MANAGING DRUPAL WITH ÆGIR LADrupal Meetup - February 2013 Wednesday, February 13, 13 

AGENDA • What is ÆGir? • Why not use it? • Why use it? • What is Barracuda? • Demo/Examples • Resources Wednesday, February 13, 13 

WEIRD WORDS • drush: “DRUpal SHell”. command line drupal commands. Replaces using the browser. • NGINX: High performance web server. Replaces Apache. • PHP-FPM: Stands for PHP-FastCGI Process Manager. Limits number of PHP processes that are running at a time (fast, secure, stable) - best way to run a Drupal site. Replaces mod_php. • MariaDB - Fork of MySQL. High performance. Fully open issue queue. Replaces MySQL. • Percona XtraDB: Fork of MySQL. Very high performance. Closed issue queue. Replaces MySQL. • Redis: High performance caching. Replaces DB Caching. • Apachesolr: High performance, “good”, search. Replaces DB Search. • Jenkins: Continuous Integration. Useful for testing, deployments, and more. Replaces manual labour. Wednesday, February 13, 13 

WHAT IS ÆGIR? • Aegir is a powerful hosting system that sits alongside a LAMP or LEMP server to create, deploy and manage Drupal sites. • Once Aegir is installed, you can setup a Drupal site in just a few clicks. • Aegir creates the web server's site configuration files, the site's database, runs the Drupal installation process and reloads the relevant services, all automatically. Wednesday, February 13, 13 

WHAT IS ÆGIR? • Consists of 2 parts: • Provision (http://drupal.org/project/provision) • Hostmaster (http://drupal.org/project/hostmaster) • Utilizes drush • Nice way to learn about drush aliases ;) Wednesday, February 13, 13 

WHAT IS ÆGIR? • Schedule cron • Duplicate sites (ie dev.btmash.com => www.btmash.com) • Backup sites • Migrate sites to new / updated “platforms” (run upgrades!) • Migrate sites to different servers (control Drupal servers) Wednesday, February 13, 13 

WHY NOT ÆGIR? • Server-side tools • Relies on configuring server(s) • If you want simple config, easy on Debian/Ubuntu • Simplified by Barracuda (more on this later) • Need to read documentation • “Slow” (overhead, migrations take time, etc) Wednesday, February 13, 13 

WHY USE ÆGIR? PREVIOUS WORKFLOW • Download Drupal (or use repository) • Create settings.php file • Create database • Configure apache/nginx • Go to http:///install.php (or use drush) • Multisite? Migration? Dev? Stage? Wednesday, February 13, 13 

WHY USE ÆGIR? • Set it and forget it! • One install to manage many Drupal websites, servers, etc. • UC Merced has hundreds of Drupal websites. All managed (at the time) by one person using one ÆGir installation • Command line tools • Integrate with CI tools like Jenkins/Fabric (November 2012) Wednesday, February 13, 13 

HOW DO I INSTALL ÆGIR? • Easiest on Debian/Ubuntu • add repo • “apt-get install aegir” • Installs apache, mysql, php (and mod_php). • Tougher if you want PHP-FPM, nginx, maria, etc. • Tougher if you use any other OS. Wednesday, February 13, 13 

WHAT IS BARRACUDA? • Barracuda is a setup for High-Performance Drupal • nginx, PHP-FPM, MariaDB/Percona, Redis, Apachesolr automatically installed. • Octopus - Aegir installation on top of this stack. • Quickly create sites that are already highly performant! • Spin up a server with Barracuda/Octopus in under 20 minutes. Wednesday, February 13, 13 

WHAT IS BARRACUDA? • Requires Debian / Ubuntu • dev/stage sites have caching automatically disabled. • Do NOT run server updates outside barracuda commands. • Better utilized as a single server application for all sites. Wednesday, February 13, 13 

DEMO • ÆGir Server (consists of manually installed nginx, PHP-FPM, and Percona) • ÆGir Cluster (1 Ægir server, 1 single web server, 2-cluster web servers, 2 DB servers) • Barracuda Server (if interest) Wednesday, February 13, 13 

RESOURCES • http://community.aegirproject.org • http://community.aegirproject.org/installing • http://drupal.org/project/barracuda • https://github.com/btmash/deploy_btm_aegir • https://github.com/computerminds/aegir-deploys • http://goo.gl/5AJ1g (Code Karate Development Environment) Wednesday, February 13, 13 

Q & A Wednesday, February 13, 13 

THANK YOU :) Wednesday, February 13, 13