Easier setup with a Drupal software appliance

Manual installation of Drupal can be painful and time consuming, especially for users lacking technical proficiency.

Some users may find that using a pre-integrated software appliance is an easier way to get up and running with Drupal, especially in combination with virtual machine software (e.g., VMWare, VirtualBox, Xen HVM, KVM).

A software appliance allows users to altogether skip manual installation of Drupal and its dependencies, and instead deploy a self-contained system that requires little to no setup, in just a couple of minutes.

Resources

• TurnKey Drupal 6 Appliance: An open source Drupal 6 appliance based on Ubuntu, which auto-updates security patches daily and includes a web administration interface, SSL support, and a dozen popular/useful Drupal extensions (e.g., WYSIWYG editor) built-in.
• TurnKey Drupal 5 Appliance: Same appliance, built with Drupal 5.x.