CMS

Installing Acquia Dev Desktop & Drupal

Summary

Acquia Dev Desktop Installation
Setup new site
Setup existing site

Acquia Dev Desktop

Installation

Download & install

https://dev.acquia.com/downloads

Install

Follow wizard

Install dir

For Windows:

Install directly on C:/DevDesktop
(or root of a different HD: d:/, e:/)

Windows will run into issues with filenames being too long if it is installed in c:/Program files/Acquia

Ports

Use recommended

Review & ready

Installation

Done

Notice: Stop MAMP/XAMP

Make sure the MAMP/XAMP servers are stopped

Acquia Dev Desktop

Installing new site

First time

Start from scratch - D8

Dashboard

Sites

Add/Delete Sites

Open site

Local code

Manage DB

Start/Stop servers

Acquia Dev Desktop

Install existing site

1) Import local drupal site

2) Set codebase

Of bv: weareimd ipv drupalstarter

3) Set name

4) Set php

Default is fine, 7 is better.

5) Import database

Pick: Start with MySQL Database dump file

Everything together

6) Hit OK

7) Visit site & log in

root

Manual

installation

Manual install?

When installing a site manually (with MAMP/XAMP), do the following:

Add a new site-directory in htdocs/
Place the downloaded code
Create a new database through phpMyAdmin
1. Import the database backup
Go to /sites/default/
1. Copy & rename default.settings.php to settings.php
2. Add the snippet (next slide) at the bottom of the settings.php file

Manual install?

4.2) Add the snippet (next slide) at the bottom of the settings.php file

$databases['default']['default'] = array(
  'driver' => 'mysql',
  'database' => 'database_name',
  'username' => 'database_user',
  'password' => 'database_password',
  'host' => '127.0.0.1',
  'port' => '',
  'prefix' => '',
);

Change values to match your setup!

Site should then be visitable on localhost/name