Run the install script

To run the install script point your browser to the base URL of your website.

The base URL is defined in your Web server configuration file and is specific to the document root where you placed your Drupal files. If you have installed Drupal on a Web server this will likely be a domain name such as http://example.com. If you have installed Drupal on your desktop machine this URL might be http://localhost.

You will be guided through several screens to set up the database, create tables,

add the first user account and provide basic web site settings.

Note

If your site is not configured for clean url's you can troubleshoot this later. The Update notifications box will check for later versions of Drupal and contributed modules. If you are without or have restricted Internet connectivity you may want to uncheck this for now and test and enable it later.

On success, you will see the Drupal installation complete screen. If there are any error message, review and correct them now.

The install script will attempt to create a files storage directory in the default location at sites/default/files (the location of the files directory may be changed after Drupal is installed). In some cases, you may need to create the directory and modify its permissions manually. Use the following commands (from the installation directory) to create the files directory and grant the web server write privileges to it:

mkdir sites/default/files

chmod o+w sites/default/files

The install script will attempt to write-protect the sites/default directory after creating the settings.php file. If you make manual changes to that file later, be sure to protect it again after making your modifications. Failure to remove write permissions to that file is a security risk. Although the default location for the settings.php file is at sites/default/settings.php, it may be in another location if you use the multi-site setup, as explained below.