1. Getting started with Drush
Downloading, installing and extending
Drupal with Drush

2. By Kevin Basarab
Mediacurrent Sr. Drupal Developer
@kbasarab

3. What is Drush used for?
■ Making Sandwiches
■ Downloading Drupal
■ Installing Drupal
■ Downloading/Installing Modules
■ Clearing Cache
■ Generating/Using .make files
■ Aliases/Sync sites
■ Backup
■ Update

4. Making Sandwiches
g sandwiches
Source: http://drupal.org

5. Making Sandwiches
Source: http://drupal.org

6. Download Drupal
Downloading Drupal
drush dl drupal
cp -r drupal-7.14/* ./
rm -r drupal-7.14
Installing Drupal
drush si --db-url=mysql://root:@localhost/drush_demo --
account-pass=test --site-name=Drush Demo
Source: http://drupal.org

7. Download Drupal
■ Downloading Drupal
drush dl drupal
cp -r drupal-7.14/* ./
rm -r drupal-7.14
■ Installing Drupal
drush si --db-url=mysql://root:@localhost/drush_demo --
account-pass=test --site-name=Drush Demo
Source: http://drupal.org

8. Install Drupal
■ Downloading Drupal
drush dl drupal
● Options
cp -r drupal-7.14/* ./
○ --site-mail
rm -r○ drupal-7.14
--db-prefix
○ --db-su
○ --db-su-pw
■ Installing Drupal
drush si --db-url=mysql://root:@localhost/drush_demo --
account-pass=test --site-name=Drush Demo
Source: http://drupal.org

9. Download Modules
■ Downloading Drupal
drush dl drupal
● Options
cp -r drupal-7.14/* ./
○ --site-mail
rm -r○ drupal-7.14
--db-prefix
○ --db-su
○ --db-su-pw
■ Installing Drupal
drush si --db-url=mysql://root:@localhost/drush_demo --
account-pass=test --site-name=Drush Demo
Source: http://drupal.org

10. Enable Modules
■ Downloading Drupal
drush dl drupal
● Options
cp -r drupal-7.14/* ./
○ --site-mail
rm -r○ drupal-7.14
--db-prefix
○ --db-su
○ --db-su-pw
■ Installing Drupal
drush si --db-url=mysql://root:@localhost/drush_demo --
account-pass=test --site-name=Drush Demo
Source: http://drupal.org

11. Clear Caches
Source: http://drupal.org

12. .make files
● Useful when installing same modules on multiple sites
● Downloads and installs code, does not setup database
● Can create from existing site using generate-makefile or build yourself
Source: http://drupal.org

13. .make files

14. .make files
● Manifest of projects
Source: http://drupal.org

15. Alias Files
● Manifest of projects
Source: http://drupal.org

16. Alias Files Usage
● Sync production, staging or dev database down to local quickly.
● Push full database changes to production, staging or dev.
Source: http://drupal.org

17. Alias Files Usage
● Full example: http://drupal.org/node/1401522
Source: http://drupal.org

18. Archive Backup

19. MySQL Dump
● Full example: http://drupal.org/node/1401522
Source: http://drupal.org

20. Update Code

21. Update DB
● Full example: http://drupal.org/node/1401522
Source: http://drupal.org

22. Bonus Round
● drush sqlc (MySQL CLI)
● drush vset/drush vget (Variable set/get)
● drush fu, drush fr, drush fra (Features)

23. Questions?