Install Locally With Acquia Drupal Stack Installer

Submitted by learnbythedrop on Fri, 05/08/2009 - 23:14

This video shows how to install Drupal locally by using the Acquia Drupal stack installer. This is different from my previous localhost install video which required separate installations of Drupal and Wampserver. Acquia's installer is an all-in-one package that installs Acquia Drupal, MySQL, PHP and PhpMyAdmin. Acquia Drupal is a Drupal distribution that comes packaged with many useful contributed modules including CCK, Views and PathAuto.

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by Fabienne Salimi (not verified) - 06/13/2009 - 18:09

Installation Status report

When I installed Locally With Acquia Drupal Stack Installer I got the following error message. Could you please advise what I should do?

HTTP request status Fails
Your system or network configuration does not allow Drupal to access web pages, resulting in reduced functionality. This could be due to your webserver configuration or PHP settings, and should be resolved in order to download information about available updates, fetch aggregator feeds, sign in via OpenID, or use other network-dependent services.

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by learnbythedrop - 06/14/2009 - 12:26

Check With Acquia

Don't know. Would probably be best for you to check the forum over on Acquia.com.

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by Fabienne Salimi (not verified) - 06/14/2009 - 14:44

I did not get the "HTTP

I did not get the "HTTP request status failed" for my window XP. I get this message on window vista.

I have also installed Adobe e-learning suite on my window vista machine.

Could these elements be the source of problem? How PHP must be set for Drupal?

Kindest regards,
Fabienne

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by learnbythedrop - 06/15/2009 - 21:11

Could Be Anything

I'm still on Window XP, waiting for Windows 7, so I can't give any guidance on Vista issues. I know that if you have Microsoft SQL Server on your machine that their will be problems installing locally. If nothing works you might want to try uninstalling the Acquia Drupal Stack and then install Acquia Drupal via the Windows Web App Gallery at http://www.microsoft.com/web/gallery/AcquiaDrupal.aspx.

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by Tracy (not verified) - 06/26/2009 - 17:52

updating modules

I installed Acquia Drupal following your instructions and it worked great! The CCK module has an available update, however. I downloaded it, but now I am unsure where to put it. The Acquia modules are not in sites/all/modules but rather they are in acquia-drupal-site/acquia-drupal/modules/acquia. Do I just replace the files in the CCK folder at this location with the new CCK files?

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by learnbythedrop - 06/27/2009 - 10:25

Acquia Drupal Modules

That's right. That's what I do.

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by RedDawn (not verified) - 10/29/2009 - 11:41

How can i...?

When i install the Drupal on my localhost, will I be able to later upload the whole site on a web server? Im really new to Drupal but i am very impressed.. I started out with "Joomla!" and then leart Wordpress. This looks more like a quality CMS.

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by learnbythedrop - 11/22/2009 - 09:18

Moving Localhost Site

Yes, you can move it. See the following post. http://learnbythedrop.com/drop/132

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by Lee (not verified) - 12/11/2009 - 11:24

Question about Drupal workflow

Thanks for the tutorial (and your other fine work). I've got a question that I haven't been able to find an answer to anywhere else, so I thought I'd ask if you or anyone reading this might have an opinion ...

I have learned how to set up a server on my computer, how to set up Drupal on a remote Web host, and how to make updates of Drupal. What I still can't get a handle on is how to develop a smooth workflow from development on my computer to uploading to my remote Web host. In other words, let's say I have a site up and running on my Web host but, in the future, I want to add more functionality via additional modules, custom views, etc. How do I make sure that the new content I'm developing gets uploaded properly to my Web host without screwing up the database I already have online? Do I have to go through a complete backup and download of the online files, shut the thing down and then load up my local site? (I suspect there's a better way of doing this.)

Are you planning a video on proper Drupal workflow? As a real beginner, that's one area I've just not been able to find help on. Maybe it's in the Drupal manual, but I haven't seen it. Does anyone out there have a suggestion for a set of procedures that work for them?

Thanks.

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by learnbythedrop - 12/13/2009 - 15:19

Drupal Workflow

I'm not planning to do a video on the topic primarily because this is a topic that doesn't necessarily lend itself to step-by-step instruction. I think if you ask three drupal devs about how they would approach this you would get three different answers which would depend on their a) level of experience, b) the available tools or c) the type of site they are managing.

In general you want to test new modules in a similar environment to the one in your production environment prior to going live on your production site. You can maintain a reasonably good test environment by taking frequent database backups from your live site and import them into your test database. The Backup and Migrate module looks like it would be helpful. http://drupal.org/project/backup_migrate

Another interesting module is the Environment Indicator which helps remind you which site (Dev or Live) you're working with. http://drupal.org/project/environment_indicator

Depending on the type of site you may want to take it offline long enough to back it up to your dev instance, test the backup, then migrate the upgrades to the production system.

What I would do is practice duplicating your live site, performing upgrades and restoring. If you can do this in a reasonable amount of time then you may be able to get to the point where you can have a scheduled outage which would insure that your live site and dev instance stay in sync.

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by yulia (not verified) - 01/08/2010 - 23:41

Hi. Love your videos! I

Hi. Love your videos!

I worked with drupal for a bit about a year ago and forgot a lot of stuff. Now I have to get back into it, but I'm confused about this whole acquia drupal -- is it the same thing as drupal? Can one migrate from aquia drupal back to the old way? can modules be added and modified the same way as before?

I just really don't grasp what acquia drupal is all about and would I be committing myself to anything permanent if I decide to start my next site with their installation...

Please advise... I trust your opinion.

Thanks,

Yulia

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by learnbythedrop - 01/12/2010 - 21:56

Acquia Drupal

Thanks for your kind comments. With respect to Acquia Drupal, it is Drupal with a collection of added modules that Acquia thinks are the most helpful for starting a site. I have a local Acquia Drupal install and it performs the same as Drupal. As I said it comes with a bunch of extra modules. You can see the list of them at http://acquia.com/products-services/acquia-drupal-modules.

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by Yulia (not verified) - 01/15/2010 - 14:57

thanks!

Thanks! That clears it up :)

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by droweski (not verified) - 01/14/2010 - 16:34

Slowwww

Great video, and a great, easy to install stack. But it's slower than slow, even on a high powered machine. I install xampp and it screams... acquia-stack and I scream. I've seen the various hacks (turning of auto update, hosts mods, etc. Each little bit helps, but let's face facts, this thing has problems far beyond that. Looks like a serious apache2 config problem. Any ideas from you professionals?

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by JoeK (not verified) - 02/09/2010 - 09:56

Acquia Drupal Modules

Hi Rob

I have installed Acquia Drupal and am working my way through your Getting Started with Drupal videos.

Got a bit bogged down on Lesson 4, and only came upon this video by chance. It now seems I don't have to bother with Lesson 4?

If there was some way you could pont that out on the site, that would be helpful.

Just a suggestion. Otherwise, videos are excellent.

Joe

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by learnbythedrop - 02/09/2010 - 22:08

Acquia Stack Installer

I'm sorry that you were confused. I actually do point out in the post at http://learnbythedrop.com/drop/95 that the Acquia Drupal stack installer is another option. I point to this particular video right above the embedded video player.

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by JoeK (not verified) - 02/10/2010 - 03:42

Drupal vs Acquia Drupal

Hi Rob
Looks like Acquia Drupal has some shortcomings - No FCKeditor or WYSIWYG equivalent? I'm reverting to Drupal, and back to Lesson 4. As regards Drupal vs Acquia Drupal, do you recommend one over the other?
Joe

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by learnbythedrop - 02/12/2010 - 21:49

Acquia Drupal

I wouldn't count the lack of a WYSIWYG editor as a shortcoming of Acquia Drupal. Drupal core doesn't have a WYSIWYG but you can always add one to either Drupal instance. Acquia Drupal is a good starting point for those who want some of the most popular contributed modules. You can build a great site with either version of Drupal.

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