aegir presentation

Aegir. Deploying and managing large networks of Drupal websites.

100 Drupal experts,

#1 in France for Drupal

What is Aegir?

A Drupal that creates

Drupals (drupalception)

A set of Drush commands

that manage servers and

websites

Why Aegir?

Easy update and

maintain Drupal core and

modules

Websites cloning

One-click websites deploy

Use cases

Mass hosting

Dev. > Stage > Live

Upgrades of existing websites

Automatic testing

Terminology

Server

Platform

Website

Client (user)

Task

Servers

Database servers (MySQL and compatible)

Web servers (Apache, nginx)

SOLR servers (with extension)

Platforms

Drupal 6+

Open Atrium

Open Publish

Drupal commerce

Panopoly

Commons

…and more

Platforms

Drupal installations

Located in /var/aegir/platforms

Can be built with .make file

Website(Automatically created)

-r--r----- 1 aegir aegir 441285 May 29 16:22 drushrc.php

drwxrws--- 13 aegir www-data 4096 May 29 16:22 files

drwxrwsr-x 2 aegir aegir 4096 May 29 16:20 libraries

drwxrwsr-x 2 aegir aegir 4096 May 29 16:20 modules

drwxrws--- 4 aegir www-data 4096 May 29 16:20 private

-r--r----- 1 aegir www-data 3278 May 29 16:20 settings.php

drwxrwsr-x 2 aegir aegir 4096 May 29 16:20 themes

automatically generated!

ArchitectureEverything is a node:

Server, Platform, Website

Correspond to a Drushalias:

@server_localhost @platform_drupal7

@music.is-amazing.com

Even task is a node:

Verify, Migrate, Clone

Correspond to command:

# drush hosting-task 88

Architecture

Frontend Backend

1. Create or choose new platform.2. Upload all your contrib modules and themes to the new target

platform. 3. Re-verify the target platform in Aegir. 4. Clone your live site with working subdomain in the old platform. 5. Re-verify old platform and also just cloned site. 6. Migrate cloned site to the new platform. 7. Check if the cloned site works without any issues. 8. if the step 7 above works, you can safely migrate the live site

Upgrading your site, Aegir style

Modules

HTTP Basic AuthHosting backup

queueHosting site gitHosting SOLRHosting VarnishHosting tasks extraHosting reinstall... and more

Extending

Custom configuration:local.settings.php

Hooks:drush_hosting_hook_pre_hosting_task()hook_provision_apache_vhost_config()hosting_hook_hosting_service()drush_hook_provision_drupal_config()hook_hosting_site_options_alter()… more at http://api.aegirproject.org/

Known problems

Complicated to installHard to debugOnce created – never

deleted. Manual deletion.2.x is still alpha3.x is only planned

Want more?

BOA stack:

Barracuda

Octopus

Why? Because Drupal installing Drupal is not enough!

Aegir installing Aegirs is better

Aegir-as-a-service

OmegaCC - http://omega8.cc/

Koumbit - http://koumbit.org

ThinkDrop - http://thinkdrop.net/

Initfour - http://www.initfour.nl/

Roadmap

Aegir 3.0

Better services support

Port to Drupal 7

Reduce core package, more contrib

Aegir 2.0 stable

Testing, testing, testing

Better nginx support

Resources

http://community.aegirproject.org

http://api.aegirproject.org

http://drupal.org/project/hostmaster

http://drupal.org/project/provision

https://groups.drupal.org/aegir-hosting-system

Questions?

Aleksey Tkachenko

atkachenko@adyax.com

@shumushin