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Install Drupal
This article goes over installing Drupal. It is recommended to install this on a Linux server rather than Windows and those steps provided below reference a Linux setup. This is not officially supported software by Hosting.com.
Prerequisites
PHP 5.2.4 or greater. This includes access to editing the php.ini file. Note that if this is being installed on a Shared Web Hosting platform, you will need to contact us to configure php.ini.
MySQL 4.x or greater, version 5 is recommended. GDLibrary or ImageMagick is also highly recommended.
Installation
- Log into the server via SSH. If you are unsure of how to SSH, please see How to SSH to a server.
- In the web root, download the Drupal zip installation and unzip the contents of the file. This will place all of the files in the drupal-version# folder. Feel free to move the contents of this folder to a directory such as cms/.
- Once the files are unzipped, copy the settings file to the correct filename:
- Next, change the settings.php file just moved to the correct permissions and give the server write permissions for the default directory:
- Run the installation script, in this case located at http://www.domain.com/cms. This will guide you through the installation scripts including configuring the database and setting up a default user.
cp sites/default/default.settings.php sites/default/settings.php
chmod 666 sites/default/settings.php && chmod a+w sites/default