By cwinkler on

I have been educating myself on installing Drupal on one site to be a master site so it's not such a royal pain to upgrade multiple sites.

I have read a few posts and articles and I just want to make sure i do this right from the start. I have about 5 running sites that are being upgraded to 6.10. Some I have not touched in 2 years.

They all have their own URL and Mysql db on their own unique domain. All hosted on a VPS that I use for my business.

Can I do this by leaving all the db's on their own URL, or would I have to put in a new DB on the main site for each one? I read so much about it, now it's a blur. Any help with this part is really appreciated.

Also, what do I leave in the directories of the other sites once I get the master site set up?

Thank you in advance for any help.

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cwinkler commented

I would really appreciate if anyone be of help, or point me in the right direction?

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cwinkler commented

Thanks guys, i appreciate the help.

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maozet commented

They all have their own URL and Mysql db on their own unique domain. All hosted on a VPS that I use for my business.

Are they hosted on same VPS????

Can I do this by leaving all the db's on their own URL, or would I have to put in a new DB on the main site for each one?

Yes, moving from master site installation to multisite doesn't mean the DB has to be recreated.

Do you know how to configure Apache for multisite???

First step
Apache (http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/vhosts/)

Second step

start by installing a fresh (6.14) Drupal.
cd root/sites/all/
mkdir domainA.com
mkdir domainB.com

cp root/sites/default/default.settings.php domainA.com/settings.php
cp root/sites/default/default.settings.php domainB.com/settings.php

edit domainA.com/settings.php (look for the line: Database URL format)

navigate to domainA.com and continue from thier. You should know these screens already...

Maybe I forgot something....so post for additional help