1. The background
Drupal is an open source content management Framework (CMF) written in PHP. It is composed of a content management system (CMS) and a PHP development Framework (Framework). Drupal is released under the GPL2.0 and Update protocol. Drupal is an elder in the field of content management systems. It has been 20 years since its birth, and its stability and security are beyond doubt. Drupal continues to evolve and innovate in retail, fintech, e-commerce, and media. Its open source nature also contributes to Drupal’s massive user base, with a community of over 100,000 contributors and numerous modules and themes. No matter what industry or field you’re in, Drupal is worth a try.
Drupal’s advantages include:
– Free: no purchase costs, no licensing costs, commercial use.
– Open source: Open source code, highly transparent, easy to repair code.
– Easy to expand: The official community provides a large number of third-party modules (about 4W +) and themes (about 2500+) that can be used to extend the project, and developers can develop their own modules and themes, etc.
– Flexibility: By using different modules and configurations, you can build various types of projects like building blocks.
Next, let’s look at how to deploy Drupal quickly
2. Installation guide
Docker is recommended for Drupal installation. Before installation, you need to prepare the server and provide Web services, install Docker, apply for a domain name, configure DNS domain name resolution and a series of operations, which require users to have a certain technical background, interested can refer to the official image of Drupal. Today we will introduce Tencent Cloud’s Open Source Application Center service to enable rapid deployment mode, so that you can quickly complete Drupal website. Step 1: Click the link directly; Or log on to Tencent Cloud Open Source Application Center and search for Drupal apps.
The second step, click free experience or official opening, the opening is complete. The account and password shown below are your administrator account and password.
3. Usage guidelines
3.1 log in Drupal
Visit your Drupal web site and enter your user name and password to log in. Once you have logged in, you can start basic configuration of the site.
3.2 Publishing Articles
Login and click top left Shortcuts=>Add Content to Add your article.
Click Publish to see the newly created article on the home page
4. Experience summary
Drupal is an out-of-the-box CMS system, with Tencent Cloud open source application center’s container technology really achieve one-click use, greatly reducing the webmaster in deployment, configuration of the energy cost. At present, Tencent Cloud Open Source Application Center provides free experience version and officially opened version, you can click here to experience.
More wonderful
The open source Application Center continues to show new applications every week. This week, keycloak, LimeSurvey and other 4 applications are newly adapted to Tencent cloud products. Let’s see if there are any suitable applications for you.
Tencent Cloud Open Source Application Center
Weekly Product Updates (Week 2 of July)
To learn more
Open source application free experience:
app.cloud.tencent.com
Progress of open Source application plug-in Project:
openapp.qq.com/docs