Multisite functionality vs. multisite by replication

Posted by fowlkes on September 29, 2005 at 1:44pm

I'm very new to this group but have become a very big fan of Drupal over the past months.

My question is what are the benefits to using the Drupal multisite functionality as opposed to just replacating multiple drupal directories and pointing them to the same common database (outside of course the lack of space the files take up)?

Also, can someone point me to the right place to read and config the multisite functions of Drupal? I'm missing it on the site.

Thanks much.

Comments

No handbook?

Posted by drupalguest on September 29, 2005 at 2:08pm

I'm interested in this as well, but couldn't find a handbook for it. I do see several links regarding this topic, but would prefer documentation or examples instead. Any leads would be appreciated.

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I think this thread will

Posted by venkat-rk on September 29, 2005 at 3:01pm

I think this thread will give you the answer you are looking for. It is an unwieldy thread, but there are some gems there:
http://drupal.org/node/20663

Thanks.

Posted by fowlkes on September 29, 2005 at 3:16pm

I think I had run across this but had forgotten where it was. Thanks much!!!

One codebase to upgrade (replace)

Posted by Jacob Lee Anawalt on January 10, 2006 at 7:16am

I think that one big benefit of using the multi-site feature is the ability to install a new version of drupal in one place instead of scanning through all the http server roots and replicating the upgrade process.

You may already realize this but using a multi-site Drupal install doesn't mean every site uses the same database. Sharing all or part of a database between different sites is possible but more of an advanced topic.

If you follow Section 4 of INSTALL.txt (also online at http://drupal.org/node/260) you will see how you can have multiple sites with multiple databases using the same Drupal install. The Handbook page about multi-site installs, http://drupal.org/node/43816, currently points to posts about issues and ideas about doing a multi-site install.