BDUG 1/26: Using Drush and Terminus to administer Drupal sites and Pantheon services (note new meeting location)

Berkeley Drupal Users Group: January 26th, 12-1:30pm
WHERE: UC Berkeley Campus: D-Lab (356 Barrows)
MAP: http://groups.drupal.org/berkeley/map

NOTE: BDUG will take place at the D-Lab Convening Room (356 Barrows Hall).

Drush, a.k.a. "The Drupal Shell," is the command line and scripting interface for Drupal. Drush is a simple yet powerful tool that allows Drupal site developers and maintainers to perform a range of tasks, from simple to advanced.

Here are some examples of tasks that Drush will allow you to do on your Drupal site(s), quickly and easily, from the command line:

• Run update.php, run cron, clear cache.
• Download, enable, and update both core and contributed modules.
• Scripts for process automation . . . including a few daring ideas.
• For Drupal sites hosted on Pantheon, there is an additional tool available (Terminus), which uses Drush to perform these same tasks directly on the Pantheon server.

During Monday's BDUG, we will cover the following aspects of using Drush:

• Intro and setup
• Basic Drush commands
• Pantheon and Terminus
• Drush and scripting

About Berkeley Drupal Users Group meetings:

• We are making an effort to select topics that directly benefit UC Berkeley employees using Drupal.
• BDUG remains open to the non-UC Berkeley Drupal community. Please join us at our meetings. Please let us know if you are interested in presenting at BDUG.
• Discussion format: Meetings will not always be formal presentations. Some meetings will be discussions centered around a predefined topic. Discussions will be initiated by a leader who will briefly present an overview of the topic possibly including demonstrations or supporting materials. The session leaves ample space for organic discussion. Participants are encouraged to:
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  • Bring problems encountered, questions and contributions to the meeting