1. Aegir. Deploying and managing large
networks of Drupal websites.

2. 100 Drupal experts,
#1 in France for Drupal

3. What is Aegir?
A Drupal that creates
Drupals (drupalception)
A set of Drush commands
that manage servers and
websites

4. Why Aegir?
Easy update and
maintain Drupal core and
modules
Websites cloning
One-click websites
deploy

5. Use cases
Mass hosting
Dev. > Stage > Live
Upgrades of existing
websites
Automatic testing

6. Terminology
Server
Platform
Website
Client (user)
Task

7. Servers
Database servers
(MySQL and compatible)
Web servers (Apache,
nginx)
SOLR servers (with
extension)

8. Platforms
Drupal 6+
Open Atrium
Open Publish
Drupal commerce
Panopoly
Commons
…and more

9. Platforms
Drupal installations
Located in /var/aegir/platforms
Can be built with .make file

11. Website
(Automatically created)
-r--r----- 1 aegir aegir 441285 May 29 16:22 drushrc.php
drwxrws--- 13 aegir www-data 4096 May 29 16:22 files
drwxrwsr-x 2 aegir aegir 4096 May 29 16:20 libraries
drwxrwsr-x 2 aegir aegir 4096 May 29 16:20 modules
drwxrws--- 4 aegir www-data 4096 May 29 16:20 private
-r--r----- 1 aegir www-data 3278 May 29 16:20 settings.php
drwxrwsr-x 2 aegir aegir 4096 May 29 16:20 themes
automatically generated!

12. ArchitectureEverything is a node:
Server, Platform, Website
Correspond to a Drush
alias:
@server_localhost @platform_drupal7
@music.is-amazing.com
Even task is a node:
Verify, Migrate, Clone
Correspond to command:
# drush hosting-task 88

13. Architecture
Frontend Backend

15. 1. Create or choose new platform.
2. Upload all your contrib modules and themes to the new target
platform.
3. Re-verify the target platform in Aegir.
4. Clone your live site with working subdomain in the old platform.
5. Re-verify old platform and also just cloned site.
6. Migrate cloned site to the new platform.
7. Check if the cloned site works without any issues.
8. if the step 7 above works, you can safely migrate the live site
Upgrading your
site, Aegir style

16. Modules
HTTP Basic Auth
Hosting backup
queue
Hosting site git
Hosting SOLR
Hosting Varnish
Hosting tasks extra
Hosting reinstall
... and more

17. Extending
Custom configuration:
local.settings.php
Hooks:
drush_hosting_hook_pre_hosting_task()
hook_provision_apache_vhost_config()
hosting_hook_hosting_service()
drush_hook_provision_drupal_config()
hook_hosting_site_options_alter()
… more at http://api.aegirproject.org/

18. Known problems
Complicated to install
Hard to debug
Once created – never
deleted. Manual deletion.
2.x is still alpha
3.x is only planned

19. Want more?
BOA stack:
Barracuda
Octopus
Why? Because Drupal
installing Drupal is not
enough!
Aegir installing Aegirs is
better 

20. Aegir-as-a-service
OmegaCC - http://omega8.cc/
Koumbit - http://koumbit.org
ThinkDrop - http://thinkdrop.net/
Initfour - http://www.initfour.nl/

21. Roadmap
Aegir 3.0
Better services support
Port to Drupal 7
Reduce core package, more
contrib
Aegir 2.0 stable
Testing, testing, testing
Better nginx support

22. Resources
http://community.aegirproject.org
http://api.aegirproject.org
http://drupal.org/project/hostmaster
http://drupal.org/project/provision
https://groups.drupal.org/aegir-hosting-system

23. Questions?
Aleksey
Tkachenko
atkachenko@adyax.com
@shumushin