Creating a Site for Testing

Last updated December 12, 2012. Created by kreynen on December 6, 2012.
Edited by avguy. Log in to edit this page.

There are a number of ways to create a test site.

Steps for a Standard Ubuntu/Apache2 Server

Get the Code to Your Server

• Log into your site using SSH with root or an account with sudo account
• cd /var/www
• wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/cm_starterkit_moderate-7.x-1.12-core.tar.gz (use the link to most recent version of the kit http://drupal.org/project/cm_starterkit_moderate)
• tar -xvf cm_starterkit_moderate-7.x-1.12-core.tar.gz
• mv cm_starterkit_moderate-7.x-1.12 [youdecide].[yourdomain].org

Create a Database

• $ mysql -u ''adminusername'' -p
• mysql> CREATE DATABASE ''databasename'';
• mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ''databasename''.* TO "''username''"@"''localhost''" IDENTIFIED BY "''password''";
• mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
• mysql> EXIT

Tell Apache Where to Send Requests for [youdecide].[yourdomain].org with a VHost

• cd /etc/apache2/sites-available
• sudo nano [youdecide].[yourdomain].org
• <VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerName [youdecide].[yourdomain].org
        ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

        DocumentRoot /var/www/[youdecide].[yourdomain].org
        AccessFileName .htaccess
        <Directory /var/www/[youdecide].[yourdomain].org>
                Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
                AllowOverride All
                Order allow,deny
                allow from all
        </Directory>

</VirtualHost>
• Save the file using ctrl-X
• Tell Apache2 to enable the new site using the new VHost file sudo a2ensite [youdecide].[yourdomain].org
• The server should tell you Run '/etc/init.d/apache2 reload' to activate new configuration!
• sudo service apache2 restart (service is easier to remember than init.d)

The last step requires you add a ANAME or CNAME record to your DNS provider. These steps vary based on where your domain is registered.