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Rebranding notice!

Acquia announces rebranding of its “Acquia CMS” offering, which includes a collection of Drupal modules. “Acquia CMS” is now referred to as “Drupal Starter Kits”.

Use cases for using this method¶

You can install Drupal Starter Kits through the Site Factory user interface in the following scenarios:

You want to try Drupal Starter Kits without spending time composing on your local development environment and pushing to the remote repository.
You want to use Drupal Starter Kits as it comes and do not have much expertise with Composer.
You want to explore Drupal Starter Kits without investing too much development time.
You prefer to install through the user interface instead of the command line.

Prerequisites¶

Before you start this procedure, ensure that you complete the steps mentioned in Setting up your Factory to set up your factory.

Using the Site Factory user interface¶

Sign in to Site Factory.
In the top menu, click Sites.
In the left sidebar, click the group in which you want to create your website.
Click Create a new site.
In Site URL, enter a URL for your site.
(Optional) If you do not see an option to select a profile:
- Click Administration > Installation profile management.
- Select the checkbox for the acquia_cms_minimal profile.
- Make it your default profile.
- Click Save Settings.
Select the acquia_cms_minimal profile and click Create site.
Your installation starts automatically. The system sends you an email after your site is ready.
After your site is ready, log in to your new site.
The system redirects you to the Tour page and displays the Starter Kit Selection page.
On the Starter Kit Selection page, select a starter kit and click Save & continue.
On the Extend Starter Kit page, select appropriate options for the questions to extend the starter kit with add-ons.
The site is generated with the selected starter kit and add-ons.

Important

This procedure does not disable or uninstall any module that is already enabled or installed. This only enables or installs the modules required to set up the selected starter kit.

After you install Drupal Starter Kits, you can develop your Drupal site and deploy your changes to Cloud Next.

Rebranding notice!

Acquia announces rebranding of its “Acquia CMS” offering, which includes a collection of Drupal modules. “Acquia CMS” is now referred to as “Drupal Starter Kits”.

Use cases for using this method¶

You can install Drupal Starter Kits through the Site Factory user interface in the following scenarios:

You want to try Drupal Starter Kits without spending time composing on your local development environment and pushing to the remote repository.
You want to use Drupal Starter Kits as it comes and do not have much expertise with Composer.
You want to explore Drupal Starter Kits without investing too much development time.
You prefer to install through the user interface instead of the command line.

Prerequisites¶

Before you start this procedure, ensure that you complete the steps mentioned in Setting up your Factory to set up your factory.

Using the Site Factory user interface¶

Sign in to Site Factory.
In the top menu, click Sites.
In the left sidebar, click the group in which you want to create your website.
Click Create a new site.
In Site URL, enter a URL for your site.
(Optional) If you do not see an option to select a profile:
- Click Administration > Installation profile management.
- Select the checkbox for the acquia_cms_minimal profile.
- Make it your default profile.
- Click Save Settings.
Select the acquia_cms_minimal profile and click Create site.
Your installation starts automatically. The system sends you an email after your site is ready.
After your site is ready, log in to your new site.
The system redirects you to the Tour page and displays the Starter Kit Selection page.
On the Starter Kit Selection page, select a starter kit and click Save & continue.
On the Extend Starter Kit page, select appropriate options for the questions to extend the starter kit with add-ons.
The site is generated with the selected starter kit and add-ons.

Important

This procedure does not disable or uninstall any module that is already enabled or installed. This only enables or installs the modules required to set up the selected starter kit.

After you install Drupal Starter Kits, you can develop your Drupal site and deploy your changes to Cloud Next.

Rebranding notice!

Acquia announces rebranding of its “Acquia CMS” offering, which includes a collection of Drupal modules. “Acquia CMS” is now referred to as “Drupal Starter Kits”.

Use cases for using this method¶

You can install Drupal Starter Kits through the Site Factory user interface in the following scenarios:

You want to try Drupal Starter Kits without spending time composing on your local development environment and pushing to the remote repository.
You want to use Drupal Starter Kits as it comes and do not have much expertise with Composer.
You want to explore Drupal Starter Kits without investing too much development time.
You prefer to install through the user interface instead of the command line.

Prerequisites¶

Before you start this procedure, ensure that you complete the steps mentioned in Setting up your Factory to set up your factory.

Using the Site Factory user interface¶

Sign in to Site Factory.
In the top menu, click Sites.
In the left sidebar, click the group in which you want to create your website.
Click Create a new site.
In Site URL, enter a URL for your site.
(Optional) If you do not see an option to select a profile:
- Click Administration > Installation profile management.
- Select the checkbox for the acquia_cms_minimal profile.
- Make it your default profile.
- Click Save Settings.
Select the acquia_cms_minimal profile and click Create site.
Your installation starts automatically. The system sends you an email after your site is ready.
After your site is ready, log in to your new site.
The system redirects you to the Tour page and displays the Starter Kit Selection page.
On the Starter Kit Selection page, select a starter kit and click Save & continue.
On the Extend Starter Kit page, select appropriate options for the questions to extend the starter kit with add-ons.
The site is generated with the selected starter kit and add-ons.

Important

This procedure does not disable or uninstall any module that is already enabled or installed. This only enables or installs the modules required to set up the selected starter kit.

After you install Drupal Starter Kits, you can develop your Drupal site and deploy your changes to Cloud Next.

Use cases for using this method¶

Prerequisites¶

Using the Site Factory user interface¶

Use cases for using this method¶

Prerequisites¶

Using the Site Factory user interface¶

Use cases for using this method¶

Prerequisites¶

Using the Site Factory user interface¶

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Installing Drupal Starter Kits through the Site Factory user interface

Use cases for using this method¶

Prerequisites¶

Using the Site Factory user interface¶

Installing Drupal Starter Kits through the Site Factory user interface

Use cases for using this method¶

Prerequisites¶

Using the Site Factory user interface¶

Installing Drupal Starter Kits through the Site Factory user interface

Use cases for using this method¶

Prerequisites¶

Using the Site Factory user interface¶

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