Drupal

Drupal is a Content Management System (or CMS) you can use to build your website. It requires no coding experience and offers several modules and extensions to expand the functionality of your site.

Since Drupal uses a lot of resources, it's highly recommended you only install Drupal on a VPS or Dedicated Server. If you choose to run Drupal on a shared server, you may experience performance issues.

When you install Drupal, it checks for certain specs on your server. It will show a warning if OPcache isn't enabled, so it's recommended you enable this for performance purposes. View the following article for instructions on how to enable OPcache:

• OPcache overview

1. Log into your server via SSH.
2. Run the following command to download the Drupal file.

   [server]$ wget https://www.drupal.org/download-latest/tar.gz

3. Decompress the file.

   [server]$ tar -zvxf tar.gz

   This creates a new directory named drupal-8.8.1.
4. Navigate to this directory, then move all of the contents up one level into your site's main directory.

   [server]$ cd drupal-8.8.1
   [server]$ mv * .[^.]* ..

5. Create a MySQL database in your panel. View the MySQL article for instructions.
6. Visit your website where you uploaded the Drupal files to begin the installation.

   

7. During the installation process, you’ll need to know your database credentials. You must also change the 'Database host' field from localhost to your actual DreamHost database hostname. View the phpMyAdmin article for information on how to obtain your database credentials.

Drupal can use a lot of MySQL server resources. If you're noticing slowness you may want to upgrade to a private MySQL server.

View the Drupal multi-site guide for instructions on this configuration. Please note that DreamHost support is unable to assist with any errors that may occur as this is a customized setup.