelCole on February 14, 2011 at 8:30pm

Hi,

For the file system, ext3 should be fine. Ext4 is newer, so unless you want to debug the file system and virtualbox working together, better to go conservative.

For the SSD, I recommend internal, and as the boot and system drive for the host OS, also storing all the vbox data.
For memory, I run 8gb of memory, and guests seem to use about 1.9g max.
For cpu, I have a Phenom II x4 955 CPU. For stability, my guests use only 1 cpu, and I don't experience a big performance difference between host and guest.

The most important "spec" for performance seems to be 280mb/s read and 180mb/s write on the SSD. Spending $350 for 128GB seemed excessive, until I tried it and realised how frickin slow HD's are - and that I'd been wasting money on CPU and memory for years, even though HD r/w was the bottleneck.

I'm a big fan of the "best of previous generation" hardware, and bought my current rig in fall 2009. So anything "new" after 2008 should work well - with a SSD.

My next build, I want to RAID two SSD's together for 460mb/s, which I'm pretty sure makes me a big nerd :-)

Good luck!

Mike

just following up on this with my experience

Posted by izmeez on March 9, 2011 at 11:40pm

I found it isn't very difficult to format usb flash drives with NTFS. This provides Windows support for files larger than 4.2 GB and is readable by other OS including Linux.

http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/format-usb-ntfs/

This works for Quickstart on a usb flash drive but I think I'll have to wait until I have usb 3.0 ports and flash drives for this to be adequately fast enough.