Deploy Drupal on Upsun
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Note
Before you start, check out the Upsun demo app and the main Getting started guide. They provide all of the core concepts and common commands you need to know before using the materials below.
It should also be noted that this guide works for the following variations of Drupal:
For Drupal to successfully deploy and operate, after completing the Getting started guide, you still need to make a few changes to your Upsun configuration.
Before you begin
You need:
- Git. Git is the primary tool to manage everything your app needs to run. Push commits to deploy changes and control configuration through YAML files. These files describe your infrastructure, making it transparent and version-controlled.
- A Upsun account. If you don’t already have one, register for a trial account. You can sign up with an email address or an existing GitHub, Bitbucket, or Google account. If you choose one of these accounts, you can set a password for your Upsun account later.
- The Upsun CLI. This lets you interact with your project from the command line. You can also do most things through the Web Console.
In addition to the above, you should also have:
-
The Drupal files in a repository
-
A local copy of that repository where you have selected both
Redis
andMariaDB
during the Configure your project portion of theGetting Started guide
Configure
Open the .upsun/config.yaml
file that’s been generated and replace with the following:
applications:
drupal:
type: "php:8.3"
relationships:
mariadb: 'db:mysql'
redis: 'cache:redis'
mounts:
# The default Drupal files directory.
'/web/sites/default/files':
source: storage
source_path: 'files'
# Drupal gets its own dedicated tmp directory. The settings.platformsh.php
# file will automatically configure Drupal to use this directory.
'/tmp':
source: storage
source_path: 'tmp'
# Private file uploads are stored outside the web root. The settings.platformsh.php
# file will automatically configure Drupal to use this directory.
'/private':
source: storage
source_path: 'private'
# Drush needs a scratch space for its own caches.
'/.drush':
source: storage
source_path: 'drush'
# Drush will try to save backups to this directory, so it must be
# writeable even though you will almost never need to use it.
'/drush-backups':
source: storage
source_path: 'drush-backups'
build:
flavor: composer
web:
locations:
'/':
root: 'web'
expires: 5m
passthru: '/index.php'
allow: false
rules:
'\.(avif|webp|jpe?g|png|gif|svgz?|css|js|map|ico|bmp|eot|woff2?|otf|ttf)$':
allow: true
'^/robots\.txt$':
allow: true
'^/sitemap\.xml$':
allow: true
'^/sites/sites\.php$':
scripts: false
'^/sites/[^/]+/settings.*?\.php$':
scripts: false
'/sites/default/files':
allow: true
expires: 5m
passthru: '/index.php'
root: 'web/sites/default/files'
scripts: false
rules:
'^/sites/default/files/(css|js)':
expires: 2w
dependencies:
php:
composer/composer: "^2.7"
hooks:
build: |
set -e
# fast.
deploy: |
set -e
php ./drush/upsun_generate_drush_yml.php
cd web
bash $PLATFORM_APP_DIR/drush/upsun_deploy_drupal.sh
crons:
# Run Drupal's cron tasks every 19 minutes.
drupal:
spec: '*/19 * * * *'
commands:
start: 'cd web ; drush core-cron'
runtime:
# Enable the redis extension so Drupal can communicate with the Redis cache.
extensions:
- redis
- sodium
- apcu
- blackfire
source:
root: /
services:
db:
type: mariadb:10.6
cache:
type: redis:7.2
routes:
"https://{default}/":
type: upstream
upstream: "drupal:http"
cache:
enabled: true
# Base the cache on the session cookie and custom Drupal cookies. Ignore all other cookies.
cookies: ['/^SS?ESS/', '/^Drupal.visitor/']
"https://www.{default}/":
type: redirect
to: "https://{default}/"
This configuration is similar to the deployment process for Drupal on Platform.sh, however it is slightly updated for Upsun’s configuration.
Variables
The project:init
command created a .environment
file containing environment variables for the two services (MariaDB and Redis). Now append the following Drush configuration to the bottom of that file:
# Allow executable app dependencies from Composer to be run from the path.
if [ -n "$PLATFORM_APP_DIR" -a -f "$PLATFORM_APP_DIR"/composer.json ] ; then
bin=$(composer config bin-dir --working-dir="$PLATFORM_APP_DIR" --no-interaction 2>/dev/null)
export PATH="${PLATFORM_APP_DIR}/${bin:-vendor/bin}:${PATH}"
fi
settings.php
Open web/sites/default/settings.php
and append the following to the bottom of that file.
// Upsun configuration
if (getenv('PLATFORM_APPLICATION') && file_exists(__DIR__ . '/settings.upsun.php')) {
include __DIR__ . '/settings.upsun.php';
}
Upsun-specific settings
Then create a new Upsun-specific settings file web/sites/default/settings.upsun.php
that leverages the variables
defined in .environment
. This file should contain the following:
<?php
/**
* @file
* Platform.sh settings.
*/
use Drupal\Core\Installer\InstallerKernel;
// Set up a config sync directory.
//
// This is defined inside the read-only "config" directory, deployed via Git.
$settings['config_sync_directory'] = '../config/sync';
// Configure the database.
$databases['default']['default'] = [
'driver' => getenv('DB_SCHEME'),
'database' => getenv('DB_PATH'),
'username' => getenv('DB_USERNAME'),
'password' => getenv('DB_PASSWORD'),
'host' => getenv('DB_HOST'),
'port' => getenv('DB_PORT'),
'init_commands' => [
'isolation_level' => 'SET SESSION TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL READ COMMITTED',
],
];
// Enable verbose error messages on development/staging branches, but not on the production branch.
// You may add more debug-centric settings here if desired to have them automatically enable
// on development but not production.
if (getenv('PLATFORM_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE') == 'production') {
// Production environment type.
$config['system.logging']['error_level'] = 'hide';
} else {
// Non-production environment types.
$config['system.logging']['error_level'] = 'verbose';
}
// Enable Redis caching.
if (!InstallerKernel::installationAttempted() && extension_loaded('redis') && class_exists('Drupal\redis\ClientFactory')) {
// Set Redis as the default backend for any cache bin not otherwise specified.
$settings['cache']['default'] = 'cache.backend.redis';
$settings['redis.connection']['host'] = getenv('CACHE_HOST');
$settings['redis.connection']['port'] = getenv('CACHE_PORT');
// Apply changes to the container configuration to better leverage Redis.
// This includes using Redis for the lock and flood control systems, as well
// as the cache tag checksum. Alternatively, copy the contents of that file
// to your project-specific services.yml file, modify as appropriate, and
// remove this line.
$settings['container_yamls'][] = 'modules/contrib/redis/example.services.yml';
// Allow the services to work before the Redis module itself is enabled.
$settings['container_yamls'][] = 'modules/contrib/redis/redis.services.yml';
// Manually add the classloader path, this is required for the container cache bin definition below
// and allows to use it without the redis module being enabled.
$class_loader->addPsr4('Drupal\\redis\\', 'modules/contrib/redis/src');
// Use redis for container cache.
// The container cache is used to load the container definition itself, and
// thus any configuration stored in the container itself is not available
// yet. These lines force the container cache to use Redis rather than the
// default SQL cache.
$settings['bootstrap_container_definition'] = [
'parameters' => [],
'services' => [
'redis.factory' => [
'class' => 'Drupal\redis\ClientFactory',
],
'cache.backend.redis' => [
'class' => 'Drupal\redis\Cache\CacheBackendFactory',
'arguments' => ['@redis.factory', '@cache_tags_provider.container', '@serialization.phpserialize'],
],
'cache.container' => [
'class' => '\Drupal\redis\Cache\PhpRedis',
'factory' => ['@cache.backend.redis', 'get'],
'arguments' => ['container'],
],
'cache_tags_provider.container' => [
'class' => 'Drupal\redis\Cache\RedisCacheTagsChecksum',
'arguments' => ['@redis.factory'],
],
'serialization.phpserialize' => [
'class' => 'Drupal\Component\Serialization\PhpSerialize',
],
],
];
}
if (getenv('PLATFORM_BRANCH')) {
// Configure private and temporary file paths.
if (!isset($settings['file_private_path'])) {
$settings['file_private_path'] = getenv('PLATFORM_APP_DIR') . '/private';
}
if (!isset($settings['file_temp_path'])) {
$settings['file_temp_path'] = getenv('PLATFORM_APP_DIR') . '/tmp';
}
// Configure the default PhpStorage and Twig template cache directories.
if (!isset($settings['php_storage']['default'])) {
$settings['php_storage']['default']['directory'] = $settings['file_private_path'];
}
if (!isset($settings['php_storage']['twig'])) {
$settings['php_storage']['twig']['directory'] = $settings['file_private_path'];
}
// Set the project-specific entropy value, used for generating one-time
// keys and such.
$settings['hash_salt'] = empty($settings['hash_salt']) ? getenv('PLATFORM_PROJECT_ENTROPY') : $settings['hash_salt'];
// Set the deployment identifier, which is used by some Drupal cache systems.
$settings['deployment_identifier'] = $settings['deployment_identifier'] ?? getenv('PLATFORM_TREE_ID');;
}
// The 'trusted_hosts_pattern' setting allows an admin to restrict the Host header values
// that are considered trusted. If an attacker sends a request with a custom-crafted Host
// header then it can be an injection vector, depending on how the Host header is used.
// However, Platform.sh already replaces the Host header with the route that was used to reach
// Platform.sh, so it is guaranteed to be safe. The following line explicitly allows all
// Host headers, as the only possible Host header is already guaranteed safe.
$settings['trusted_host_patterns'] = ['.*'];
config/sync
Create the config/sync
empty directory referenced in the settings file:
mkdir -p config/sync && touch config/sync/.gitkeep
Configuration reader
Install the required Config Reader library. This will help us to pull routing details for each environment into our settings (highlighted in the snippet in the next step).
composer require platformsh/config-reader
Drush
To configure Drush, use the following command to create the files that will be referenced in the configuration process. This process will allow Drush to be used within the Upsun container.
mkdir drush && touch drush/upsun_deploy_drupal.sh && touch drush/upsun_generate_drush_yml.php
Fill out the drush/upsun_deploy_drupal.sh
with the following:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# Don't run drush commands if drupal isn't installed.
# Don't run config-import if there aren't any config files to import
if [ -n "$(drush status --field=bootstrap)" ]; then
drush -y cache-rebuild
drush -y updatedb
if [ -n "$(ls $(drush php:eval "echo realpath(Drupal\Core\Site\Settings::get('config_sync_directory'));")/*.yml 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
drush -y config-import
else
echo "No config to import. Skipping."
fi
else
echo "Drupal not installed. Skipping standard Drupal deploy steps"
fi
This file runs Drush commands (cache-rebuild
and updatedb
) only when Drupal is installed. It also will only run
config-import
if configuration YAMLs are present in the config_sync_directory
– config/sync
.
Change its permissions to run at deploy time:
chmod +x drush/upsun_deploy_drupal.sh
Then finally, fill out the Drush generator PHP file:
<?php
/**
* @file
* A script that creates the .drush/drush.yml file.
*/
// This file should only be executed as a PHP-CLI script.
if (PHP_SAPI !== 'cli') {
exit;
}
require_once(__DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php');
/**
* Returns a site URL to use with Drush, if possible.
*
* @return string|NULL
*/
function _platformsh_drush_site_url() {
$platformsh = new \Platformsh\ConfigReader\Config();
if (!$platformsh->inRuntime()) {
return;
}
$routes = $platformsh->getUpstreamRoutes($platformsh->applicationName);
// Sort URLs, with the primary route first, then by HTTPS before HTTP, then by length.
usort($routes, function (array $a, array $b) {
// false sorts before true, normally, so negate the comparison.
return
[!$a['primary'], strpos($a['url'], 'https://') !== 0, strlen($a['url'])]
<=>
[!$b['primary'], strpos($b['url'], 'https://') !== 0, strlen($b['url'])];
});
// Return the url of the first one.
return reset($routes)['url'] ?: NULL;
}
$appRoot = dirname(__DIR__);
$filename = $appRoot . '/.drush/drush.yml';
$siteUrl = _platformsh_drush_site_url();
if (empty($siteUrl)) {
echo "Failed to find a site URL\n";
if (file_exists($filename)) {
echo "The file exists but may be invalid: $filename\n";
}
exit(1);
}
$siteUrlYamlEscaped = json_encode($siteUrl, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES);
$scriptPath = __FILE__;
$success = file_put_contents($filename, <<<EOF
# Drush configuration file.
# This was automatically generated by the script:
# $scriptPath
options:
# Set the default site URL.
uri: $siteUrlYamlEscaped
EOF
);
if (!$success) {
echo "Failed to write file: $filename\n";
exit(1);
}
if (!chmod($filename, 0600)) {
echo "Failed to modify file permissions: $filename\n";
exit(1);
}
echo "Created Drush configuration file: $filename\n";
Now commit all of the above changes and push to Upsun.
git add .
git commit -m "Add changes to complete my Upsun configuration"
upsun push -y