How to Install Aegir Drupal Hosting Platform on Ubuntu
This tutorial covers installing Aegir hosting system for Drupal websites on Ubuntu, including all the requirements such as Apache and Drush. If you administer more than a handful of Drupal websites and regularly use Drush and Git, check it out, it's definitely a lifesaver.
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Tutorial In a Nutshell
I'm not going over the details here as we mostly follow the manual instructions on the Aegir website. There're just a few things to keep in mind here.
First of all, make sure your hostname in /etc/hosts and /etc/hostname only has lower case letters (you can check this by running hostname and hostname -f commands in the terminal).
Additionally, if you're installing on the local server (such as using Virtualbox, for example), the IP for your domain name in /etc/hosts should be 127.0.0.1 (it's probably going to be 127.0.1.1 by default).
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Comments
Great screencast? Looking forward to a screen cast of how to use Aegir. Or maybe you already know of one?
Well, there're a couple of Drupalcon videos, but I haven't found any other. That's why I'd like to make them :)
@ Natalie, on the subject of future tutorial subjects can I please suggest any of these three: Git; git and drush together; multi-site drupal installation. Thank you!
I've seen a few Git tutorials, Drush less so.
thank you very much. i recencly started playing around with aegir and still need to learn more. i agree with jason, a video about actually using it would be very great.
Followed your aegir guide, and been having a great time with aegir the last months. But now aegir want's me to upgrade to 1.5, and i must confess i'm a bit confused about all the options. Guess I have to follow the 'Manuel upgrade' but do you have any advise before diving in?
I usually use the upgrade script.
This tutorial really helps to install Aegir hosting system for Drupal websites on Ubuntu. And its really works according to me.Thanks for sharing this post
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