Posted by GRRaka on December 14, 2011 at 9:30pm
I (a Drupal rookie) have been working on a site for another department for several months now.
They would like me to turn the project over to their developers.
Is there a standard process for packaging/documenting a Drupal installation to deliver to another team?
Do you just dump the whole directory and database?
Thanks for any suggestions.
George
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Ya, that should do it, along
Ya, that should do it, along with the user/1 password.
In theory all they need is the sites folder and DB if you are not using a profile but it is safest to just send them the whole thing.
Another option is using Drush Make to create a .make file that defines all the modules, themes, libraries, etc. that you are using, but this is more for larger project where you want to manage the site components in a text file so it can be versioned. In any case you would still need the db dump.
Backup and migrate
I use the module Backup and Migrate to create the back up of the database, and then use it in the new location to install it there.