This page describes how to develop a Drupal site in your local system or Cloud IDE by using Drupal Starter Kits. It also explains how to deploy the site to environments running on Cloud Next technologies.
Prerequisites
To deploy code changes from your local system to Cloud Next, you must install Acquia CLI. For more information, see Acquia CLI installation. However, if you are using Cloud IDE, you do not need to install Acquia CLI as it is pre-installed in Cloud IDE.
Developing your Drupal site by using Drupal Starter Kits
After you install Drupal Starter Kits by using one of the available starter kits, you can start developing your Drupal site.
To develop your Drupal Starter Kits-flavored Drupal site from your local system or Cloud IDE:
Configuring the settings.php file
To configure the settings.php file:
- Make the
settings.phpwritable. Remove the following code snippet:
$databases['default']['default'] = array ( 'database' => 'drupal', 'username' => 'drupal', 'password' => 'drupal', 'prefix' => '', 'host' => '127.0.0.1', 'port' => '3306', 'namespace' => 'Drupal\\mysql\\Driver\\Database\\mysql', 'driver' => 'mysql', 'autoload' => 'core/modules/mysql/src/Driver/Database/mysql/', );Add the following require line:
if (file_exists('/var/www/site-php')) { require '/var/www/site-php/eejohngalvin/eejohngalvin-settings.inc'; }You can get this require line from the Cloud Platform user interface.
Setting up the Cloud Next Git remote
To set up the Cloud Next Git remote:
Run the following commands sequentially:
git init git remote add origin <remote_URL>Note
- You can skip the
git initcommand in Cloud IDE. - To obtain the remote URL in the Cloud Platform user interface, click View Git Information.
- You can skip the
Committing code to the branch
To commit code to the branch:
Run the following commands sequentially:
git checkout -b branch git add . git commit -m "Initial Commit" git push origin branch
Deploying your site to Cloud Next
After your Drupal site is developed, you can deploy the site to Cloud Next by completing the following tasks:
Pushing the artifact
To push the artifact to Cloud Next:
Run the following command:
acli push:artifact --destination-git-branch=main-build
Pushing the database
To push the database to Cloud Next:
Run the following command:
acli push:db
Pushing files
To push files to Cloud Next:
Run the following command:
acli push:files
Deploying branch to the environment
To deploy the branch to the environment:
Switch the code with the artifact branch.