Configuring local development environment

Install drupal 7.36 via drush

• Download drupal 7.36 using drush dl drupal --drupal-project-rename=drupal7

• Install it by running the following command inside the drupal7 directory drush site-install standard --db-url='mysql://[username]:[password]@localhost/[database-name]' --site-name='[site name]' --account-name=[admin-username] --account-pass=[admin-password]

• Use drush en [module-name] command to install all the required modules

• Alternatively, use drush make with the following make file and then do a drush site-install

  ;full documentation for drush make file at http://www.drush.org/en/master/make/
  core = 7.x
  api = 2
  projects[drupal][version] = 7.36
  projects[] = views
  projects[] = coder

Install drupal-8.0.0-beta10 via drush

• Download the specified version of drupal using drush dl drupal-8.0.0-beta10 --drupal-project-rename=drupal8

• Install it in a manner similar to drupal 7

Setting up drush aliases

• In the .drush directory in the home folder, put a file named [sitename].aliases.drushrc.php with the following content

  #Example aliases file at https://github.com/drush-ops/drush/blob/master/examples/example.aliases.drushrc.php
  <?php
  $aliases["d8"] = array (
    'root' => '/home/shivanshu/webapps/drupal8',
    'uri' => 'http://drupal8.localhost',
  );
  
  $aliases["d7"] = array (
    'root' => '/home/shivanshu/webapps/drupal7',
    'uri' => 'http://drupal7.localhost',
  );
  ?>

• Now, the drush commands can be run from any directory in the following manner drush @d7 en [module-name]

• To list all enabled modules, use drush @d7 pm-list --type=Module --status=enabled

Backing up and Restoring site using Drush

• drush archive-dump will backup the website in an archive

• drush archive-restore [path to archive] will restore the backed up archive in the folder where the command is run