#Drupal hosting windows how to
#Drupal hosting windows install
#Drupal hosting windows update

A search on the forums will usually pull up quite a number of resources. There are several resources that are available to you to get Drupal up and running on IIS. Both Apache and Nginx can be used for development purposes and might be able to handle brochureware, but are NOT recommended for production usage Warning: The only production ready web server for Windows is IIS from Microsoft. From there you can launch Drupal.ĭrupal can be used with Microsoft Internet information Services (IIS) or with Apache/NGINX.

Under the Drupal application will be a Launch link that will open your default web browser to the installation page (install.php for Drupal).

Click through to the next screen to view a summary of what has been installed.

#Drupal hosting windows update

When the downloads and installations are complete, create your databases and database users for Drupal by filling in the form fields, which will save you time by not requiring you to update your databases and edit your configuration files manually.

If MySQL was already installed, you will be prompted to enter your password to allow the Web PI to create your applications’ databases.

If you are installing MySQL, you will be prompted to enter a password for your root user.

Review the license terms of all the software components and click I Accept.

You will also see the Installation confirmation screen.

The Installer will grab any necessary component for you if it detects that one is missing from your selection, such as MySQL.

You will see a screen revealing everything that’s about to be installed.

Under the Web Applications tab on the left, select Acquia Drupal.

Click on the Web Platform tab to view the Frameworks and Runtime subsection.

Download the Web Platform Installer, the front end for downloading and installing various other software components.

Acquia is only one of over 500 available Drupal distributions. Acquia Drupal includes 30 very popular modules for building big sites. Note that the Drupal 7 version is actually Acquia Drupal, not a standard Drupal distribution.

#Drupal hosting windows install

The quickest and easiest way to install Drupal on a Windows platform is to use the Microsoft Web Platform Installer as described in detail on the page: Install Drupal 7 on Windows Server 2008 R2 with Microsoft Web Platform Installer.įrom your Windows 2008 Server, simply navigate to the Microsoft WebPlatform Installer and click the Download button. You can use an installer that includes Drupal, the most popular being the Microsoft web installer. Install the software that Drupal needs in order to run.You need to do two things on your computer:

#Drupal hosting windows how to

In this section you will learn how to set up a local test site on your Windows PC. To properly deploy Drupal on Windows scroll down to Advanced Setup. Notice: Quickstart should only be used to play with Drupal.

PS! You might want to read Windows-Specific Guidelines - Install Drupal On Home Computer (Local) first.