By chadj on

It would be nice to be able to mess around with configurations on my test server (local apache on my laptop) and then export settings, content, roles etc. to a live server online.

In fact, wouldn't it be cool to have a module which provides transfer or synchronization of users, contents, roles and settings between sites with authentication.

How much import/export is supported by extension modules already?

- Chadj

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Albion_Arg’s picture

Albion_Arg commented

There is a module that backups your DB.
Check it out here: http://drupal.org/project/backup

It doesn´t put it back on on ur production server of course, but it´s half the way =)

I use phpmyadmin to backup and restore (or make several copies) of drupal sites

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vm’s picture

vm commented

I think part of the problem with a module that would do this , would be in a shared hosting set up, most hosts don't allow remote access to the MYSQL server. Obviously if you are your own host this wouldn't be a problem.

chadj’s picture

chadj commented

The module would act as a server when synchronization requests are received and as a client sending or requesting data from another drupal site.

For example, if your company maintains 10 websites, you could hire a new editor, and then export the editor account to the other nine sites. Likewise if you modified the editor role or workflow.

It's surely a must-have feature for Drupal 7. ;)

- Chadj