Drupal 7 Hosting Cookbook

Drupal is an open source content management systems that is rapidly gaining favour in the enterprise. The Drupal 7 Hosting Cookbook walks through the steps required to build a comprehensive hosting environment suitable for enterprise implementation.

This cookbook is intended for systems administrators, Drupal developers and anyone interested in hosting Drupal in an enterprise environment. Links to background information are sprinkled throughout the cookbook, so don't worry if you are not yet an expert. There will be opportunities to learn as you go.

There are many different ways to implement Drupal in the enterprise. This cookbook shows you how to build one such environment from the bottom up, while learning the various technologies along the way. When you're finished, you should have a complete, enterprise-ready Drupal environment and a good start on the skills required to administer it.

We do not claim to have mastered Drupal hosting and this guide is by no means complete, but we wanted to share our current experience with the community. In the same spirit, we would greatly appreciate your help to debug and improve these recipes.

Use at Your Own Risk

All of the recipes in this cookbook are provided as is, and we make no claims or warranties about their use. We take no responsibility for any loss or damage as a result of following any of these instructions. If you experience data loss, systems outage, nausea, vomiting, irritability or a general lack of sleep as a result of following this cookbook... well... you get the idea.

Now let's dig in!